Messenger of death

Shattered is the shield of the earth

For comes the devil himself

Out of the fiery hearth

The messenger of death himself

Hot from hell and freshly burning

Comes the flag of skull and bones

The ghosts and evil spirits celebrate his returning

With a purpose of erasing humanity

Comes death himself

To this weak mortal realm

To pack human souls on his ivory shelf

Comes angry, fiery death himself

The burning devil, with his fire chain

Throws chaos, destruction and annihilation

Dead bodies are everywhere, lain

Once alive, now soul-less

The world burns, people die

As the havoc unfurled, works its anarchy

The dogs of hell make the world fry

And when it is all done, the devil,

And his dogs return to the depths of hell

With destruction in his path, and the

Dawning of a fresh corruption-less human era!

:-C.S.Sailendra

Ethical Hacking Seminar

Ethical Hacking Seminar

A seminar on Ethical was held here in Manipal last Sunday. Well, to be honest, when I saw the price for the pass for the seminar, I was almost sure I’d be skipping it. But “somehow”, I did end up attending it, and to put it plainly, R.S.650 was worth it! Now, disregarding all the controversy circling the presenter of the seminar, I could in all fairness say that the information that one could absorb from the 3 and a half seminar was worth the money. And let’s face it, it was a Sunday. And if you think about it, all people do on Sundays is waste the entire day sleeping in late, while away time by doing nothing meaningful (Most of the cases in general. There are people who use their Sundays wisely), and catch the Monday blues before sleeping. Hence, it could be fair to say that learning something on a Sunday is a break to the weak monotony.

But moving on to the seminar, Mr Fadia was definitely a good orator, and he did have a quiet and enthusiastic audience clinging to his presentation. The main theme was meant to be “ethical hacking”, but to be honest; it turned out to be more like a “cracking” seminar, followed up by a talk on ethical hacking. Just to clear a misconception, cracking is basically the job of the people who gain unauthorized or illegal access to the system; whereas hacking is actually what the good guys do to prevent it. Anyway, what ethical hacking is, is basically pointing out the loopholes in a computer security system, so that steps can be taken to remove these vulnerable points, and prevent crackers from exploiting the lapses in security. The seminar started off with a talk on how hackers do what they do: Hack. A few precautionary methods to safeguard him/herself before actually proceeding anywhere else were explained, such as methods to hide one’s I.P, after which methods for getting the I.P of other P.Cs were explained. Other methods to hide one’s self were pointed out too.

Once this has been done, a criminal would be prepared for an offensive move. A briefing on “Trojans” was given, which would allow the hacker access to the target system. A demonstration was given on how a hacker could completely control the host’s system. This included access to data on the host’s memory, and other basic control such as locking the keys on the keyboard, inverting mouse clicks, opening the CD drives, and switching on the web cams of the host system (Extreme violation of privacy indeed). Other techniques such as password cracking, blue-tooth hacking, and data sniffing, USB hacking, SQL injection were also discussed. I’m avoiding putting down any technical details here, mainly because I’m not sure whether I’m allowed to do so.

But all in all it was a successful event hosted by the “IE-CSE”, which ended with a brief question-answer session. After attending the seminar, it really makes me wonder how safe we actually are when we’re browsing the net. The privacy we believe that we have was totally ridiculed. The possibility that you’re being tracked………right now…..is nowhere near low. It really makes me feel insecure nowadays every time I connect to the net. The only thing I can agree with, is that everyone who does browse the net must indeed provide themselves with adequate amount of security, by installing anti-viruses, anti-spywares, and the likes. Trust me; it takes extremely basic knowledge of hacking for one to hack an unsuspecting layman’s computer. On a lighter note, for those of you who considered attending, but missed it, you did miss something worth attending!

C.S.Sailendra

The Leap Of Fate

A day will come in every soul’s journey

When one shall be thrown to the test

A leap of fate after every lesson in life

One that shall put all doubts to rest

A plunge based purely on one’s decisions

And the wisdom one has acquired

A plunge to check the worth of a mind

Whether it has the strength required

To believe in what one trusts

To have a faith in the power one has

And to move forward without a doubt in mind

That this test, he will pass

Indeed results may go both ways

The light of success may caress one

With the utmost sweet embrace

That may leave one with the impression of being “The One”

But one must be mindful that

One glance at the illuminating light at one’s side

Must not send one, plummeting

Into the darkness of ego and pride

Hence let go, fearless of the ground

If one has elevated to his moral heights boundless

And if indeed, these heights he trusts,

The ground below will be soft and harmless

For it is not, but where we land, after the leap

But it is, whether or not where we have landed

Is the spot of our personal choice, for if the heart

Has been followed, true bliss will be granted

: - C.S.Sailendra

The Cut

Swiftly did the dagger pierce

Slowly did the hand withdraw

Blood did drip out

Executed perfectly, was the plan, that he did draw

A butcher by blood profession

Mr. Cutter was his name

And rightly did he live up to this

For the incident did bring him to fame

The victim was none but a surgeon

His identity remains, but unknown

Just as unknown as the motive

Unknown? More like one of the devils own

Pure envy was behind the kill

That both Cutter and surgeon did similar a deed

But the surgeon gets more credit

Envy did block Cutter’s mind indeed

For how unwitfull is it to think

That to take a life is similar to saving a life

True, the cut was made too soon

That too with a nine-inch knife

Many a time does envy triumph

Over the heart’s true path…….but

Regretful is Mr. Cutter now

Over his foolish, cold cut!

: -C.S.Sailendra

Life As A Highway

Be it the work of good or bad

Both together make life

Sometimes happy, sometimes sad

But it is incomplete unless it has had

A bit of struggle, a bit of strife

Endless joy is baseless

Every wish being granted

Is pointless

And so would life be, unless

The bitter seed too, were counted

Where there is light, there is shadow

Both cannot be without the other

If grass be removed from the meadow

All that remains, is land, lifeless and hollow

Joy or pains, both have the same mother

Both together form the same root

Both absorb water for the same tree

The tree that will bear the fruit

The result of marching on with the same boot

Marching the march of life, knowing well that nothing is free

One can never have everything

One can never please everyone

Life is a song you must sing

Life is a story in which you are king

A story that is not always fun

All men are loved as much as hated

‘Tis fictional that all men will fight with you

Some will, in their minds, be differentiated

According to which, in the bad ranks, you will be rated

Nothing is false, nothing is true

Just as you may want some to fall

Some others will want to see you do so too

There is nothing wrong, nothing at all

Differences will always be a wall

That shall separate the sweet bud from the dew

Hence, think about what has been said

Life is one long highway

There is a road to be traveled ahead

That can only be done with a cool head

For after rain, there is always the sun’s ray

:-C.S.Sailendra



The View Of The Morning

As I lay half asleep on a cold winter morning

I could, from my glassy frame see

The moon of the night, absconding

To give way, to the daylight’s key

The yellow sphere started the ascend

And the stars began fading away,

In the bright sky, the clouds did commend

The day-creator’s triumphant ray

I arose to see the river below flowing past

The clarity showed by the visible river bed

Into the serene scene was I cast

Into the sky, the outline of birds was fed

Everything appeared to be

As if an invisible hand was moving here and there

Making all that I could see

Come alive into a landscape so fair

The trees were so evergreen

And the grassy plains were just like

That from an artistic work that I had once seen,

Indeed I could guess heaven was almost alike!

Unlike the other humanly things I would,

In everyday life observe, scorning

The thing bringing me much joy, is and should

Be, the view of the morning!

: -C.S.Sailendra