For as long as it has been available, I have recommended the Microsoft Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library for internet development because it is a valuable tool to assist developers mitigate one class of common security threats. As important as this tool is, I was always a bit disappointed that it only went part way in handling the wide variety of threats our applications are exposed to. As a result, I was excited to learn that the next version of the Anti-XSS Library will be completely revamped and...

So I am looking at the calendar on my desk and it is telling me it is 01/11/10. This number fascinated me because it is a palindrome meaning it is the same backwards and forwards. After staring at it a bit more, I realized it was composed of only 1s and 0s which means it could also be construed as a binary representation. So I wish you all a very happy 0x1e day. I am sure this will happen somewhat frequently in the next two years or so, but it was the first realization of the phenomenon for me...