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Information Security

2008-05-20T23:09:00.001+05:30

Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.The terms information security, computer security and information assurance are frequently used interchangeably. These fields are interrelated and share the common goals of protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of

Basics of Operations Research Part-II

2008-04-24T21:06:00.005+05:30

Characteristics of Operations ResearchThe various definitions of Operations Research were presented in the Part-I of the series bring out the essential characteristics of operations research.They areits system(or executive) orientation,the use of interdisciplinary teams,application of scientific method,uncovering of new problems,improvement in the quality of decisions,use of computer,quantitative

Firewall

2008-04-14T20:42:00.002+05:30

DefinitionA firewall is a device or set of devices configured to permit, deny, encrypt, or proxy all computer traffic between different security domains based upon a set of rules or other criteria.FunctionA firewall is a dedicated appliance, or software running on another computer, which inspects network traffic passing through it, and denies or permits passage based on a set of rules. A

Google Hacking

2008-04-06T00:54:00.005+05:30

Google hacking is a term that refers to the art of creating complex search engine queries in order to filter through large amounts of search results for information related to computer security. In its malicious format it can be used to detect websites that are vulnerable to numerous exploits vulnerabilities as well as locate private, sensitive information about others, such as credit card

PHP/SQL Security

2008-04-05T22:07:00.002+05:30

Web Security: The Big PictureWhether your site is the web presence for a large multinational, a gallery showing your product range and inviting potential customers to come into the shop, or a personal site exhibiting your holiday photos, web security matters. After the hard work put in to make your site look good and respond to your users, the last thing you want is for a malicious hacker to

SQL Injection: What is it?

2008-04-04T23:57:00.003+05:30

SQL Injection is one of the many web attack mechanisms used by hackers to steal data from organizations. It is perhaps one of the most common application layer attack techniques used today. It is the type of attack that takes advantage of improper coding of your web applications that allows hacker to inject SQL commands into say a login form to allow them to gain access to the data held within

Basics oF Operations Research - Part -I

2008-04-04T09:41:00.002+05:30

Definition of Operation ResearchSome of the different definitions suggested are:OR is a scientific method of providing executive departments with a quantitative basis for decisions regarding theoprations under their control. -Morse & KimballOR, in the most general sense, can be characterised as the application of scientific methods, tools and

Market and Survey Researchers

2008-04-03T00:11:00.003+05:30

Significant Points  Market and survey researchers need at least a bachelor’s degree.Continuing education and keeping current with the latest methods of developing, conducting, and analyzing surveys and other data is important for advancement.Employment is expected to grow faster than average.Job opportunities should be best for

Operations Research

2008-04-02T20:57:00.002+05:30

Operations Research (OR) in the US, and Operational Research in the UK, is an interdisciplinary branch of applied mathematics which uses methods like mathematical modeling, statistics, and algorithms to arrive at optimal or good decisions in complex problems which are concerned with optimizing the maxima (profit, faster assembly line, greater crop yield, higher bandwidth, etc) or minima (cost

Career in E-Commerce and Information Systems

2008-03-23T15:34:00.001+05:30

E-Commerce or Electronic Commerce is a technology enabled communicationof a business organisation with its customers and suppliers. In otherterms, e-commerce means conducting business through the electronicmedia, particularly through paperless information technology such asElectronic Data Interchange (EDI). E-commerce transactions may takeplace involving business to business (B2B) or business to

Tutorial: FTP Upload via cURL

2008-03-16T23:43:00.002+05:30

FTP hosting is often much cheaper than regular web hosting. The upload with an ftp client is for sure the most common way, but could be a problem for people behind a firewall or without enough rights (capabilities) to install a FTP client. For those a upload via a web form is the best solution.Upload limitations by your web server The default value for file uploads within PHP is 2MB, if you need

Open Proxy

2008-03-11T15:59:00.002+05:30

An open proxy is a proxy server which is accessible by any Internet user. Generally, a proxy server allows users within a network group to store and forward internet services such as DNS or web pages so that the bandwidth used by the group is reduced and controlled. With an "open" proxy, however, any user on the Internet is able to use this forwarding service. By using some open proxies (the

Reverse Proxy

2008-03-11T15:54:00.000+05:30

A reverse proxy or surrogate is a proxy server that is installed within the neighborhood of one or more servers. Typically, reverse proxies are used in front of Web servers. All connections coming from the Internet addressed to one of the Web servers are routed through the proxy server, which may either deal with the request itself or pass the request wholly or partially to the main web servers.

Proxy Ser ver

2008-03-11T15:38:00.008+05:30

In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application program) which services the requests of its clients by forwarding requests to other servers. A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service, such as a file, connection, web page, or other resource, available from a different server. The proxy server provides the resource by connecting to the

My View of Assam

2008-03-05T21:31:00.001+05:30

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Sudoku

2008-03-01T16:47:00.002+05:30

Installing DHCP in Linux

2008-02-27T15:02:00.000+05:30

Before starting with anything I would like to give a brief about the DHCP:Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol used by networked devices (clients) to obtain various parameters necessary for the clients to operate in an Internet Protocol (IP) network. By using this protocol, system administration workload greatly decreases, and devices can be added to the network with minimal

Reputation Management

2008-02-25T16:57:00.000+05:30

Reputation management has come into wide use with the advent of widespread computing. Reputation Management seems to have become the new buzzword. This is evidenced by a recent front page story in the Washington Post featuring several online reputation management firms.Accoring to wikipedia:Reputation management is the process of tracking an entity's actions and other entities' opinions about

Adding a Google Custom Search engine in your site

2008-02-23T13:24:00.000+05:30

All of you must have seen a search engine toolbox in most of the site. This might have made you want to use one in your site too. This is how you do it.Go to http://www.google.com/coop/cse/. After that check forClick Create Button.You will see a Form. Let's Start with the Basic Configuration.Some of these steps are less relevant when you're creating a one-site search engine, but nonetheless, a

Display your SIte in Multiple Languages

2008-02-23T12:36:00.001+05:30

Use Google's Translation Service . Use the Following piece of Javascript + HTML code.<select name="translate" style="height:18px; font-size:10px;" onchange="javascript:window.location = http://www.google.com/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=en%7C' + this.value + '&u=' + window.location.href;"><option value="">Translate This Page</option><option value="ar">Arabic</option><option value="zh-CN">Chinese

TV Ads that impressed me.

2007-10-31T20:12:00.000+05:30

Recently there has been a few ads that made a statement which had nothing to do with the product but it still makes u look and watch it.Its an Ad about a Tea: It shows an MLA comin and asking vote. And the person takes an interview. I think every politician should pass an interview.And politics should be an organized profession and there should be professional

If Google Made an OS

2007-10-24T17:49:00.001+05:30

Google has been going strong ever since it's inception and it's performance today is very much tough to compare with anyone else. Google has been coming up with various products that are very useful in this internet age.If Google brings out an OS I would personally want it like that:It would be better if they make it free like all other products. I think free software is our right. I don't think