The *nix family of operating systems has a very rich syntax. So I figured, why not write a comprehensive guide to life using *nix syntax. As a humble beginning, here is the first page that summarizes the “moral of the story” of the game called life: The English version You are a prisoner of your yesterday, you [...]
My first “real” experience with computers was on a Windows 3.1 machine. (Of course I had tinkered around with a lot of “non-GUI” operating systems as a kid, but let’s get real – that’s ancient history).
Windows (in its myriad variations) is a great set of operating systems (except maybe Windows Millennium Edition). Its ease [...]
As of 27th September 2007 – yes! A malicious hacker can misuse Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) to redirect a copy of all your incoming emails to his account! CSRF is also referred to as “one click attack” or “session riding”. [Before you read any further please understand gmail filters by logging into your gmail account and going [...]
There was a nice article about me in Citadel some time back. It can be downloaded from: http://www.rohasnagpal.com/school-of-thought.jpg
I recently tried out DriveSentry, a personal data firewall that works on a PC as well as a removable drive. According to DriveSentry.com…..”DriveSentry complements your existing anti-virus tool by detecting threats to your system using a patent-pending technology. DriveSentry is an intelligent firewall for your drives that works by allowing only applications that you authorize to [...]
A major security concern for users of online banking / share trading is keylogging. Simply put, a keylogger installed on your computer could pass on your login credentials (credit card information etc etc) to a cyber criminal. What the criminal could do with this information is anybody’s guess and your worst nightmare. A recent BBC investigation revealed [...]
Times of India has profiled me as part of their “Lead India” initiative coverage. “Pune has had its fair share of applicants for the Lead India initiative which gives ordinary citizens with extraordinary leadership qualities a chance to change the political and social situation around them. One such person is Rohas Nagpal, cyber crime specialist.”
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Way back in 2002, I had proposed an Internet Draft “Biometric based Digital Signature scheme”. It did not make it to the status of an RFC, but I hope someone somewhere can build on the concept. Abstract: Digital Signatures are fast emerging as a viable information security solution, satiating the objectives of data integrity, entity authentication, privacy, non-repudiation [...]
Although this citrus fruit has a major hand in some of the world’s most delicious foods, why, one asks, is the lemon associated with lemon laws – American laws relating to predominantly faulty vehicles? One expert guess is that both, lemons and problematic vehicles, leave a sour taste in the mouth, in one case literally. In [...]
In today’s hi-tech world, where every T, D and H owns a laptop and more, a fully equipped pen drive still makes a lot of sense.
Top 5 scenarios where a pen drive loaded with the rights apps makes great sense are:
1. You regularly work on a set of files on different computers [...]