Re: Can't get basic encryption to work

It would be great if the certification exams really said anything about your
skills as a .NET programmer, but despite the efforts of their creators, they
don't really deliver on that vision yet. I can't really comment on the
training materials for these courses as I've never read them, but I will say
that unless you actually need to pass the test, they may not be your best
path to learning the material deeply.

I haven't read the O'Reilly .NET Security book but it seems to be
well-beloved by the Amazon reviewers, so I'm guessing it is pretty good.
Hopefully their crypto stuff is solid as well. Like I said before, a good
general book on crypto might not be a bad idea if you really want to
understand this stuff conceptually, which I think you do. I won't teach you
the .NET implementation details, but it is much more important to understand
how the technology is properly applied. The APIs will seem a little more
obvious after that.

I already wrote my book, so I'm done. :) If you need to program LDAP for
..NET, there you go. Thanks for the vote of confidence though.

Joe K.

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"DXRick" <DXRick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks a lot for your help! I wish someone like you would write a MSPress
book on .NET security.

I am reading the O'reilly book on .NET security but have no gotten to the
crypt section yet. The first part on CAS is a high level conceptual
overview
with almost no code and no mention of how to use the MS config tools for
.NET.

So, I am stuck with the MCTS 70-536 book, which is pretty bad. It looks
like they just made quick guesses at the security stuff, since it doesn't
even jive with what the MSDN docs say at times, and the code does not
always
work.

Sometimes I wonder if MS really even wants anyone to learn how to program
.NET.

Rick


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