From Hun Boon Teo: From MSDN library: Summary: This guide presents a practical, scenario driven approach to designing and building secure ASP.NET applications for Windows 2000 and version 1.0 of the .NET Framework. It focuses on the key elements of authentication, authorization, and secure communication within and across the tiers of distributed .NET Web applications. (This roadmap: 6 printed pages; the entire guide: 608 printed pages)

From Andrew Webb: It's in stock at the PC Bookshop.

"Be the first to try Visual Studio .NET 2003, which is currently in Final Beta and available for download from MSDN® Subscriber Downloads." "With integrated support for the .NET Compact Framework, Visual Studio .NET 2003 brings mobile and embedded devices such as the Pocket PC, as well as other devices powered by the Microsoft Windows CE .NET operating system, to .NET. Now, developers can use the same programming model, development tools, and skills to build applications that span from small devices to the largest data center." The final beta of Visual Studio .NET 2003, aka the Everett version of VS.NET, is available for download by MSDN subscribers. Wahoo!

"Chris Sells discusses permissions in .NET and how you can adapt the object model to protect smart clients while allowing well-known assemblies or sites to have additional permissions to provide users with additional services."

From Hun Boon Teo: "The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the Common Language Runtime (CLR) are bytecode-based abstract stack machines. Since modern implementations include highly optimizing just-in-time (JIT) compilers, these machines are excellent targets for runtime code generation: the generation of new program code just prior to its execution."

From Hun Boon Teo: Article by Dominik Gruntz from Journal of Object Technology (Nov-Dec 2002 Issue), this article shows some of the subtle difference between C# and Java.

From Andrew Webb: The whitepaper (a Word file) is now available. And the Demo Files link, previously dead, now works.

Sam Gentile's got the scoop on the Everett release updates to VC++, which he lists as: -98% ANSI/ISO Compliance -Forms Designer for Managed C++ -Security Features -Optimizer Improvements particuarly in floating point He's got the details. Check it out.