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Browsing speed, Multitabs, RSS integration, add-on support are some of the usability considerations in the browser world today. So I'll share my experience about 3 browsers. I've been using 3 browsers (Well, I don't like Internet Explorer :-)) Avant Internet Browser Firefox 2.x Opera 9.x I liked ... Continue Reading

I'm writing this post using Windows Live Writer which is an amazing software with rich content and works for multiple blog platforms; Released yesterday and as of now, it supports Windows Live Spaces, Sharepoint, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, Moveable Type, Community Server, and many other weblog services. It is much ... Continue Reading

Technitium MAC Address Changer allows you to change Media Access Control (MAC) Address of your Network Interface Card (NIC) irrespective to your NIC manufacturer or its driver  A tool that is released for changing the mac address of Network Interface Cards which would facilitate both the good guys and the bad ... Continue Reading

It has been some time that I've been blogging at Wordpress.com (an amazing free service). I decided to host the blog on my website itself. From now onwards, I would be blogging here instead of http://rsivanadnan.wordpress.com Cheers, Rajesh T Sivanandan ... Continue Reading

So the common belief is that it is very safe when a network is on a *switched* lan compared to a hub. Story? In a hub network, traffic is seen by everybody connected so sniffing would be very easy and with the introduction of switches, you see only traffic that ... Continue Reading

Its pretty appealing to read their *focus*, combined with a PPT that I saw couple of months back regarding Google's work atmosphere and culture - It is a ~should've been there company :-) ... Continue Reading

Now that I answered the same question twice @ EE, it would be better that I bookmark it for the sake of others here; So, the question is when it comes to a platform with Cisco to be a Firewall, do we use Cisco Router or Cisco PIX ... Continue Reading

What is so great about it? Well, heard about OS fingerprinting / "Tcp/IP" Stack fingerprinting. Those who practice security couldn't imagine a life without nmap ?, yeah that line is familiar... So many of these tools do this by the changes in tcp/ip stacks. The RFC for tcp/ip defines value ... Continue Reading

Eight years back... this was us then...                                              Today is our 5th happy (?) marriage anniversary. Looking back; We've known each other for a total of 12 years! We're gifted with a 2 year old kiddo! -> rose.rsivanandan.com We're still young though I'm 31 and ... Continue Reading

"Overall, U.S. government agencies received a 'C-' grade this year on an annual data security report card mandated by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), despite regulations designed to secure data storage practices." "In its statement on the latest data leak, the TSA said that it has some method of ... Continue Reading