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2018 6

  1. WIF: CryptographicException: Key not valid for use in specified state | solve using matching machine keys
  2. WCF: Verbose PII Tracing
  3. Difficulties reading PSObject using WCF Message class
  4. AppFabric: Caching service crashed with exception {System.ArgumentException: An entry with the same key already exists.
  5. WCF: Windows authentication and streaming support
  6. WIF: Fetch SAML tokens from IssuedToken* endpoint for backend service call

2017 15

  1. WS/WCF: Remove Server Header
  2. WIF: Active authentication against "usernamemixed" ADFS endpoint
  3. AF: AppFabric Invalid Version Error
  4. PBKDF2 .Net API does not exists with SHA256 implementation. Here PBKDF2 stands for “Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2”.
  5. WCF: Consume WCF REST service by HttpClient
  6. WCF: Support for Wild Card Host Header at IIS 10 and above
  7. WCF/WS: SSL Mutual Client Cert Authentication 403.16 or 403.7
  8. ASMX/WS/WCF Web Service: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
  9. WCF/WS/TLS: Get .Net Framework 4.0 application use TLS1.2 as default protocol
  10. WIF: Memory leak issue with WIF 3.5 - Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens - SecurityTokenCacheKey
  11. ADAL: Secure Web API with ADFS 3.0 for Desktop Client
  12. WIF: WIF10201: No valid key mapping found for securityToken:
  13. WCF: Federating WCF with WIF
  14. WCF: Message Security limitation with TLS 1.2 protocol
  15. Additional details on AF CU8 release

2016 34

  1. CSP Blobs between C# and C++ - Interoperation with the Microsoft Cryptographic API (CAPI)
  2. How the OS behaves in deciding when to use an extra CPU?
  3. Internet Explorer 11 hosting a Drag & Drop ActiveX control advances from onDragEnter to OnDrop instead of onDragEnter -> onDragOver on Windows 10 x86 and x64 iexplore processes.
  4. WF: Delay activity in workflow as a concept
  5. The TLS1.2 on .NET framework 3.5 using KB3156421 doesn’t work in the Windows 10 anniversary update.
  6. AppFabric: Cumulative Update 7 For Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server – Instruction
  7. SSL/TLS - Decrypt the encrypted network traces
  8. How to make wcf service read messages from messaging queue after IIS reset?
  9. SSL/TLS - Introduction To CAPI2 Traces
  10. WCF: Mutual SSL Client Cert Authentication Guide With Sample App
  11. How to modify the RST/SCT request from WCF client to add a cookie in the header.
  12. WCF: FindBySubjectKeyIdentifier x509FindType search for client certificate
  13. WCF: Intermittent connectivity issue with private MSMQ - WCF stops reading messages from queue
  14. WIF: Long live My Session - Session Authentication Module To Avoid STS Redirect
  15. How to rename the App Fabric service after renaming the server.
  16. WCF/WIF: JWT Token Validator
  17. WCF: CORS support for self-hosted WCF REST service
  18. OWIN cookies SignIn error with AD FS
  19. WCF: POC for SAML Token Creation and Consumption
  20. Workflow Service application - IIS hosting
  21. Web Service error - Request format is unrecognized.
  22. App Fabric - Downgrading from Cumulative Updates to RTM
  23. WCF: SSL offloading in load balancer - a simple approach
  24. ASMX: Service reference API invocation fails with MessageSecurityException
  25. How a .Net application loads a .Net COM class
  26. WCF: DateTime localization challenge
  27. WCF: Custom encoder to read MTOM response
  28. WCF: How to send two different client certificates as credentials at both Transport and Message Level
  29. WCF: Review System.Net and Network traces for Windows Authentication/Delegation based troubleshooting
  30. WCF: Introp - Signing without primary signature requires timestamp.
  31. WF: Running Work Flow application on FIPS (The Federal Information Processing Standard) complaint Machines.
  32. COM: Intermittent error 800703fa: Illegal Operation attempted on a registry key
  33. Troubleshooting WIF ID3206 Error
  34. WCF: Forward compatibility issues with DataContractSerializer

