.net core GetHashCode inconsistant
I noticed something interesting today with .net core. The Object.GetHashCode() method is not returning consistent values.The values are only consistent for the instance of the .net core process.
Author Archives: Wayne Clifford Barker
Is WCF faster than ASP.NET Core?
Say what? Impossible…
Writing my own Xonix game.
A few months ago I took on a little side project to try and write my own version of a classic game from the 80’s – Xonix. I have worked on and off on it since then, more off than on and spent a total of 7 days on it. This little game has given… Read More »
What is Docker?
Docker is the latest technology to hit the I.T. industry but what is it? Before the realization of the cloud every software company had to develop their own method to deploy their software. This was costly to do and took up many resources and time. Docker is a standardized method to deploy software using containers.… Read More »
WS-Federation Single Logout (SLO)
WS-Federation Single Logout (SLO) is not supported by the Microsoft WIF libraries. This is mentioned in the Programming Windows Identity Foundation book of Vitorrio Bertocci on page 121. This should however only affect you if you have written your own IDP / IP-STS. As a result one can only sign-out from a single site at… Read More »
Integrate Ws-Federation into .Net Core
To Integrate Ws-Federation into .Net Core is straight forward although the documentation of this topic is really lacking. In the article below I have some code snippets showing how to do the integration.
WS-Federation metadata generation tool
To generate ws-federation metadata for your own STS use the following tool. Federation metadata generation tool on GitHub or you just download a copy of the source here from my site. The tool will not create a federation metdata file for a relying party (RP). To create a federation metadata file for a RP use the XML… Read More »
Read Google chrome SAML cookies.
Recently I had to investigate for a situation where a user would sign into a Google chrome account and a desktop application on the same machine had to somehow pick up the cookie and use it to communicate to web services, very similar to Cross browser \ application SSO.
Simple global exception logger for asp.net core
I am sure many companies are slowly doing the migration from web forms in asp.net to MVC with asp.net core and with that migration comes the need for diagnostics or exception logger. In this article is a very simple example for exception logging.
The hidden monolith.
The hidden monolith I decided to start an article based on the “Hidden monolith”. Micro-services are the latest architecture style that everyone is employing. Often companies hear the new buzz word “Micro services” and say – “We must do that” … and when you start to analyze their system you realize… they got it a… Read More »