CartLog In

Browse by Tags

> > > >
Application Security — Why One Does Not Simply Protect a Data Store Connection String and Other Login Credentials?
Application Security — Why One Does Not Simply Protect a Data Store Connection String and Other Login Credentials?
A developer asks: “How do I protect my connection string in a desktop application?” This is one of the most common security questions in .NET development, and it sounds like it should have a straightforward answer. But there is a fundamental problem we...
Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)
2 April 2026
.NET .net core Architecture Backend Data Access database Desktop Frontend Middle Tier ORM RDBMS REST security webapi windows WinForms WPF
Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Custom ASP.NET Core Service (EF Core with pure Web API) — Authorization Code Flow (Part 4)
Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Custom ASP.NET Core Service (EF Core with pure Web API) — Authorization Code Flow (Part 4)
This post is the next installment in my series titled Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Custom ASP.NET Core Service (EF Core with pure Web API) . The content relates to my previously published post Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures...
Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)
6 March 2025
.NET access control authentication authorization EF ef core Entity Framework keycloak rbac REST security webapi WinForms
Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Custom ASP.NET Core Service (EF Core with pure Web API) — Authenticate Users and Protect Data (Part 3)
Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Custom ASP.NET Core Service (EF Core with pure Web API) — Authenticate Users and Protect Data (Part 3)
This post is the next installment in my series titled Connect a .NET Desktop Client to a Custom ASP.NET Core Service (EF Core with pure Web API) . The content relates to my previously published post Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures...
Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)
14 October 2024
.NET access control authentication authorization EF ef core Entity Framework keycloak rbac REST security webapi WinForms
Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures
Modern Desktop Apps And Their Complex Architectures
Back in 2002, the world was exciting for Windows desktop application developers: Microsoft released the .NET Framework! With it came the completely new language C# (do you remember it was called Cool prior to the release?) as well as various new subsystems...
Oliver Sturm (DevExpress)
9 February 2024
.NET .net core Architecture Asynchronous Backend Data Access Desktop Frontend Middle Tier REST security webapi windows WinForms WPF
More Posts

Featured Posts

DevExpress Developer Survey — AI Impact, Regulatory Compliance, Upgrade & General Product Experience
Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)
SBOMs for CRA Compliance in DevExpress-Based Apps — Preview Now Open
Alex Chuev (DevExpress)
Microsoft Multilingual App Toolkit (MAT) Has Been Deprecated: What’s Next for DevExpress-Powered App Localization?
Dennis Garavsky (DevExpress)

Popular Topics

Subscribe