What’s the status of CAT.NET?

Question

I’m trying to find Microsoft CAT.NET for VS2010 and it looks like there was a beta of their 2.0 version but every link to it in Microsoft Connect is now dead. This is the most r

Answer 1

Unfortunately it looks like the answer to my question is "In a perpetual state of limbo". Back in June there was a last minute design issue right before it was intended to be released.

In answer to my question on MSDN about the status I was told the same thing and that was now almost five months ago. There are a series of impatient follow-ups by the community on that thread and not a single word from Microsoft nor is there any update on the MSDN Security Tools page.

Don't hold your breath folks!