http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/UtilsCommonViews/Project/ProjectRss.aspxThis is a collection of views that are common to a lot of application. Implemented to the best of industry standards and&#47;or UI guidelines. Currently the first view is a login view that uses Secure...http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/UtilsCommonViews/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&version=4<div class="wikidoc"> <h1> Stop reinventing the wheel </h1> <br />This library is designed to host a number of views that are used by utilites, apps and alike all the time.<br /> <br />The most common example that led to this project was the login form. You always reimplement login forms and you always do it wrong (from a security point of view). The first version of this library consists of a login form that utilizes SecureString objects to handle the password and encrypt the data for storing between sessions.<br /> <br />Read about this library at my blog: <a href="http://alexduggleby.com/2008/03/05/a-reusable-secure-login-form/" class="externalLink">http://alexduggleby.com/2008/03/05/a-reusable-secure-login-form/<span class="externalLinkIcon"></span></a><br /> <br /><h2> Used libraries </h2> <br />The library uses a library of mine that provides some extension methods. Once that source is cleaned-up a little, I'll post it here too. For now only available as a binary in the project. <br /> <br />The form uses the SecureTextbox Control by Glavs (the dotDude of .net) that he published here: <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pglavich/archive/2006/10/29/Secure-TextBox-Updated.aspx" class="externalLink">http://weblogs.asp.net/pglavich/archive/2006/10/29/Secure-TextBox-Updated.aspx<span class="externalLinkIcon"></span></a>.<br /> <br /><h2> Usage </h2><pre> LoginController _loginController = new LoginController(); _loginController.GetCredentials(); string _username = _loginController.Username; char[] _password = _loginController.Password; // _password needs to be zero'ed a.s.a.p. after usage </pre> <br />Easy, right? You just need to remember to zero out that char array that contains the password (set each char to 0) after you have used it.<br /> </div>AlexDugglebyWed, 05 Mar 2008 22:12:03 GMTUPDATED WIKI: Home 20080305Phttp://code.msdn.microsoft.com/UtilsCommonViews/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&version=3<div class="wikidoc"> <h1> Stop reinventing the wheel </h1> <br />This library is designed to host a number of views that are used by utilites, apps and alike all the time.<br /> <br />The most common example that led to this project was the login form. You always reimplement login forms and you always do it wrong (from a security point of view). The first version of this library consists of a login form that utilizes SecureString objects to handle the password and encrypt the data for storing between sessions.<br /> <br />Read about this library at my blog: <br /> <br /><h2> Used libraries </h2> <br />The library uses a library of mine that provides some extension methods. Once that source is cleaned-up a little, I'll post it here too. For now only available as a binary in the project. <br /> <br />The form uses the SecureTextbox Control by Glavs (the dotDude of .net) that he published here: <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pglavich/archive/2006/10/29/Secure-TextBox-Updated.aspx" class="externalLink">http://weblogs.asp.net/pglavich/archive/2006/10/29/Secure-TextBox-Updated.aspx<span class="externalLinkIcon"></span></a>.<br /> <br /><h2> Usage </h2><pre> LoginController _loginController = new LoginController(); _loginController.GetCredentials(); string _username = _loginController.Username; char[] _password = _loginController.Password; // _password needs to be zero'ed a.s.a.p. after usage </pre> <br />Easy, right? You just need to remember to zero out that char array that contains the password (set each char to 0) after you have used it.<br /> </div>AlexDugglebyWed, 05 Mar 2008 22:01:27 GMTUPDATED WIKI: Home 20080305Phttp://code.msdn.microsoft.com/UtilsCommonViews/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=610This is the first version of the CommonViews library. It only contains the login form.Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:40:59 GMTUPDATED RELEASE: Utils.CommonViews-v1.0.0.0 (Mar 05, 2008) 20080305Phttp://code.msdn.microsoft.com/UtilsCommonViews/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&version=2<div class="wikidoc"> <h1> Stop reinventing the wheel </h1> <br />This library is designed to host a number of views that are used by utilites, apps and alike all the time.<br /> <br />The most common example that led to this project was the login form. You always reimplement login forms and you always do it wrong (from a security point of view). The first version of this library consists of a login form that utilizes SecureString objects to handle the password and encrypt the data for storing between sessions.<br /> <br /><h2> Used libraries </h2> <br />The library uses a library of mine that provides some extension methods. Once that source is cleaned-up a little, I'll post it here too. For now only available as a binary in the project. <br /> <br />The form uses the SecureTextbox Control by Glavs (the dotDude of .net) that he published here: <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pglavich/archive/2006/10/29/Secure-TextBox-Updated.aspx" class="externalLink">http://weblogs.asp.net/pglavich/archive/2006/10/29/Secure-TextBox-Updated.aspx<span class="externalLinkIcon"></span></a>.<br /> <br /><h2> Usage </h2><pre> LoginController _loginController = new LoginController(); _loginController.GetCredentials(); string _username = _loginController.Username; char[] _password = _loginController.Password; // _password needs to be zero'ed a.s.a.p. after usage </pre> <br />Easy, right? You just need to remember to zero out that char array that contains the password (set each char to 0) after you have used it.<br /> <br /> </div>AlexDugglebyWed, 05 Mar 2008 21:40:04 GMTUPDATED WIKI: Home 20080305Phttp://code.msdn.microsoft.com/UtilsCommonViews/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=610This is the first version of the CommonViews library. It only contains the login form.Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:29:00 GMTCREATED RELEASE: Utils.CommonViews-v1.0.0.0 (Mar 05, 2008) 20080305P