A new discovery

So here I am again.. Don't you look so scornfully at me.. After all, I didn't write only yesterday, right.. Well, I was kind of busy, you know. With college going on, you don't get enough time to write blogs. But I still am writing n sharing about things I know.

Currently I am reading Deception Point by Dan Brown and the book's good as far as I've read. Remember, I didn't mean "clean". Well, there's no use to beat about the bush; and let's get to the point. During one of those breaks I take occasionally while reading a book, I've stumbled upon a code for creating a folder lock i.e., to lock a folder so that it's contents cannot be seen. Very useful for guys like me who keep their gf's photos in the system. Before I give you the code, lemme explain you how it works.

What you do is, open a notepad file and copy the given code as it is. Where there is a red color, write your own password and save the file with "locker.bat" under All Files option in the notepad Save As.. window. Save this at a location where you want the "locked folder" to be created. Close the notepad window and you'll see a MS-DOS application with the name "locker". Now double-click that application and a folder with name "Locker" is created. Now dump all your secret files into that folder and run the MS-DOS application again. A window will appear askin whether you want to lock the folder. Press 'Y' and lol!!ur folder has disappeared. Now all you've to do to get that back is to run the MS-DOS application once again and type the correct password (the one u gave in the place of the red color text)

Don't get restless now because I am giving you the code below..

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==type your password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End

Try the code above and if you still don't get it, try the following link
http://amazingwebsite.googlepages.com/sri

Goodbye, hope to share many more things with you soon....

History of Ethical Hacking

Many may wonder what is so ethical about hacking. After all most of the cyber crimes are related to hacking. But that is where the general public is committing faux pas (false step, in French). The public has
confused hacking for cracking. The conventional definition for a hacker is "a person who programs enthusiastically or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming". Another definition given is "a person who enjoys learning the details of computer systems and how to stretch their capabilities—as opposed to most users of computers, who prefer to learn only the minimum amount necessary". As can be clearly seen, hacking, according to the good old definition, is not bad at all. The original hackers had no other option, but to call themselves as "ethical" hackers. Let us see the circumstances that led to the invention of the word "ethical hackers"...

As computers became increasingly available, the user community is not restricted to researchers alone but extended to individuals who viewed computer as a flexible tool to program or to play games or get assistance in their daily work. Because of this increasing popularity of computers and their continued high cost, access to them was usually restricted. When refused access to the computers, some users would challenge the access controls that had been put in place. They would steal passwords or account numbers by looking over someone's shoulder, explore the system for bugs that might get them past the rules, or even take control of the whole system. They would do these things in order to be able to run the programs of their choice, or just to change the limitations under which their programs were running.

In the initial stages, these intrusions were fairly mild with the damage being theft of computer time. But this didn't stay for long and occasionally, some of the naive intruders would accidentally damage files and the administrators would have to invest considerable time in repairing them. Sometimes, the identities of the intruders became known and they were promptly denied services. Some would take this personally and react with destructive actions that brought the systems down. When these destructive actions were identified, it became "news" and the news media, instead of using the word "criminals", used the word "hackers" and it all started from there.

With the advent of Internet, computer security has become a serious issue. Companies wanted to take advantage of Internet for e-commerce, advertising, information sharing, etc but were worried about the possibility of being "hacked". Companies were ready to invest any amount to preserve their secrets. In their search to approach the problem, organizations realized that the best way to deal with "hacking" is to have independent computer security professionals attempt to break into their systems (sounds silly, but that's how the solutions are, most of the times!!). These independent computer security professionals are called "ethical hackers". This scheme is similar to companies having independent auditors check their account books before any IT raids could occur.

That's all from me today but wait for my next blog which deals with the work policies and techniques of ethical hackers. May you live happily till you read my next blog. Goodbye...

The Champions of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup...

India wins Twenty20 World Cup

India ended its Twenty20 World Cup campaign on a high when it defeated arch rivals Pakistan in the finals. The margin of victory was only 5 runs and the winner was decided in the 20th over of Pakistan innings. It couldn't get better than that.

India won back its supporters who deserted it after the disastrous world cup campaign in the Caribbean at the start of the year. All compliments to Dhoni who proved himself as a captain and to the Indian team which peaked up as the event progressed.

