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Why you should not login with your admin/root account?

The answer to the above question lies in a fact the Security is an illusion. We can have optimal security measures but nothing in the world can guarantee you absolute protections. Logging with a user account Operating System limits the user from doing any changes that are of critical nature. This not only prevents the admin and his infrastructure from intentional malicious activities but also prevents from something that the user might commit un-intentionaly. " Users are considered the weakest link in security "  Hence if a user opens a file or a program that has been embedded  with some hidden stuff that attempts to run in background so as to perform data stealing/thieft/damage to critical processes causing DOS. The behavior of operating system of not allowing the regular user to perform any vital change will come to rescue. Hence it is a mitigation measure taken by admins and security professionals to keep their network safe from viruses, worms and malacious progr...

What is Captcha ????

CAPTCHA or the distorted text or no. that you would have often noticed while sign up's or even sometimes while downloading files stands for C ompletely A utomated P ublic T uring test to tell C omputers and H umans A part . A CAPTCHA is a type of challenge-response test used in computing as an attempt to ensure that the response is generated by a person. The process usually involves one computer (a server) a sking a user to complete a simple test which the computer is able to generate and grade. Because other computers are supposedly unable to solve the CAPTCHA, any user entering a correct solution is presumed to be human. Applications Of Captcha Pre venting automated software from performing action CAPTCHAs are used in attempts to prevent automated software from performing actions which degrade the quality of service of a given system, whether due to abuse or resource expenditure. CAPTCHAs can be deployed to protect systems vulnerable to e-mail...

What is Easter egg??

This article is Belongs to ester egg.i am sure that by reading first line one question is rises in  your mind.what is the connection between ester egg and computers?? but friends easter egg is one of the most interesting thing in computer world!!! yes thats true.. before i tell you types of ester egg in computer,what they do?i will tell you what is exactly an ester ? Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. what is exactly an ester egg is ? Easter eggs   are special eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter.on easter pepole paint eggs.but now adays people prefore eggs madeup of plastic or chocolate. Inside plastic or  chocolate egg people hide something for children. These eggs are often hidden and then children are  suppose to find them.  What is the connection between Easter egg and computer world? As ester eggs are hidden by people,pare...

Basics about Torrents

Ques What does seeding mean in torrent? Answer: The people sharing & connected to each other using the bit-torrent protocol are split into 2 categories. SEEDS (uppers) & LEECHERS (downloaders) In the begining while downloading a torrent for the first time you are a leecher because the download hasn't completed. When it completes you switch to a seeder and dedicate that stream to simply uploading. The more seeds available the faster the download. Seeding is the process of connecting to a torrent when you have a complete file. Yes it is important to seed 1 to 1. The more seeders there are on a torrent the faster the torrent is. You are not downloading the torrent from the actual site you get it from. You are downloading it off another user that has it on their computer. Let's say someone uploads a torrent to a site and that person seeds at 100kbps. At first every single leecher is trying to get the file from the uploader which if there are 10 leechers then each leecher ...