Passwords

Passwords can be very important sometimes… I couldn’t stop myself laughing on the idea of keeping the same password for all the email ids or any other account one has.. especially if the person belong to computer science field.. lol…

Coming to the lesser funny part of it… if you think you are making your job of remembering the passwords easier by keeping it same everywhere, think again!!!

this can take serious turns if you are attacked by social engineering… remember you are responsible for the security of your emails…

Being related to web I would like to discuss something on the encryption of the passwords… even if your password looks something like “coccidioidomycosis“, it is not hidden from administrators who work at the Web hosting company where your database is hosted.. here encryption techniques bocome instrumental..

Scrambling the passwords using some home-brewed algorithm may add some obscurity but not true “security.” Another approach would be to encrypt all passwords in your database using some industry-standard cipher, such as the Message-Digest Algorithm 5 (MD5).

MD5 encryption is a one-way hashing algorithm. Two important properties of the MD5 algorithm are that it is impossible to revert back an encrypted output to the initial, plain-text input, and that any given input always maps to the same encrypted value. This ensures that the passwords stored on the server cannot be deciphered by anyone. This way, even if an attacker gains reading permission to the user table, it will do him no good.

Read more on how to go about this here..

Things dont work the way we might see it…
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rav

Euphoria

Euphoria live in concert… It really rocked man…

With the immense energy level they possess, We had a memorable night worth
cherishing for long.. it really requires a very high level of energy and enthusiasm to make a live performance like this which lasted for more than 3 hours..

Team India gave us one more reason to cherish… the awesome 413/5, a world cup record in itself!!

and i didn’t know there was solar eclipse yesterday, early in the morning here… I missed it

but you ppl can have a look at the pic…

Best wishes to our “men in blue”..its time to show the world, we are the best

Bakra!!

Now those ppl who missed today’s show really missed something… MTV Bakra was kool.. Though Cyrus couldn make it here, it was worth watching…

After that we danced a lot..thanks to war of DJs, i can feel the ache even in my hairs more on this later..

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Serendipity

One of the best movies I’ve ever seen…

I like the idea of allowing fate to take control of the future when you are not sure of what to do…

college: Revels was fine today… had a nice time… other things being fine, I wish the next 1 year just pass in a moment( I get a chance to do something different rather than going to college everyday )

WorldCup2K7

The entire Caribbean was filled with pride…Yes it was the Opening Ceremony of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in Jamaica. have a look..

India takes its start on 17th March against Bangladesh may the mightiest(read India ) win..

college: Revels 2007 starts tomorrow… i will be there for fashion show as well as Celebrity show the gud part is that the afternoon classes r cancelled… and the not so gud part is the morning classes r still thr

anyways enjoy the world cup…

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rav

Murphy’s law

Many people think that Murphy was a pessimist and I am fool enough to read all about it.. whatever… people will say something… freedom of speech u see Here it goes…Murphy’s law is a popular adage Western culture that most likely originated at Edwards Air Force Base in 1948.

Many of you must be familiar about it.. The simple statement of Murphy’s Law is

“If there is something that can go wrong, then it will.”

and similarily there are many more.. well my intentions here is to let you know “Murphy’s law application for antigravitatory cats.” here it goes..

Murphy’s law:
If you throw a slice of toast with butter into the air, it will always fall with the buttered side down.

Cats conservation law:
A cat will always land on its feet.

So, what would happen if we stick a slice of toast with butter to a cat’s back and we throw it to the air??? well see it here

And here goes Murphy’s law proved.. i found it interesting…

Enjoy this and never forget Murphy’s Golden Rule: Whoever has the gold makes the rules!!!

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rav