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TABLE OF CONTENTS
February 2006, Vol. 16, No. 2
Lock Down Your Files
by Jani Järvinen
A single, big barrier is not as good as multiple layers of security when you want to build secure apps. Improve your security by taking advantage of file-access control with the .NET Framework 2.0's System.Security.AccessControl namespace.
GETTING STARTED
Negotiate Between Web Parts
by Peter Vogel
Learn how to create a dynamic application where Web Parts negotiate what data they will share with each other.
DESKTOP DEVELOPER
Write Unit Tests With VSTS
by Jeff Levinson
Visual Studio Team System introduces unit testing—learn how this feature works and how you can take advantage of it in your applications.
ASP.NET
Drill Down on Forms Authentication
by Matthew MacDonald and Mario Szpuszta
ASP.NET 2.0 provides a rich set of functionality for implementing forms authentication in your applications. Handling this inside your application with ASP.NET rather than through more traditional authentication methods can make your applications considerably more flexible.
Editor's Note
by Patrick Meader
Letters to the Editor
First Looks
Product Listings
Interview Exclusive: Roger Jennings
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Could China Ban Windows?
Jim Fawcette covers Forrester Vice President Navi Radjou's assessment of the alternatives for high-tech international competition in a report entitled, "How India, China Redefine the Tech World Order." The big question to Jim: How does the US participate in this future, given its current practice of giving away U.S. intellectual property and exporting the jobs that comprise its intellectual base?
What Do Normal People Do?
Billy Hollis reflects on how difficult it can be to work with computers, frequently requiring a significant amount of time and know-how to track down gremlins in a given system. He has the experience, but wonders at how others solve these problems. Part of the solution, he says, is for Microsoft to make the integration and removal of software on Vista and upcoming versions of Windows more seamless.
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