2015 34

  1. Negotiate V/s NTLM
  2. HTTP 503 Service Unavailable due to Reserved URI
  3. WCF: Suppress multiple 401s in windows authentication
  4. XML signature & digest verification
  5. Authenticated Encryption - CAPI2 does not support authenticated encryption mode
  6. CAPI2 code that will try to translate a CSP handle into a CNG handle
  7. Troubleshooting: 413: Request size too large with WCF Service
  8. Debugging Tip: Dump ASMX call payloads
  9. WCF: SSL/TLS Failure during Add Service Reference (System.Net.Security.SslState.ProcessAuthentication)
  10. WCF: Net.Pipe - Endpoint not found exception - Admin/Non Admin mode
  11. Debugging Tip: Dump the XML from System.Xml.XmlReader object
  12. WCF: Client Certificate Sample/POC Using MakeCert.exe
  13. WCF: IIS hosting of net.tcp/ net.pipe services + metadata
  14. Large file upload failure for Web application calling WCF service - 413 Request entity too large
  15. WCF: Unable to add service reference - System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission' failed" - after installing KB 2938782
  16. Service failure with CryptographicException - Keyset does not exist
  17. WCF: Time to learn SPN with WCF Kerberos Delegation
  18. Add service reference fails with compilation error in WF 4.5/4.5.1 projects
  19. Metadata de-serialization fails with web reference
  20. WCF: Delegation at Message Level security
  21. WCF: certificate trust list (CTL) issue with window Server 2012 R2 and Window 8.1
  22. WCF: Non HTTP Activation service installation issue
  23. Identify memory leak for a process hosting ASMX/ WCF service
  24. WCF: Not able to download metadata from 3rd party web service
  25. WCF: Request failing when data pulled in stream is big
  26. WCF: WCF (xmlSerialization) dropping certain properties of an object during serialization
  27. WCF: Exposing metadata over NetTcp Binding issue
  28. WCF: Unable to handle load (SSL and client cert authentication) - MaxPendingAccept limitation
  29. ASMX: Event code: 3005 : InvalidOperationException : Request format is unrecognized for URL unexpectedly ending in '/URL'.
  30. WCF: Sending large file to WCF fails with “404 Not Found” Error
  31. points to note while registering and unregistering COM components
  32. WCF: Simple way to modify serialized response
  33. WCF: Concept of FLAT WSDL
  34. WCF: Consuming WCF Web Service in a DLL

2014 13

  1. SSL offloading in load balancer scenario
  2. CreateRequest method from IX509Enrollment
  3. Using X509IncludeOption to avoid "System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: A certificate chain could not be built to a trusted root authority"
  4. Custom Binding: Unified solution for many problems.
  5. Reading/Understanding - Signed Soap Envelopes
  6. COM+ application recycling
  7. More on User Profile Service functionality
  8. Distributed Services Webinar: Explore Function pointers and vtables
  9. Distributed Services Webinar: Demystify WCF Troubleshooting
  10. IIS: How to Reduce Multiple Authentication or Multiple 401 while using Kerberos for authentication
  11. WCF: REST WCF Integration with HTML 5 and Windows 8 Store Applications
  12. Distributed Services Webinar: Overview on Encryption and Signing concept in SSL and WCF
  13. WCF: Discover <identity> In WCF World

2013 12

  1. IErrorInfo object is getting cleared in the client process before the client thread retrieves it.
  2. COM: Cannot register a COM DLL using ATL::CComModule::RegisterServer()
  3. Creating a private key exportable, code signing digital signature certificate
  4. CommunicationState Enumeration
  5. _bstr_t objects
  6. How to get JavaScript working using Callback with COM
  7. WCF: Callback operations are invoked sequentially ?
  8. WCF: INTEROP SCENERIOS
  9. WCF: Observing Message ProtectionOrder
  10. WCF: Dual Layer Encryption (Message + Transport)
  11. Live Debugging - Manage Code
  12. WCF: Debugging WCF Throttling

2012 23

  1. WCF: Transport Layer Security - with client certificates
  2. WCF: Handling multiple IIS bindings
  3. WCF: Transport Security with User Name + Client Certificate
  4. WCF: Learning Impersonation and Delegation
  5. CngKey.Import() throws an exception saying “An internal error occurred” when importing a key-blob under a non-admin user from a WCF web service
  6. COMException (0x800a01ad): ActiveX component can't create object
  7. WCF: Troubleshooting Socket Abort Error
  8. Error 0x8013101b when doing a registration free COM activation
  9. WCF: Create client proxy – For WCF service running on SSL – with client certificate
  10. WCF: Learning Impersonation
  11. DTCPING
  12. Enabling DTC Tracing via Component Services Console
  13. WinDbg: search for a string
  14. CredUIPromptForWindowsCredentials return junk characters if you P/Invoke it from managed code on OS’s such as Spanish or French.
  15. Way to troubleshoot memory leak using performance monitor and UMDH
  16. Is there a method in .Net to import a PFX file along with the certificate chain to a certificate store?
  17. How to get DTC working on Amazon Web Services.
  18. Security Features for MSDTC
  19. AcquireCredentialsHandle() fails with SEC_E_UNKNOWN_CREDENTIALS from a WCF application
  20. Exception from serializer.WriteObject()
  21. IProcessDebugManager
  22. RTM Credential Providers - Issue with AddRef().
  23. Type Library Converter tool (TlbImp.exe) version 4.0.30319.1 changes any "false" Default Boolean arguments to "true"