Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - Posts

Java vs. .NET Security

O'Reilly was publishing a series of articles about Security in Java and .NET Framework... Now they are complete and you can read all these articles at the addresses below:

Part 1 - Configuration and code containment [1]

Part 2 - Cryptography support and the mechanisms of communication protection [2]

Part 3 - Code Protection and Code Access Security (CAS) mechanisms [3]

Part 4 - Implementation of user authentication and authorization [4]

[1] http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/11/26/javavsdotnet.html
[2] http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/12/10/javavsdotnet.html
[3] http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/01/28/javavsdotnet.html
[4] http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/02/25/javavsdotnet.html


FreeTextBox 2.0 released!

One of my favourite Web Control is FreeTextBox, an ASP.NET HTML editor control. Now the 2.0 Release is ready to download.

What's new in 2.0

  • Cross-browser support (Mozilla 1.3+, PC/IE 5+)
  • Button/DropDown feedback
  • Localization (create your own language files)
  • Inline toolbar customization
  • Back button support in IE
  • Office 2003 Style
  • External JavaScript
  • Completely recoded as a development platform