I was writing an article on how to use HTTP to view web banner information. My first choice was to use the big G, Google.com. However, when I used the command nc google.com 80 and used OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1, Google generated this error message.
It is also interesting to observe how Google generates its logo using [...]
February 24, 2007 – 10:36 am
UPDATE: I believe either Vint Cerf himself or more likely a Google India representative posted a comment with some updated stats. I double checked the stats and indeed found them out to be right as shown in the presentation. I am updating the post to reflect the correct stats.
So, I finally make my way into the [...]
February 18, 2007 – 11:25 am
This article is part 2 in this series of articles about Ethical Hacking and penetration testing. You can read about part#1 in this series where I give an Introduction to Ethical Hacking and Penetration testing in general and why it has taken such a prominent role among Security Analysts and consultants.
In this series, I want to [...]
January 13, 2007 – 9:52 am
For all the geeks out there, do you know someone who tried to teach themselves how to read Barcode? Here is a list of Geek quotes, sayings and phrases. Some of them are from Boardofwisdom who put together a nice compilation themselves.
#1. Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF. All my base Are belong to you — [...]
January 11, 2007 – 10:03 am
Leet is a phrase often used on the Internet, some being online games, message boards, and chat rooms. It comes from the word “elite”, meaning “above everyone else”. It’s most commonly written as “1337″ or “l33t”. It can also be written differently, the numbers 1, 3 and 7 standing for L, E and T [...]
October 10, 2006 – 6:13 pm
Many of us use the terms programmer and developer interchangebly. Hacknot has an excellent article describing the concept the the terms programmer and developer are indeed as unique as how they are made out to be.
The term programmer has historically referred to a menial, manual input task conducted by an unskilled worker. However since the [...]