Testing XXE Vulnerabilities In .NET Core
An XML External Entity vulnerability (Or XXE for short) is a type of vulnerability that exploits weaknesses (Or more so …
Simplifying Multithreaded Scenarios With PostSharp Threading
I’ve recently been diving into the new Channel type in .NET Core, and something I’ve noticed time and time again …
Using Channels In C# .NET – Part 3 – Understanding Back Pressure
This post is part of a series on Channel in C# .NET. Of course, it’s always better to start at …
Using Channels In C# .NET – Part 2 – Advanced Channels
This post is part of a series on Channel in C# .NET. Of course, it’s always better to start at …
Using Channels In C# .NET – Part 1 – Getting Started
This post is part of a series on Channel in C# .NET. Of course, it’s always better to start at …
Loading Certificates From Azure Key Vault In .NET (And Getting It Working In Azure App Service)
Azure’s Key vault is a great secret store with excellent support in .NET (obviously!). But I recently ran into an …
Generating Self Signed Certificates For Unit Testing In C#
I recently wrote a piece of code that used a self signed certificate to then sign a web request. All …
Queue vs List Performance In C#
I was recently investigating a piece of non-performant code that essentially boiled down to a loop that pulled items off …
Reading And Writing PDFs In C# With Datalogics PDF SDK
Some time back I wrote a post specifically on writing PDFs in C#/.NET Core. At the time, I had very …
Fixing “This async method lacks ‘await’ operators and will run synchronously”
This little “warning” has been the bain of my life recently… warning CS1998: This async method lacks ‘await’ operators and …
