About Jithin

The notoriety of Cracking brought me to the realms of Hacking. The beauty of Hacking instilled in me the patience for Reading. The super-joy of Reading honed my curiosity for Knowledge. The power of Knowledge brought meaning to the act of Sharing. Because Knowledge Multiplies when Divided and Shared. My Philosophy at it's best.
Website: http://openthoughts.me/blog
G has written 9 articles so far, you can find them below.

Renaming USB Drive Labels in Linux

Rename your usb drive in linux

There, you got all the inspirations from the web and your friends and have now Linux proudly running on your system. (Linux is the kernel, ya ya I know you got it). Your friend approaches you to help him get rid of the virus in his USB drive. And you are proud you are of help in terminating viruses with ease, thanks to Linux’s security. And he asks you to do a favor. To rename the USB drive label to his name, from the name “disk”.

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For the Linux Novice

Are you thinking of trying out Linux? Fed up of everyday battles with Virus and Antivirus? Wanna give this open sourced free software a try? Well then this post is exclusively for you.An insight into what you shall find here. Which one to select? What more do I need? What should I know? What about [...]

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Linux and AntiVirus

New linux users must have noticed this. There are antivirus available in the repos. You might question, “But wasn’t I promised that linux is virus free? That was an important reason for me to switch from Windows to Linux.” Well the hard truth is Linux does have it’s own category of viruses. But, the part [...]

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Automating Late Night Downloads

There is a boom in the number of broadband users in India. And there has been a boom in the service providers battling to gain the customers attention. I use BSNL’s DataOne Broadband service. There are also several other Internet Service Providers, and many of them give their users free downloads at unearthly times like [...]

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SQL Injection

When constructing websites where there is the facility for registering and the need for identifying users individually, then we need to have some setup to save user-names and passwords. Files do serve a good place to do it, but some times it is more of a bane than boon. That’s where databases replace the old [...]

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Orkut:TypeRacer Bot

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The typeracer application is an interesting idea presented in a splendid manner. It encourages, typing practice as it involves competition. The first time I clocked a speed of 47wpm. Not very bad, as it put me second among my friends. The first person had a speed of 56wpm. A peep into the recent high scores [...]

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Orkut : TypeRacer trouble?

When one of my friends told this, I didn t take it very seriously. Because, what he told was not happening for me. What he told was  Hey G, whenever I come to your profile, a alert box appears with the name askoppal. Do you know who it is Well, askoppal is my friend [...]

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