security
How many times have you returned to your web browser to be greeted by this unpleasant little notification: > Your session has timed out. Please sign in again. If you're anything like me, the answer is lots. What's worse is that you're usually kicked
networking
I've had great success using ethernet sniffers (such as Etherdetect [http://www.etherdetect.com/], or Ethereal [http://www.ethereal.com/]) to troubleshoot communication problems. Installing a sniffer, even after installing the required WinPcap packet capture library [http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm], doesn't require a
security
I like to periodically watch the HTTP traffic on my server. I can see what I'm actually serving up over the wire, and how much bandwidth I'm using. That's how I noticed that I've become somewhat popular with direct-link image bandwidth thieves.
.net
In a recent entry, I bemoaned the lack of good global error handling options for .NET Web Services. By “good” I mean “easy,” like the Application_Error event in Global.asax for ASP.NET websites. I have a pretty solid web-oriented generic unhandled exception class, which is documented in my