blog-j: Symbolizing, Coding, Objectifying, Processing

This tool is absolutely wicked.

What it is
With Hamachi you can organize two or more computers with an Internet connection into their own virtual network for direct secure communication.
Hamachi is fast, secure and simple. It is also free.

What’s in it for me
Think - LAN over the Internet.
Think - Zero-configuration VPN.
Think - Secure peer-to-peer.

Access computers remotely. Use Windows File Sharing. Play LAN games. Run private Web or FTP servers. Communicate directly. Stay connected.

And it’s made in Canada. Like me.

Worth the download @ hamachi.cc.

Thanks, Mike. You rock.

Jesse Warden posted earlier today describing his forays into Multiple Inheritance in Flex. While not classical-C++ multiple inheritance, it’s an interesting read.

It did serve to remind me of why I dislike mix-in classes.

For starters, let’s define what a mix-in is. A quick search on Google gives the following definitions:

A class designed to be combined with other classes through inheritance. Mixin classes are usually abstract. (link)
A class that is added to the class hierarchy of another class through multiple inheritance. See also multiple inheritance. (link)

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A husband was in big trouble when he forgot his wedding anniversary.

His wife told him, “Tomorrow there better be something in the driveway for me that goes zero to 200 in 2 seconds flat.”
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I’ve been wrapping my head around building Role Based security into some .NET applications. I really like the way Coldfusion does this in components (roles=”RoleA,RoleB”), which is cool and all. Coldfusion, of course, has a nice little security framework sitting around that enables you to do things like that really easily.

My goal is to (essentially) replicate that in .NET, while allowing for custom Authentication and Role providers, extensibility, etc. My example scenario is a set of WebServices that require authentication, or an application that has classes/methods requiring role-based access restrictions.
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