Oh how I have wanted to sing about this for months, now it’s public … Due to the popularity of the Microsoft AntiXSS Library, ASP.NET 4.5 now incorporates core encoding routines from version 4.0 of that library. The encoding routines are implemented by the AntiXssEncoder type in the new System.Web.Security.AntiXss namespace. You can use the AntiXssEncoder type directly by calling any of the static encoding methods that are implemented in the type. However, the easiest approach for using the new anti-XSS routines is to configure an ASP.NET application to use the AntiXssEncoder by...
I was a guest on two podcasts last week, just in case you’re interested. The first was RunAs radio, discussing the DigiNotar hack with Richard Campbell and its consequences for IT administrators. This was followed the next day by Developer Book Club, a rather interesting idea created by Helen Emerson where developers talk about 3 books which influenced their development careers. Technorati Tags: PodCast