Peter Torr's Blog
Posts about Windows [Phone] application development. And other stuff.
Mozilla now signs Firefox downloads
A little bird recently told me some good news -- Mozilla Firefox is now digitally signed by "Mozilla...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 03/26/2005
You MUST see this film!
If you only see one movie this Valentine's Day weekend, you must see Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior....
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 02/12/2005
High-Level Threat Modelling Process
The following is a (slightly modified) version of a document I wrote for the VSTO team way back in...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 02/08/2005
Two questions I couldn't get answered
So far today I've had two questions I wanted to find answers to, but neither the new MSN Search nor...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 02/05/2005
Back to VBA
Today I needed to write a fairly simple piece of code to manipulate some Excel documents, and I...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 01/20/2005
Inheritance Demands for Interfaces
I'm cheating here by re-posting an e-mail I sent the other day... but hey, you don't expect me to...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 01/16/2005
Why would you switch search engines?
Stéphane asks why any one would switch from Google given that it has become such a part of...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 01/15/2005
Happy Holidays
Thanks to all my readers, hope you have a happy and safe %HOLIDAY%. I'll be off-line for a few days,...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 12/23/2004
How can I trust Firefox?
[Fixed issues with images; sorry] [Removed the clear=all problem; thanks for pointing it out] [Added...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 12/20/2004
A note about comments
Thanks to the people who leave legitimate comments on the blog -- I really appreciate it....
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 12/18/2004
Changing Abstractions in an Object Model is Hard
Up until recently, I was working on a rather large spec for an as-yet-un-announced product. The...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 12/18/2004
Career Update
Just thought I’d let people know that I have moved from the Visual Studio Tools for Office...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 12/16/2004
Branston Pickle
It's the day after Thanksgiving in the USA, and that means turkey sandwiches for lunch!...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 11/26/2004
AllowPartiallyTrustedCallers and AppDomain Boundaries
Continuing on from yesterday's post on creating partially-trusted AppDomains, I had a bit of an...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 11/09/2004
Creating a partially-trusted AppDomain
Shawn has some great blog entries on how to create restricted (or "sandboxed") AppDomains in the CLR...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 11/07/2004
Amazing Pet Shop Boys fan site
Wayne Studer has on his site "interpretations and analyses of every song written or performed by...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 11/07/2004
Dr. Strongname, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the URL
One of the problems with the Trustworthy Computing initiative is that many of our products have...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 11/06/2004
New Halo 2 Trailer
I went to see the film Birth the other day, and was surprised to see a new Halo 2 trailer. I don't...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 10/31/2004
Threat Models in Action
As you probably know, the first Visual Studio "Whidbey" beta was released a few months ago, and we...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 10/28/2004
October Security Bulletins
Microsoft has released several security bulletins today: ·IT folks can get more information...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 10/12/2004
Best. Game. Ever.
And I'm not talking about that shooter. When I blogged about my desire for Burnout 3 a while ago,...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 09/04/2004
It's OK to tell people what they already know
I like it when people send me e-mail with security questions. I like it because it implies two...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 09/03/2004
Code Repurposing and Untrustworthy Data
This is just a generic launching place for four other blog entries, since I seem to send them to...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 09/03/2004
Trading off features for scenarios
My last post has gotten some interesting comments, which is good. Sorry for the month-long hiatus!...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 08/29/2004
Why does it take so long to ship Hello World?
A recent comment on a Slashdot story about the Longhorn / WinFS announcement asks why WinFS is...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 08/28/2004
Tin Foil Hat Tool
Based on some of Nicole's feedback, I decided to write a basic app that checked your .NET security...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 07/26/2004
What good is StrongNameIdentityPermission if you can disable it?
Nicole asks a good question -- why do we have things like StrongNameIdentityPermission in the CLR if...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 07/26/2004
RequestRefuse and RequestOptional example
Dave asks for an example of how to use RequestRefuse and RequestOtional. Here's my attempt to post a...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 07/21/2004
Source code for RequestRefuse / RequestOptional
Here is the source code for the blog on using RequestRefuse and RequestOptional. Refuse.cs: using...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 07/20/2004
Everett SP1 Tech Preview and VSA / VSTO
Updated information about VSTO below As you may know, the .NET Framework 1.1 ("Everett") Service...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 07/18/2004
When is the Local Intranet not the Local Intranet?
When it's in another zone, of course. One of the recommendations we give for setting policy on VSTO...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 07/16/2004
A useful regfile for VSTO
Here's a quick post with a regfile you can use to help you test your VSTO projects. Cut and paste...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 07/16/2004
RequestOptional and RequestRefuse
The other day Eric Wilson asked how to ensure his code never ran with FullTrust. I replied that the...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 07/01/2004
Maintaining LinkDemands across inheritance boundaries
As you already know, LinkDemands can be dangerous. But if you do use them, you need to know how to...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 06/29/2004
More travel stuff
Having returned from my Britain / Germany / Australia trip, I embarked on a weekend jaunt to San...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 06/18/2004
More non-Admin bloggging
Aaron is blogging about running as non-Admin. Surf on over for some more great tips and insight --...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 06/18/2004
Referrer Entry
Go to Peter's blogThis is just a page to try and see where I am being linked from; links to the home...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 06/14/2004
Just me complaining
You know what I love about car insurance? It's the fact that the insurance company can charge me...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 06/09/2004
Harry Potter and the 142 Minutes of My Life I'll Never Get Back
I just snored my way through the third Harry Potter film. Oh the pain. At least it was shorter than...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 06/06/2004
Random Holiday Posting
I've finished the first part of my holiday, in Köln (Cologne), Germany. The weather was pretty...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 05/19/2004
Holidays and Airlines
I'm heading out on holiday (err... "vacation") in mid-May to see family and friends. I'll definitely...
Author: Peter Torr - MSFT Date: 04/20/2004