After some uprade (VS 2015 update 3 install?) npm started to install packages into C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules, thus requirement admin rights and generally wrecking havoc. Previous installation location was %appdata%/npm/node_modules. Npm […]
I was trying to experiment with Typescript and Visual Studio code, and I found that there are at least three versions of TypeScript compiler one might have: 1. Microsoft compiler […]
Previous: Shibboleth: controlling access to resources In this section I discuss non-trivial issues that arose when I tried to integrate Shibboleth with my IdP. Since I procrastinated too much, I […]
nUnit has a great feature of running multiple similar test cases via data-driven approach: [TestCase(“”, “”)] [TestCase(“q”, “q”)] [TestCase(“xyz”, “zyx”)] public void TestStringReverse(string s, string expectedResult) { var result = […]
Amusing fact #1: .NET framework does not have built-in class to load RSA private key from PKCS#1 (PEM) representation. I borrowed this: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/162194/Certificates-to-DB-and-Back Amusing fact #2: creating an RSA key […]
Previous: Shibboleth installation and configuration. Next: Shibboleth: Integration issues. SAML attributes Shibboleth allows or denies access to a directory based on the attributes of the user it receives from the […]
I cloned a UNIX-oriented repository, and git promptly converted CR to CRLF in all text files, which caused some problems down the line. Here’s how to revert to the original […]
TL;DR Json.NET can serialize and deserialize dictionaries with simple keys like integers or strings. It can serialize, but not deserialize dictionaries with more complex keys. Longer version: Json.NET uses ToString() […]
Previous: SAML and shibboleth Next: Shibbleth: controlling access to resources Shibboleth is an open-source SAML implementation that is used for single sign-on. We are developing a SAML IdP, and I […]
A couple of hours ago my Outlook at work stopped working getting stuck on “trying to connect”. The Exchange Server appeared to be alive. Restarting and rebooting did not help. […]
