An Article from :The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs PLUS My Views on Google and Open Source Softwares

Statutory Warning : If you are Open Source(Freetard), Google(tard) or Linux(Freetard JAI-ASS - Just Another IBM-ASS-ET), reading this article will result in an acute pain in the wrong end of your body. Also this post goes like : Spit on our face and Kick you on your C*

This post is going to be full of hatred and reality from my end. Many of my friends, who are part of this group believes that I hate Google and Linux, this is my answer to them. I don't hate them but I hate their lame attempts to try to look like something they are not. If you are an advertiser stay an advertiser unless and until you have the strength to build enterprise class app. If you are meant for schools/colleges stay there don't even try to come to the enterprise class OS and Virtualization Segment.

Here is the article and PLEASE DO READ ALL THE COMMENTS on the article. It will help you to open your eyes.

Also I have certain points to put forward, if you read the reference links you will enjoy them the most.

- After trying a lot of times to maintain my expenses online I've moved back to Microsoft Office Excel 2007 from Google's featureless-shitlike online excel-wanna-be WebApp, please message me to know why I did it, I will reply on this forum itself.

- After Y! Messenger my favourite IM is Office Live Communicator 2007 reason behind that not even Y! can beat it when it comes to Unified Communication.

- Google is still the best search engine in web segments. I have never tried Google Apps for enterprise so I can not comment on it, however I BEG to find ONE, I repeat ONE implementation where Google Apps is being used by a company serving more than 50,000 end users. I will not take a web page as a reference unless and until it is coming from reliable source(news.com, ZDNet, wired.net, BBC, CNN are reliable sources I guess) and yes we are open to discuss reliability of the source, so please if you find something, post it on the group. So far, for enterprise segment, I have found Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to be impressive.

- I still love Linux, and you can ask Cody, I still use Linux sometimes, however it is not at all ready to replace a large base of corporate workstations. Sadly, Munich(Germany), city council tried to throw out Windows out of the city, and replaced all the City Council Workstations/Laptops to Linux.

Read on what happened

In 2003, http://www.news.com/2100-1016-1010740.html and then they realized http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2004/02/62236 and then in 2005, some 14K desktops, http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39195204,00.htm and rumors are heard that now 70-80% of them are running Windows on Linux VM. One more link for the same story :

http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsid=6369

If you have latest news on this project, please let me know.

By the way, here is a success story for Linux but then..hey.. ever heard of this city? http://www.osnews.com/story/12611

Few months back, in my College group, I ran a survey amongst the new batches as well as oldies to choose from Linux and Java, at that time one of my friend started jumping that this survey is like : You like M$ or Not. I did not respond..at that time.. felt..what should I do if my friends...even don't understand what I am trying to tell?

However enough with the silence, at least some of you will understand what I am trying to do here.

I am ending this article here but there is one more coming shortly. This one was originally written almost two weeks back.[Here is a discussion on this topic.]

"How Do I?" Videos for Security from MSDN - Amazing Resource

Hola!!!! It has been a long time, I've written anything on security, the last post you saw from me(Beware while using GMail) This is a kind of resource I have been looking for years. Many times, due to seer desire to be pure evil or just to have fun of doing something new, I've put my hands in mud of Computer and yes...let me tell you they are dirty. Also I've observed this behavior, especially .Net developers, they tend to ignore one important aspect of any Project Development Lifecycle i.e. Application Security. Reason behind them are mostly lack of awareness at entry level(colleges) as well as Professional level(seminars on security? sounds funny, Project Development, discussion groups etc). I must say that NOT all of the developers ignore security but yes majority of them only do it when a tester finds it out or the project sign off explicitly demands it. Anywayz here is a set of excellent resources that will provide you insight on .Net Security.

Here is the link : "How Do I?" Videos for Security from MSDN

"How do I?" Videos for Security All the videos that explore a variety of security questions for developers, including encryption, handling attacks, security best practices, and a lot more. New videos are added regularly, so check back often.

All the downloads are available in the following formats along with sample code.

Video Downloads:
ZIP WMV iPod MP4 3GP Zune PSP
Audio Downloads:
AAC WMA MP2 MP3 MP4

Some Interesting Videos

How Do I: Add Security to .Net Applications with the ProtectedData Class?

