Eduardo's Blog

My blog for technology postings on digital signatures, technologies and applications.

Updated: Using Thales nShield Connect/Solo on Windows with OpenSSL CHIL Engine

Using the Thales nShield with OpenSSL on Windows So I installed an nShield Connect HSM and a Windows...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 10/22/2014

Java Keys, nCipher and the mysterious InvalidKeyException

Recently stumbled upon this rather pesky issue using Java JDK 6 and I figured it would be something...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 08/09/2013

Opera's Woes: Who took the keys? Where's my car?

Imagine the following: You are at home, ready to head out... You do the triple-tap on the pant...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 06/28/2013

Windows Phone 7's Tip for multi-language speakers!

Auto-correct/Keyboard independent of Language! If you are like me and many bilingual folks, the...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 12/08/2010

Microsoft Kinect: From the box to the living room

(I won't bother readers with boring details about the box and its contents. Check out IGN, Gamespot...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 11/10/2010

CASE: Using nCipher and OpenSSL (on Windows)

Using the NCipher with OpenSSL on Windows So I installed a Net HSM and a Windows Server 2008 R2...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 10/19/2010

Case: Mounting Mac DMG's and the misterious post-exec diskimage-helper

So I recently had to do mounting and unmounting of DMG files from the command line using perl. The...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 01/20/2010

Windows 7 is out, with hidden tricks :-O !

So this is not new, but thought I would give an update. Its really nice to say the least. A nice...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 01/20/2010

Windows 7 Beta is OUT!

Yes it is out. After using Windows 7 M3 alpha I have to say it looks much nicer. Features that have...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 01/13/2009

Understanding Vista's UAC (User Access Control)

It was one of the features I definitely "hated" at first, but after some insight by fellow Microsoft...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 08/25/2008

SIP's (Subject Interface Package) and Authenticode

This is my first post so I'll make it short and sweet. What are SIPs? They are basically...

Author: Eduardo Navarro Date: 07/11/2008