It looks like they are releasing "Sedna" under a "Shared Source Initiative"...  That's probably about as close to true "Open Source" as we're likely to see on this one, at...

Hi Nick,

I don't have much time to write a key container import/export program right now, but you might be able to use aspnet_regiis to export and import the key containers (see

I've sent the source code to Steve to post when he has an opportunity.

You need to export the key container and re-import on the target machine.  Here are some links with more information:

http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=export+key+container&siteid=0&tab=0

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380252.aspx

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms867088.aspx

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms867080.aspx

For comparison purposes:

17⁷² = 3.911310908*10⁸⁸ max. attempts

63⁷² = 3.568778227*10¹²⁹ max. attempts

95⁷² = 2.489428061*10¹⁴² max. attempts

The max. attempts calculation can be a little misleading since it is a maximum, and the...

One problem with that password generator - you only allow 17 total characters (0-9, A-F, hypen) which makes hacking it much simpler than if you allowed 63 or more characters...

It's all in the numbers   If MS were to release a new, smaller service pack once every quarter (for example) they would be...

I tend to think of lawyers as making a living by trying to better define (or in some cases, further obfuscate) the "gray areas" of life.  One of the things...

Hi EM,

One of the issues noted with prefixes is that the type of object can actually be changed.  For instance, you might have a table named "tSales" or even "t_Sales"...

Looks like somebody needs some "alone time".

Anyone know any good IT jokes?  Most of the ones I know end with a punchline about keeping the user away from the machine...

I think Steve hit the nail on the head with why people get into using prefixes.  A lot of people got used to naming their database objects with prefixes precisely...

First of all, the zero-length string ('') is not NULL.  SQL is implicitly casting the zero-length string to 0. 

Secondly, you shouldn't be passing a zero-length string to an INT...

I'm not using the user's password to secure the keys - I use other identifying data about a user that do not change as often, so a password change will...

Hey, he only called me "self-aggrandizing", "ignorant (x10)", "liar (x4)", "intellectually dishonest (x4)", and I think he even slipped "spade" in there somewhere.  And that was just the warm-up, before...