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Developing an AIR Native Extension for OSX and Windows in C++

Andrew — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:48:38 +0000

In AIR 3.0, Adobe released a capability called Native Extensions. This allows you to directly extend the capabilities of the AIR Runtime on any platform supported by AIR (iOS, Android, Windows, OSX, etc...). In my consulting work for the NitroLM licensing and security project, I've had a chance to really dig into what it takes to develop a cross-platform native extension in C++.

Utilizing AT&T U-Verse Static IPs with OpenWRT

Andrew — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:41:04 +0000

I recently purchased a block of 8 Static IP addresses for use with my U-Verse plan. U-Verse has always been a very stable and reliable ISP for me the last two years and their price of $15/month was pretty good so I jumped. This gives me 5 usable IPs that I can use to host [...]

Flex 4 ChromaPassword

Andrew — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:05:03 +0000

View Source I came across this infosthetics blog post discussing a Javascript interface for doing Chroma password. I hadn’t yet had a chance to dive into any Flex 4 stuff, so I thought this might be a good little opportunity to play around with it. My [...]

Load testing with BrowserMob

Andrew — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:30:51 +0000

In the consulting work I’ve been doing for Simplified Logic, they’ve had me working on a new Encryption-only version of Nitro-LM for Flex and AIR. In the past year, they’ve had a number of customers who say something like, “The licensing and everything is really cool, but I’ve already coded my own simple username/password system [...]

360|Flex wrap-up

Andrew — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:16:38 +0000

The 360|Flex event in San Jose was a success in my book. I manned the Simplified Logic booth most of the time, but I did find some time to go to some great sessions. I learned many tips and tricks that I could apply to my own development efforts. My session on Encrypting Flex was [...]

Encrypting Flex, Protecting Revenue, and Making Cash

Andrew — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:31:45 +0000

I finished up my 360 presentation on Encrypting Flex, Protecting Revenue, and Making Cash yesterday. I’m quite pleased with it. It’s fairly slide-light and demo-heavy which is what I enjoy when going to 360 sessions. I’m going to be showing a number of different encryption techniques, looking at several obfuscators, and showing what an cairngorm [...]

What do you want to see at 360 Flex?

Andrew — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:43:04 +0000

I work as a contractor for Simplified Logic, one of the sponsors of the 360 Flex San Jose event. I’m going to be speaking along with David Bigelow in the presentation entitled Making Money with Flex. At SLI, they use their nitro-lm (license management) product to track and control usage and licensing of an application. [...]

New SWF encryption techniques at 360 Flex

Andrew — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:38:10 +0000

I’m working on some new types of SWF file encryption to demonstrate at 360 Flex San Jose. If you’ve read my Inside RIA articles, you know that the main technique used by NitroLM to encrypt swf files is to create a wrapper application and load/decrypt the real application using a SWFLoader. The problem with this [...]

Encryption in Flex Applications

Andrew — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:25:05 +0000

Here are my 3 articles for InsideRIA on Encryption in Flex applications. Encryption in Flex Applications 1 – Simulate EncryptedLocalStore Encryption in Flex Applications 2 – SWC AS3 Library Encryption Encryption in Flex Applications 3 – NitroLM SWF Encryption