I need to generate the IV and the KEY for an AES cryptography. I want to use the password and i am asking if it is safe to use the same password to get the Key and the IV?
View 2 Repliesi have created this programme which is basically a keep safe programme, well it's not created yet anyway.so far i have coded the the log in page, so the user can log in with their email and password.Once they do it comes to a screen asking if they want to visit their 'keep safe' items, or, asking if they want to deposit a file in their 'keep safe'.This is the programme belowThe Reason It say's JMEsseneger, is because i had other plans for the login until i came to face the fact, that im not quite fluant enough in this language to understand it all
1) As soon as they hit 'sign in' it creates a passworded.zip folder somewhere on their computer (using the same password they enterd to login and would only create the file if login is successful)2)The "Open SafeBox" obviously opens the file directory 3)the "Add To SafeBox" will allower the user to browes their computer for a file that they want to add into the "safebox" with a simple select and a click of an "add" button
It seems like SO often I need to attach a "valid" flag to a standard type. For example - I have a function called "CalculateLunchTime" that I pass a vector of times. If the vector has 0 elements, they did not take a lunch, so the duration is 0 minutes. If the vector has 2 elements, subtract them and that is the lunch duration. If the vector has one element, it doesn't make sense to calculate a duration, but I don't want to return 0 because that was for the first case. In this case the valid range is >0, so of course I could return -1 or something, but it really bothers me having these magic numbers running around. I would really want to do something like
public function LunchTime(byval Times as list(of Date)) as ValidDouble
dim lunch as ValidDouble
if Times.count == 2
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Of course I could make a struct with a double and a bool, but I have really never seen anyone else do that so I feel like it could be a bad idea (why?). It would seem a little nicer if I could derive ValidDouble from double.
I've got an array that contains the following:
a;b;c;d
but it can also be that this array contains this:
a;b;c;d;(0,0,1000,1000)#(1000,1000,2000,0)
So first I do a split on ";"
If Ubound(array)= 4 then I now the second case with coordinates is valid... in this case 2 sets of 4 coordinates
How do I derive them from array(4) as xstart0,ystart0,xend0,yend0 and xstart1,ystart1,xend1,yend1 ???
Do I need to do another split on "#" first and then on the "," ?
As part of my exception handling, particularly in class modules, I like to pass back the offending module name and the procedure in which the exception ocurred. I can get to the module name by using;
Me.ToString
and that returns AppName.ModuleName Is there a way to programatically get to the function or sub name. For now, I have to hard type it like this;
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ok basically i've got a delegate ByVal function_to_execute As dele0 but instead of invoking it, i wish to add it to an eventhandler
Public Sub test(ByVal function_to_execute As d0)
Dim t As Timer = New Timer()
AddHandler t.Tick, AddressOf function_to_execute.address
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I'm trying to create a password change form for my company's vendors. There are a couple of scenarios I could encounter doing this:
1 - User enters invalid current password
2 - New passwords do not match
3 - User's account is locked
4 - User cannot authenticate because password is expired
It's case 4 that I'm struggling with, because their is no way for me to take the password the user entered and verify it against active directory without getting an error.
I am implementing a system where the user can Reset their password if they have forgotten it.Once it is reset I want to give them the option of changing the password so that it will be something more memorable to them.The password is hashed and if i enter in the correct old password and new password the password does change.If I enter in the wrong old password and new password the password doesnt change.Is there a way to match the old password with the old password field in code behind so I can throw up an error to the user to tell them what is wrong? [code]
View 1 RepliesHow do you get a textbox being using for password entry to display the black circle that you often see in web forms, on the iphone etc etc?
I can change the PasswordChar property to an asterisk no problem and even copying and pasting symbols inserted into Word seemed to work - just couldn't find a symbol that looked like a bullet point!
Can this actually be achieved for a standalone exe, or is it something unique to web forms? Surely copying and pasting symbols from Word isn't actually the answer?
I read and write the cells from excell sheet sucessfully. now please i need a advise on the following
1. Where i save the file? at the time of project publishing it include also with the project?
2. how i check file exits or not?
3. How i pass the password if excell sheet have password and enable macro?
I'm currently working on a CRM project in vb.net. I want the program to start with a prompt that asks for a password and if the user enters the correct password then the main form loads.Im having some problems wrapping my mind around this...
View 10 RepliesI am looking to create a simple password box that will ask the user for a username and pass, if the user is validated against the usernames and passwords in an .ini file the login box will close and launch a program also stated in the .ini file. I would also like to be able to launch different programs for different users.
View 16 RepliesIs there a way to inerlock letters in a password. EX: lets say my password is 1234567password, is their a way to interlock or inject random letters/numbers /symbols/etc into the password? Ok so our password is = 1234567password is their a way to make it like this = g1i2h3h4q5d6g7rp4a7s;?s`w6o+r/d5
View 3 Replieshow to reset the existing password(topsecret)with a new password by using the "replace" keyword
in the below code shown
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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I have a button on my Form called EditingButton that will have a DialogBox appear asking for a password. How can I have "*" show instead of the Password it-self when the user enters the password?[URL]...
View 1 RepliesI have developed a task Using VB.net (windows Application). I want to create a Login window for the Current user only allowed to use my application.So In my Login window UserNAme textbox I have showed the curent Login UserNAme like,
txtUserName.Text=Environment.UserDomainName & "" & Environment.UserName
And I have set txtUserName.Readonly =True.
