Handling X509KeyStorageFlags in applications

Vadims Podans PKI Developer

Hello everyone! While participating on StackOverflow.com, I’m observing common in-app certificate handling misuses in .NET applications and I want to share some thoughts on this. Today I would like to speak about handling X509Certificate2 object creation inside the application code, common problems in handling private key material, potential issues and how to overcome them. Problem…

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PowerShell File Checksum Integrity Verifier (PsFCIV)

Vadims Podans PKI Developer

Today I’m glad to announce a PowerShell File Checksum Integrity Verifier (hereinafter PsFCIV) availability as a standalone package. Years ago a friend of mine asked to develop a PowerShell script that would replace a now-discontinued Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier (FCIV) tool that is an essential utility to check integrity of large file shares. While…

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