Enterprise Service Application reconfiguration

Not exactly sure if I'm going to need this but it kind of "smells" like it might. So, here it is
Enterprise Service Application reconfiguration from Ingo Rammer.

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First saw this in the Daily Grind from Mike Gunderloy.

Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) vs log4net

Daniel Cazzulino compares the Enterprise Instrumentation Framework and log4net here.

I've tried EIF both personnally at work and I have to agree: it's too heavy for me. Who knows, maybe I'll change my mind but for right now: I like the simplicity of log4net.

I have a question (before I start using it): Can anyone boil down the Apache licence v 2.0 to plain english. This is the part that has always made be paranoid with open source licenses: I'm never 100% sure of whether or not, but using an OS tool/library/whatever, I would need to make my source available.

This particular license seems quite open, but, if I use log4net in my app, does that make my app a "Derivative work"? I'm thinking not because in section 1 in the definition of "Derivative Works" (emphasis is my own):

For the purposes of this License, Derivative Works shall not include works that remain separable from, or merely link (or bind by name) to the interfaces of, the Work and Derivative Works thereof.

Am I just being paranoid? Advice is welcome.

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Using the XSLT Transform with XML Signatures

Shawn Farkas posts on
Using the XSLT Transform with XML Signatures. Not sure I really get when I will need to use it, but I sense that I will. Posted here for posterity.

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Making Class Library Project your default

Many thanks to Daniel Cazzulino for finding a way to
Make Class Library Project your default. (By way of Armand du Plessis.)

NTime - Performance unit testing tool

Everyone needs a good profiler. I'll check this out (when I actually have something to profile.)

NTime - Performance unit testing tool (Courtesy of the PowerToys WebLog)

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Managed DPAPI Part I: ProtectedData

Shawn Farkas shows how to use the new Managed DPAPI in

Part I: ProtectedData

Part II: ProtectedMemory.

I figure if I'm going to button down the configuration of this system I'll need something like this.

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Assembly.LoadFrom + FileNotFoundException

Jonathan gives us a solution to an
Assembly Loading puzzle. I will eventually need to load my own assemblies, so any hints, workarounds, fixes, best practices: straight to the blog.

Update: He's posted a follow up here

IT Security at Microsoft Overview

Michael Howard points to an overview of IT Security at Microsoft. If you care about security (rhetorical question) you should be reading his blog.

App.config Examples

Suzanne Cook gives some useful examples of App.config.

She doesn't post often, but when she does it's a keeper.

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