Now the User to type the Password in my application password textbox.
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I have this protocol for getting a favicon: (I stole it from Thomas Maxwell, and adapted it, but still)
Public Shared Function GetFaviconSilent(ByVal IconURL As String)
On Error Resume Next
Dim oIcon As Icon
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I am using VS2005, using VB.Net?I just created a local copy of a project on my drive. The original copy is being worked on by another developer.I deleted the .vspscc & .scc files?However, everytime I make a change, I get the message that the file is locked, and exclusively checkout by another developer. How can I make changes to the project, that I have copied to my drive. I need to disconnect it from VSS.
View 2 RepliesI have an application that requires several threads, otherwise the main UI thread would end up frozen.i am after a little advice as i have not really don alot of threaded applications.
First Question;
I have a thread which handles data coming in from the serial port( this wil become much more complicated), is it safe to use a synclock on the serialport object : -
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Unless the person actually gets into the source code they can't get the password am I right? Is it actually possible for them to get into the source code.
Basically what I'm asking is, is this safe and if not why not and how can it be made secure?
I'm calling a c++ dll I made myself - and it appears to be very VERY not thread safe!
I'm referencing it like this
<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("D:ACS DesktopdcxdcxDebugStringLibrary.dll", EntryPoint:="firstIndexOfKeyword", CallingConvention:=Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl)> _
Public Shared Function firstIndexOfKeyword(ByVal s As String, ByVal substr As String(), ByVal substrLength As Integer, ByVal markers As Integer()) As Integer End Function
Is there a way to make this IMPORT create something more threadsafe?
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I'm dropping into this function - from several threads - to add an OBJECT to a dictionary collection
Private Delegate Function ReaderRegisterDelegate(ByRef rrFSOb As FSObject) As FSObject
Private Function ReaderRegister(ByRef rrFSOb As FSObject) As FSObject
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It's getting Object reference not set to an instance of an object.The FILEID key being added is F1. F2, F3 and F4 are in the dictionary. Seems like F1 arrived and the object wasn't properly setup. Or thread-slice caused me to see a partially messed with dictionary list?How can I make that a thread safe operation? I thought dropping out to the UI thread was a safe place to mess with code like this? Oddly enough I can go to the immediate window and do this
m_FSObCollection.Add("F" + rrFSOb.FileId.ToString, rrFSOb)
?m_FSObCollection.Count 4
ex.data is a dictionary list that looks like this
directcast(ex.Data , System.Collections.IDictionary).Count 0
Let's say that I have a module that has a Queue in it. For other entities to Enqueue, they must go through a function:
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If I have multiple threads running and they want to call InsertIntoQueue(), is this considered thread safe? I am under the impression that there is only one copy of the instructions in memory necessary to perform the InsertIntoQueue() function... which would lead me to think that this is thread safe. However, I wonder what happens when two threads attempt to run the function at the same time? Is this thread safe, and if not, how can I make it thread safe? (and What would be the performance implications regarding speed and memory usage)
im trying to create a safe type programme on visual basic, which has a set combination button which when first clicked opens up a box to allow a password to be entered, once entered the safe is locked until you enter the password and push a button to try the key,
View 1 RepliesThe problem is as follows: If Windows starts up in Safe Mode, no applications I make with VS 2010 will run. Even if I try to launch them, doubleclicking, running, almost everything I tried, the problem is that the application just doesn't show up. There is no window there, and I don't know (haven't checked) if a process related to the application is running.
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I have apps with multiple threads. I never have two threads that write to the same variable, but I do have situations where one thread writes to a variable and another reads from it.Is this safe, thread wise? (talking from an execution standpoint) The practice, seems to work fine, but I don't know what would happen if in the split second if one core was reading the variable, and the other was trying to write to it. Do I need to set up some form of lock out here?
View 4 RepliesIs it safe to assume an int will always be 32 bits in C#? The linked question asks whether it is "safe to assume that an int will always be 32 bits in C#". The accepted answer states that "the C# specification rigidly defines that int is an alias for System.Int32 with exactly 32 bits".
My question is this: does this hold true for VB.Net's Integer? Is it safe to assume that Integer will always be an alias for int32?
In my form I have a variable that is of the type Windows.Forms.Form. When my program is enabled/disabled I create a new form instance in there and close it (respectively). Since I don't want the form sitting in memory the whole time my program is open the references to properties of the form are invalid (because the initial declaration is not the form but the type). How can I either negate this or ignore this error?
View 2 RepliesI have a complex Regex which is used to help strip out HTML from user input. I'm aware that .NET caches static Regex calls to some extent, but this one is big and used frequently, so I'd like it to hang around.[code]...
View 1 RepliesIs it safe to use something like this to ensure that a directory isn't currently being written to? [code]I'm processing images which can be up to 10MB so my main concern is that I'm not sure whether the LastWriteTime property (which presumably references the filesystem 'last modified' meta data) is updated when the first, last or every byte of a file is written to disk.Files will generally be uploaded via IIS7 FTP to an NTFS Filesystem on a Windows 2008 server. If it's filesystem-dependant though it would be good to also know which filsystems update when. I'd hoped that this could be used to simplify the programme by ensuring that the whole directory was processed at once. In the end I decided to rethink that since the workarounds are messier and less reliable than the one I was trying to avoid!
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