Sehwag missed today's match with a groin injury he picked up in the last game against the Oz. Yousuf Pathan, better known as Irfan Pathan's brother, filled his shoes as an opener and did a pretty good job by hitting two boundaries before falling to Asif. The Indian run rate was always near 7 an over and the score of 157 was largely due to the opener Gambhir's knock of 75 from 54 balls. Rohit Sharma provided hitting at the end overs. Dhoni and Yuvraj, who were largely responsible for India's previous wins, couldn't do much today. Having a decent total to defend, India's chances largely rested on the performances of its bowlers.

After restricting India to a relatively low total, the Pakistanis must have thought they hand one hand on the winners trophy. But it was not to be, as Indians took regular wickets. Pakistan lost the key wickets of Shoaib Malik and Afridi in the same over by Irfan Pathan. Irfan was largely impressive today, returning figures for 4-0-16-3 that proved the difference between the two sides. Misbah-ul-Haq went for hitting in the end overs that brought hope for Pakistan. 13 runs were required in the last over with a wicket in hand. Enter Joginder Sharma who bowled that superb last over against Aussies. He started with a wide that brought jeers from Indian fans. His second ball went for a SIX. 6runs from 4 balls and the Pakistanis were getting ready for champagne. Seeing a fielder at the short fine leg (which was Sreesanth) Misbah tried to be cute and scooped the ball in that direction. The ball could only go as far as the fielder and Sreesanth had held the catch of his life. Poor Misbah! it is him again in the last over of an Ind-Pak game. That ends the Pakistan innings and Indian staff were rushing on to the field to congratulate the victorious team.

According to me, both the teams should be complimented for their extra ordinary performances in this event. One should remember that, both came here after failing to cross group stages in the Caribbean World Cup. Man of the match to Irfan Pathan and man of the series to Afridi. One cannot, but feel sad that Yuvi missed on the man of the series award. But, the important thing is that India won the world cup and Dhoni, in his first campaign as a captain, brought home the cup that many captains would dream of. With this, I end my nonsense with a positive feeling. Au revoir, mon ami!!!

Tevez scores his first goal for United

Man Utd wins against Chelsea

What a way to start my blog career!! After edging past the double defending champions Chelsea last year to win the English Premier League, Manchester United showed Chelsea once again, the taste of United's magic, at Old Trafford by defeating them 2 goals to nil. It was a fantastic performance from Man Utd who now have gone 4 games in the premiership without conceding a goal. This win takes them to the 2nd place in the standings.


The proceedings at Stamford Bridge last week were disturbing to Chelsea and they never really looked like winning without Jose Mourinho. It was always United who had the urge to win and it was no surprise that they came on top. The match started with United getting all the scoring opportunities initially. Literally, the ball was with United all the time. But somehow they couldn't score. Chelsea's defender John Obi Mikel was given a red card for a serious tackle on Patrice Evra and this didn't help for Chelsea's cause. Finally, the goal came from Carlos Tevez in the injury time of 1st half and what an occasion to score his first goal for The Reds!!!

Chelsea tried to regroup in the second half, but to win with 10 men against a top quality team like United is nearly impossible, that too, when the Reds are on a high. Though Ashley Cole and John Terry breached the United defense on some occasions, they couldn't go past the ever reliable Edwin Van der Sar. Rooney couldn't control his emotions and was red-carded for showing dissent. Tevez was substituted by the Frenchman Louis Saha, and was given a loud applause when he left the field. John Terry was also red carded shortly for a serious tackle.

The match seemed to be the United's 4th consecutive 1-0 win. Saha was awarded a penalty in the final minutes of the game which he converted and that brought the loudest round of cheers at Old Trafford. Saha has scored second year in a row against Chelsea at Old Trafford. It could have been 3-0 had Saha scored a header opportunity in the injury time. No regrets though, as Man Utd wins against arch rivals Chelsea comfortably. To win against in-form Man Utd with only 10 men was always going to be a tough task and Chelsea succumbed to the pressure.

It has capped the end of a perfect week for United during which, they won their Champions League match against Sporting Lisbon in Portugal with Ronaldo scoring the only goal of the game. That's all from me today and I am eagerly waiting for the Ind-Pak final in Twenty20 world cup tomorrow. Sayonara....