Authservices StubIdp Improvements: AttributeStatements and User Lists

This is an announcement of two new related features in the Authservices SAML2 StubIdp, AttributeStatements and user lists. AttributeStatements Until now the only identification related element supported by the StubIdp was the Subject NameID. In many SAML2 installations additional data, like roles and full name, are included as AttributeStatements. This has been supported by the… Continue reading Authservices StubIdp Improvements: AttributeStatements and User Lists

BurstFilter for log4net – How to Save Your Mailbox

This is a guest post by Albin Sunnanbo, introducing a burst filter preventing log4net from filling up a support mailbox. One Friday afternoon, just before leaving for the weekend, I glanced at our support mail inbox. The unread counter was literally spinning. Three mails a second. To make a long story short we had two… Continue reading BurstFilter for log4net – How to Save Your Mailbox

Pickup Mail Viewer

This is a guest post by Albin Sunnanbo introducing a great hack to work with mails in test environments. If you have a .NET application that sends emails, this is probably something for you. TL;DR; PickupMailViewer is a simple web viewer for emails saved by the specifiedPickupDirectory SMTP setting in a .NET application. Download the… Continue reading Pickup Mail Viewer

Solving the set Startup Projects bug in Visual Studio

This is a guest post by Albin Sunnanbo sharing how a mysterious Visual Studio problem made the Set Startup project command fail. In one of our projects at work we had this mysterious problem with Visual Studio, both 2012 and 2013. It happened to some developers and some machines. When I got a new computer… Continue reading Solving the set Startup Projects bug in Visual Studio

Regression Testing Processing Algorithms

This is a guest post by Albin Sunnanbo sharing experiences on regression testing. On several occasions I have worked with systems that processed lots of work items with a fairly complicated algorithm. When doing a larger rewrite of such an algorithm you want to regression test your algorithm. Of course you have a bunch of… Continue reading Regression Testing Processing Algorithms