How Do I: Use Managed Cards in Windows CardSpace to Increase the Security of My Web Site?

How Do I: Prevent a SQL Injection Security Flaw in an ASP.NET Application?

How Do I: Prevent a Cross Site Request Forgery Security Flaw in an ASP.NET Application?

How Do I: Encrypt My Web.Config File?

How Do I: Use Discretionary Access Control Lists in Windows?

How Do I: Increase Web Site Security by Integrating Cardspace and ASP.NET for Login?

Also check out the right pane for all other How Do I series videos.

Why Google Group should still be in BETA!!!

Many a times people blame me to be a "M$ and rest of the world", while upto certain extent it is true, but then I like to be truthful, I love to go and get the best. For people who don't know me well, my default search engine is Google. Also, after my corporate M$ Exchange A/C, it's Gmail and blogging site I use is Blogger. In discussion groups I use Google Groups and sometimes.. yes sometimes 'cause this is something that keeps hitting me in the face since we have started. The UI is simple..true..but what good is UI if its not working at all? Apart from other dirty problems I face, one thing I must tell you guys is the search within the group, it sucks...so much I don't have words.(Infact, I have but I cant use them here. :P).

Today, I was looking for an old article I wrote on Security on Gmail and Browsers. And out of curiosity instead of having a right term, I put google and then it all started, all the first result sets are...check out the attached video for the surprise. High-Res Video is available here.

Windows Scripting : A Starter Pack

I've been in love with scripts since a long time and I've got a lot of resources. Depending upon your area of interest and expertise on Scripting,

Here are some starting points you can choose from :

Sr. No.	Link	Comments
1	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx	My personal favourite
2	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx	TechNet Script Center
3	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/guide/sas_vbs_overview.mspx?mfr=true	VB Script Primer
4	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/guide/sas_wsh_overview.mspx?mfr=true	WSH Primer

Book Info : The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick

Date: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 11:53 AM

When I started my career 5-6 years back, computer security always fascinated me. I don't know why and how but I was always loved reading about computer security - Encryption, System Security, Network Security, Firewalls, Hacking, Cracking and anything else that comes to the mind.

During my stay at ESS(My previous company, a great place to work), one day I was browsing about programming best practices and from one link to another it

took me to a special web page that mentioned a guy called Kevin Mitnick and a small para regarding his work. I said : huh.. interesting...these guy

breaks in to information systems without using any software/technique. And I decided to read his master piece : The Art of Deception. I borrowed the

book from one of a friend and really it took some months before I could start reading it. But yes, when I started, I could not believe how easy it is to

play with Human mind and get things done which will be too difficult to do if we are using standard software attack techniques(Session Hijacking, IP

Spoofing to name a few). I completed the book in few sittings and I must say I am so impressed with it. It is not only the element of surprise that

is being maintained in all the real life scenarios but also the style, sophistication, confidence and smartness of the attacker(Hacker).

There are more than 20 scenarios i.e. 20+ different real life attacks which caused a lot of damage(In most of the cases) to the victims. If you are really interested in

keeping yourself secure I must say this is the one you can start with. This book explains how to keep you, your job/your business and people around

you safe from a different kind of attack : Social Engineering.

Here is what other reputed sources have to say about the book :

The Art of Deception is about gaining someone's trust by lying to them and then abusing that trust for fun and profit. Hackers use the euphemism "social engineering" and hacker-guru Kevin Mitnick examines many example scenarios.

After Mitnick's first dozen examples anyone responsible for organizational security is going to lose the will to live. It's been said before, but people and security are antithetical. Organizations exist to provide a good or service and want helpful, friendly employees to promote the good or service. People are social animals who want to be liked. Controlling the human aspects of security means denying someone something. This circle can't be squared.

Considering Mitnick's reputation as a hacker guru, it's ironic that the last point of attack for hackers using social engineering are computers. Most of the scenarios in The Art of Deception work just as well against computer-free organizations and were probably known to the Phoenicians; technology simply makes it all easier. Phones are faster than letters, after all, and having large organizations means dealing with lots of strangers.

