PCI Compliance - ColdFusion Debug Information

It should be blocked anyway but it is a common problem when undergoing PCI Compliance that ColdFusion debug information may be displayed by appending mode=debug to any CF URL. To prevent this limit the IPs that can access the debug information, preferably limit this to 127.0.0.1:

Open CF administrator

Select "Debugging Ips"

Add 127.0.0.1

Remove all other IPs

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Take website screenshot using ASP.NET

Utilising a hidden web browser control it is possible to take a screenshot of any website. The code shown below is based on an article at plentyofcode.com (sorry the site now appears to be offline May 2012) but I have translated it from VB.NET to C# and will work in .NET so theoretically for any Windows or ASP.NET web project. using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Drawing.Imaging; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Diagnostics; namespace WebsiteScreenshot { public class GetImage { private int s_Height; private int s_Width; private int f_Height; private int f_Width; private string myURL; public int ScreenHeight { get { return s_Height; } set { s_Height = value; } } public int ScreenWidth { get { return s_Width; } set { s_Width = value; } } public int ImageWidth { get { return f_Width; } set { f_Width = value; } } public int ImageHeight { get { return f_Height; } set { f_Height = value; } } public string Websit

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Compress and de-compress strings in C#

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