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How can I transfer my domains from my existing registrar/hosting service to something like GoDaddy?

Will I have to pay again? I have about 9 months left before renewal but my current provider doesn't offer many options / control panels. Update: thanks for everyone's help - I've finally completed this now. I had to: Ask my old registrar to "Unlock" the domain Ask my old registrar to set the admin email address of the domain to my em...

How to move SharePoint sites from one active directory domain to another?

I have a SharePoint virtual machine in one active directory domain (for example domain1) and I want to transfer all the sites it has to another active directory domain (domain2). I don’t know which could be the best procedure to do this, if I detach and attach my virtual machine from domain1 to domain2 it probably didn’t work since all t...

Hosting your site with your domain registrar

I have heard that hosting your website with the same company that you have registered your domain with is a bad idea. Is this correct and why is this so? ...

Programming against interfaces: Do you write interfaces for all your domain classes?

Hi, I agree, that programming against interfaces is a good practice. In most cases in Java "interface" in this sense means the language construct interface, so that you write an interface and an implementation class and that you use the interface instead of the implementation class most of the time. I wonder if this is a good practice ...

Persistent storage of encrypted data using .Net

I need to store encrypted data (few small strings) between application runs. I do not want the user to provide a passphrase every time (s)he launches the application. I.e. after all it goes down to storing securely the encryption key(s). I was looking into RSACryptoServiceProvider and using PersistentKeyInCsp, but I'm not sure how it wo...

Help for Domain Model in UML

Hi, I would like to ask if it is possible to show Generalization relationship in UML for a Domain Model although I undertstand I can do that in a Class Digram? I did not see much examples of Domain Model displying Generalization Relationship except in Class Diagram. If not possible, what is the best way to display that an Entity in a D...

object editing and isDirty() flag

Hi all, I'm working on a system were a user can edit existing objects ("Filter" domain objects to be exact) through a GUI. As a UI hint, we only want to enable the save button if the user really modified something to the object. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this problem and what the best way would be to approach thi...

Entity Perspectives

Context: So, I am attempting to build a ridiculously complex domain model. Talking with the users, there are multiple ways the system will be used (For example: one way is from the perspective of the employee; another way is from the perspective of the employer). In actuality, they are multiple applications reusing the core domain. ...

How do you programmatically determine whether a Windows computer is a member of a domain?

I need a way to determine whether the computer running my program is joined to any domain. It doesn't matter what specific domain it is part of, just whether it is connected to anything. I'm coding in vc++ against the Win32 API. ...

Domain Modeling or class diagram for car dealership

I am trying to draw a domain model or class diagram in UML for car dealership. I am stuck with how to present test drive in the model. One way is to have appointment class and then test-drive as sub class. A dealer also offers after-sale vehicle service so i could have appointment/booking class as super class and then vehicle service an...

IIS 7.0 Multiple Domain Site Bindings

I've got three web sites each with its own domain going to my one Windows Server 2008 IIS 7.0 web server. example1.com example2.com example3.com The site bindings for each: When I navigate to example1.com, then I see my example1 web site. When I navigate to example2.com, then I see my example2 web site. But, when I navigate ...

Mark an Active Directory Object as "Read-Only"?

We had a bad day yesterday. One of our Domain Admins deleted an OU containing 700+ users and the same amount of computers as well as assorted other useful things like groups etc. We restored from a backup, but it wasn't pretty. I know that ADUC asks you if you're sure etc... but I'd like it if it was not possible to delete this partic...

Translating NETBIOS domain into a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)

In short - How do I translate a NETBIOS domain to a FQDN ? Details: Assuming I'm in domain A and I have user credentials for domain B which has a trust relationship with domain A (I can authenticate the credentials). How do I get domain B's FQDN when all I have are the credentials of some authenticated user from that domain, including t...

What's your favorite cross domain cookie sharing approach?

I see iframe/p3p trick is the most popular one around, but I personally don't like it because javascript + hidden fields + frame really make it look like a hack job. I've also come across a master-slave approach using web service to communicate (http://www.15seconds.com/issue/971108.htm) and it seems better because it's transparent to th...

How to keep domain name in address bar

Is there a better way to keep the domain name unaltered in the adress bar besides using a main frame? ...

ASP.NET: Impersonate against a domain on VMWare

I need to impersonate myself as a domain user in a ASP.NET application running on VMWare machine. Since the VMWare machine is not itself in the domain, ASP.NET is unable to resolve the user token (specified in web.config). Is there a way to do that? Thanks in advance, Petr ...

Creating DNS records programatically

The situation is, I have a website where the users get a sub domain. eg: client.mydomain.com. If the client fails to meet certain condition (eg. payment default), I want the above site to be pointing to a different web site. The way we want to do it is by creating a dns record with the appropriate redirection. I use a win 2003 server, a...

Is there any way to access MSMQ public queue if not on domain?

The solution is crying out for the MSMQ solution but unfortunately the posting service is not on the domain. Is there anyway to post to the public queue that is on the domain from the machine in the DMZ? I could use a webservice to post but this is a extra component to maintain. The database table is the alternative solution but again i...

LINQ To SQL entity objects as domain objects

Hi everyone. Clearly separation of concerns is a desirable trait in our code and the first obvious step most people take is to separate data access from presentation. In my situation, LINQ To SQL is being used within data access objects for the data access. My question is, where should the use of the entity object stop? To clarify, I ...

Is it possible to find all DNS subdomains for a given domain name?

Anyone knows if it's possible to find all A records, CNAME or subzone records configured for a domain name? For example, domain.com: www IN CNAME domain.com. subdomain1 IN CNAME domain.com. subdomain2 IN CNAME domain.com. subdomain1 IN A 123.4.56.78. subdomain2 IN A 123.4.56.79. I want to keep a sub-domain private where I'll run an...