Symmetric Salting - remember that salt goes with more than just hash
If you understand hashing and salting then skip the next paragraph.
Stored passwords for logins should be hashed and salted. Hashing is a one way mechanism to produce a practically unique value based on the given input. This is useful since we can store the hash (and validate the password whenever needed) without storing the actual [...]
RockNUG tonight - Geoff Snowman showed off BizTalk Server
I attended my first event at the new Rockville .NET User Group (RockNUG) in Maryland tonight. Geoff Snowman, our local Microsoft integration specialist showed off the latest BizTalk Server (BTS) technology and talked about the future of BTS and its related products. As Geoff pointed out, BTS is a niche product that works well for [...]