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// Iterates through all of the X.509 digital certificates installed in the certificate store 
// on a Windows operating system, dumping out some metadata about each. Each certificate, in 
// each Certificate Store, from each Certificate Location is included.
// 
// Bill Wilder | @codingoutloud | Oct 2012
// Original: https://gist.github.com/4005661

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

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Store Location: CurrentUser
Store Location/Store Name: CurrentUser/AddressBook
Store Location/Store Name: CurrentUser/AuthRoot
Certificate (some fields): for OU=Security Communication EV RootCA1, O="SECOM Trust Systems CO.,LTD.", C=JP - has private key False by OU=Security Communication EV RootCA1, O="SECOM Trust Systems CO.,LTD.", C=JP
Certificate (some fields): for CN=D-TRUST Root Class 3 CA 2007, O=D-Trust GmbH, C=DE - has private key False by CN=D-TRUST Root Class 3 CA 2007, O=D-Trust GmbH, C=DE
Certificate (some fields): for OU=certSIGN ROOT CA, O=certSIGN, C=RO - has private key False by OU=certSIGN ROOT CA, O=certSIGN, C=RO
Certificate (some fields): for E=scr@registradores.org, STREET=Principe de Vergara 72 28006 Madrid, CN=Certificado de la Clave Principal, OU=Certificado Raiz, OU=Certificado Propio, O=Servicio de Certificacion del Colegio de Registradores (SCR), C=es - has private key False by E=scr@registradores.org, STREET=Principe de Vergara 72 28006 Madrid, CN=Certificado de la Clave Principal, 

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// Code snippet for use in Windows Azure Cloud Services. 
// The EnableDiagnosticTraceLoggingForComputeEmulator method can be called from ASP.NET
// code to enable output from the System.Diagnostics.Trace class to appear in the
// Windows Azure Compute Emulator. The method does nothing when deployed to the cloud,
// when run outside the compute emulator, when run other than in DEBUG, or run repeatedly.
//
// The code uses Reflection to dynamically load the needed assembly and create the
// specific TraceListener class needed.
//
// EXAMPLE INITIALIZING FROM Global.asax.

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// Bill Wilder | @codingoutloud | http://www.cloudarchitecturepatterns.com | Nov 2012
// Original: https://gist.github.com/4121999
// Similar GenerateUrlSafeRandomToken.cs, except upgraded to use crypto-strength RNG
// Add reference to System.Web.dll
public static string GenerateUrlSafeCryptographicallyStrongRandomToken(int strength = 16)
{
    using (var rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider())
    {
        var randomBytes = new byte[strength];
        rng.GetBytes(randomBytes);

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Naming Conventions:

• Naming primary key in both database and in code: WidgetId (not Id, not ID, not WidgetID)
• General naming guidelines: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms229042 and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ff926074
• For private data members within a class, use private in _fooId;

Unit Testing:

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using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

namespace DumpExpiredCertificates
{
    internal class Program
    {
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Iterates through all of the X.509 digital certificates installed in the certificate store

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using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Web;

namespace DevPartners
{
    // author: Bill Wilder, @codingoutloud
    // original: https://gist.github.com/4200537
    public static class RandomTokenGenerator
    {

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using System.Security.Principal;

// Is this thread running with Administrator role?
private static bool RunningAsAdministrator()
{
   var identity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
   if (identity == null) return false; // Administrator should always have access to this
   var principal = new WindowsPrincipal(identity);
   return principal.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);
}

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# The intent is that the command is to be scheduled to be run by the Windows Scheduler once a day: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8888886
# For Windows Azure, a new Windows Scheduler task is best added by a Startup Script and, like any other machine with the default PowerShell security settings, will need the PowerShell ExecutionPolicy configured: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jimoneil/archive/2011/02/07/azure-startup-tasks-and-powershell-lessons-learned.aspx
# Bill Wilder @codingoutloud 
# See also http://blog.codingoutloud.com/2012/12/10/tidy-the-temp-folder-on-windows-azure

get-childitem $TEMP -recurse | where {$_.lastwritetime -lt (get-date).adddays(-7)} |% {remove-item $_.fullname -force -recurse -verbose}

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// .NET Storage SDK 1.7

CloudBlob destBlob = TargetContainer.GetBlobReference(destFileName);

destBlob.Properties.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
destBlob.Properties.CacheControl = "x-ms-blob-cache-control: public, max-age=31556926"; // cache for up to one year 
try
{
   destBlob.UploadFile(sourceFilespec);         
}