Monthly Archives: March 2018

Comparing the HTTPS Security Headers of Swiss banks

March 27, 2018 · by · in Security · 8 Comments

This post compares the security HTTP Headers used by different banks in Switzerland. securityheaders.io is used to test each of the websites. The website of each bank as well as the e-banking login was tested. securityheaders.io views the headers like any browser. The tested security headers help protect against some of the possible attacks, especially […]

Using Message Pack with ASP.NET Core SignalR

March 19, 2018 · by · in .NET, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, ASPNET5, dotnet, MVC, SignalR, Web · 7 Comments

This post shows how SignalR could be used to send messages between different C# console clients using Message Pack as the protocol. An ASP.NET Core web application is used to host the SignalR Hub. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreAngularSignalR Posts in this series History 2023-01-08 Updated Angular 15, .NET 72021-01-25 Updated Angular 11.1.0 .NET 5, ngrx implementation2020-03-21 updated […]

First experiments with makecode and micro:bit

March 16, 2018 · by · in Uncategorized · 4 Comments

At the MVP Global Summit, I heard about MakeCode for the first time. The project makes it really easy for people to get a first contact, introduction with code and computer science. I got the chance to play around with the Micro:bit which has a whole range of sensors and can easily be programmed from […]

Securing the CDN links in the ASP.NET Core 2.1 templates

March 14, 2018 · by · in .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, dotnet, MVC, Security, UI, Web · 5 Comments

This article uses the the ASP.NET Core 2.1 MVC template and shows how to secure the CDN links using the integrity parameter. A new ASP.NET Core MVC application was created using the 2.1 template in Visual Studio. This template uses HTTPS per default and has added some of the required HTTPS headers like HSTS which […]