Much of Mitnick's security advice sounds practical until you think about implementation, when you realize that more effective security means reducing organizational efficiency--an impossible trade in competitive business. And anyway, who wants to work in an organization where the rule is "Trust no one"? Mitnick shows how easily security is breached by trust, but without trust people can't live and work together. In the real world, effective organizations have to acknowledge that total security is a chimera--and carry more insurance. --Steve Patient, amazon.co.uk

From Publishers Weekly
Mitnick is the most famous computer hacker in the world. Since his first arrest in 1981, at age 17, he has spent nearly half his adult life either in prison or as a fugitive. He has been the subject of three books and his alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie War Games. Since his plea-bargain release in 2000, he says he has reformed and is devoting his talents to helping computer security. It's not clear whether this book is a means toward that end or a, wink-wink, fictionalized account of his exploits, with his name changed to protect his parole terms. Either way, it's a tour de force, a series of tales of how some old-fashioned blarney and high-tech skills can pry any information from anyone. As entertainment, it's like reading the climaxes of a dozen complex thrillers, one after the other. As a security education, it's a great series of cautionary tales; however, the advice to employees not to give anyone their passwords is bland compared to the depth and energy of Mitnick's descriptions of how he actually hacked into systems. As a manual for a would-be hacker, it's dated and nonspecific better stuff is available on the Internet but it teaches the timeless spirit of the hack. Between the lines, a portrait emerges of the old-fashioned hacker stereotype: a socially challenged, obsessive loser addicted to an intoxicating sense of power that comes only from stalking and spying.

NET Web Product Roadmap (ASP.NET, Silverlight, IIS7)

I've been bit busy with current project and I've kept around 20-25 posts for the group on my desktop/s. However I thought this one is important and must be posted ASAP.

So here it is, from ScottGu's Blog : .NET Web Product Roadmap (ASP.NET, Silverlight, IIS7)

Important reads will be, I must say, the whole article. However all .Net Developers must have a look at : ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Release and Silverlight 2.0 Release.

Also, Web Developers and Wanna-Bes should check IIS 7.0.

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit on MSDN

As you all must be knowing that Microsoft has released .Net Framework 3.5. I was looking for some training material on .Net Framework 3.5 for one of my friend and I ended up here. Just download this, go through the PPT and if you think that you would like to start development on this, please let me know. I will post links to trial version of Visual Studio 2008 and complete download link of .Net Framework 3.5. Current one is the web based stub only, I think I will be able to find the complete package. The Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2008 features and a variety of framework technologies including: LINQ, C# 3.0, Visual Basic 9, WCF, WF, WPF, ASP.NET AJAX, VSTO, CardSpace, SilverLight, Mobile and Application Lifecycle Management. Its a 72MB download but then nowadays who cares about the download size? :P

What's Going On My Side

There were certain updates in my professional life and I thought I should share them with you. so here it goes. Approximately 1 year ago I was sitting in a beautiful conference hall looking at the stage where people were receiving their performance awards and I thought.... sigh....when I will get one of this? And fortunately... things went strange, and before I completed one year in this new company, I got an award for innovation along with other team members for a project I did in June-July. Also, I flied to Bangkok(This city has many good things other than what it is notoriously famous for, I will post it my experiences on my Personal Blog along with photographs I've taken and collected from friends who explored this ancient gateway of Asia), and there I received this award. The same day a composite video that we prepared received great accolade from the audience for being creative and light weight still conveying the message. Along with that there was one PoC we did which was presented there. Also I just completed 1 year with my current company and that makes me feel good as I never expected that I will survive if I leave Gujarat. Now soon I am looking forward to move further but still I've not decided exactly what direction I am headed to.

Brand New Cool Hotmail Domains

I was surfing.. yeah...at ..5 in the morning what else do you expect?.. and I found that Microsoft has launched this kewl site : http://www.coolhotmail.com/. It allows you to create a Microsoft Windows Live Mail Id with a custom domain name.

I've created a list of all of them and 3 hidden domain names also.(Check out the source code of the page to see what I mean by that). The hidden(but visible in my list below) domain names are : appyfizz.in, gobingo.in and bemyself.in. I am not sure whether this will work for existing A/C or not, but sure its a boon for new users. I also liked the way they have put the UI and color elements. A must see for web developers.

Where I Live?	Who I Like?	Who I Am?	What I Like?	I Don't Fit - I	I Don't Fit - II
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chennairocks.in	clubabhishek.com	iamhot.in	ilovetennis.in	clickass.in	soupedup.in
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