You think of Microsoft, it is Bill Gates. Regardless of all the crap I hear about Microsoft/Windows from friends, colleagues, it was one Vision and completed successfully, for every PC at an average home now has Windows on it.
– Indeed a vision.
For the browser world, I like Opera the best. Blazing speeds for my web browsing habits. The 9.5 looks really cool and has a lot of feature enhancements as well.
Download available from :: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/
Good News… Came in Security Focus;
In a deal with the Attorney General of New York, three major Internet service providers agreed to shut down USENET newsgroups and Web sites that host child pornography, the state prosecutor announced on Tuesday.
The FBI have also reportedly sent links of purported child pornography to newsgroups and then raided anyone who clicked on them.
Read the full article at Security Focus
It is advisable to use the Netscreen-Remote that comes as the vpn client, however if one has to use XP client for connecting to a Juniper Firewall, here is how to do;
This example talks about L2TP over IPSEC { GO }
The new law enforcement and national security concerns were prompted by Operation Cisco Raider, which has led to 15 criminal cases involving counterfeit products bought in part by military agencies, military contractors and electric power companies in the United States. Over the two-year operation, 36 search warrants have been executed, resulting in the discovery of 3,500 counterfeit Cisco network components with an estimated retail value of more than $3.5 million, the F.B.I. said in a statement.
Not that this is news, we’ve always had this planted in the head about James Bond and his gizmo-gadgets and then the story about Government placing some backdoor’s in network security gears for them to get access whenever needed – Yeah, I dunno – its a nice story to keep floating…
But look what is this man? US Military having Counterfeit gears?
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The other day I was talking to my colleague about how fast the wireless technologies have grown for data communications and almost every IT professional (at least) is having the power of WiFi at their homes, since it doesn’t cost more than 50 dollars to buy a cheap wireless router. Along with that we were also discussing about how easy now-a-days it is to get connected to somebody else’s wireless connections 
While it is a good growth in technology terms, users aren’t careful enough to protect their bandwidth – they just leave their AP open to others.
So was just Googling around and found this free product – Easy Wifi Radar
The tool basically does an analysis of the spectrum to see if there is an AP available and if there is a hole, it just connects to it providing instant *free* Internet access! Now people don’t even have to know how to search, just click to go on the tool and it will connect.
However, we’re looking at serious legal issues, if one were to use this tool to steal bandwidth.
Disclaimer : I do not hold any responsibility for issues that one might encounter if he/she were to misuse this tool. It is only for technical knowledge sharing.