People,,wake up !

When internet has become something tats inseparable from our lives, do not forget that your privacy is at stake too. Password is the soul of Internet security. Unfortunately many are not aware of its importance.

The recent hack of the RockYou website has exposed around 30 million passwords. Remember it is none other than you who is responsible for your account getting hacked. You never know the extent upto which your passwords could be used without your knowledge. So why give hackers the chance. Its high time you wake up.

Software companies ensure high password security because they could not afford the loss if confidential data is leaked. And so should you. The following is for non-IT background people or who is not aware how vulnerable weak passwords are.

Ensure your password achieves all these:

1. Keep changing your password regularly (say once in a month or two)

2. Dont keep single password for all your accounts (It becomes very easy for the hacker) just

because it is easy to remember. You know wat,, I'l tell you what I do. I have around 20

accounts (including the social networking and bookmarking sites) and remembering all the passwords would drive me crazy. Heres wat you can do- write down the passwords against the respective account name in a notepad file. Encrypt/Lock the file with a "not easy to crack" password and save it in your hard disk. You are done!! you get to hav a record of all your passwords and also keep it unreadable to others.

3. Do not share your passwords. You know what it leads to. And do not let others to easily guess what your password would be. (Keep weird names but not vulnerable ones.. That helps)

4. Including capital letters, special characters(+,_,@,#,$,%,^,&,*), numbers in between makes

the password hard to get cracked.

5. Most important of all, dont fall for any tricks played by hackers through anonymous mails asking for your password although they claim it is for their own benefit.

I think I have covered almost all the points to be taken care of.

So after the 'RockYou hack' issue a study has come up with a list of most commonly used/vulnerable passwords that invites hackers to do their job very easily.

Have a look @ them

1. 123456

2.Password

3.RockYou

4.iloveyou

5.qwerty

6. abc123

7. 123456789

8. princess

9. (your first name)

10. monkey

If your password is one of these/ if you think yours is easy to track down, change it right away.

Protect your data and stay safe from hackers.

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya

"If music is religion, A.R Rahman is God"

So true.. A.R's first tamil composition after winning the Oscars is Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya. The movie already has so many irresistible attractions like Gautham Menon(director), Trisha(actress), the screenshots of the songs made(which replicates the blockbusters of the past) and like adding feather to the cap is A.R Rahman's music. What is even more exciting is that the legend has sung a song himself.

MY FAVOURITE:

Out of the 7 songs, I wud say "Mannipaya" and "Hosanna" as my favourite songs.

Wats so special about this song apart from music is that it is sung by A.R Rahman and Shreya Ghoshal(perfect blend of voices) and its lyrics:

"MANIPAYA"

My favourite part of the song

(Shreya)

"Kadalinil meenaga irunthaval naan

unakena karai thaandi vandhaval thaan

thudi thuranthaen karainilae

thirumbi vittaen kadal idamae

Oru naal sirithaen maru naal veruthaen

unai naan kollamal kondru pudhaithaenae

mannipaya

(A.R)

maelum maelum urugi urugi unai enni aengum idhayathai enna seivaen

kaatrilae aadum kaagitham naan nee thaan enai kaditham aakinai

anbae ena thodangi anbil mudikiraen"

"HOSANNA"

Music of this song is just WOW..Hats off to Vijay Prakash,Suzanne & Blaaze who has sung this song.

My favourite part of the song

"Ean idhayam udaithai norungavae

En maru idhayam tharuvaen nee udaikavae

En vaasal thaandi ponale

vaerondrum seiayamale

naan aadi pogiraen

sukku nooragiraen

aval pona pinbu endhan nenjai thedi pogiraen

vaazhvukkum pakkam nindraen

saavukkum pakkam nindraen

en meedhu anbu kolla

ennodu saernthu sella

hmmm endru sollu podhum"

I keep humming these lines like 24*7 and these are my most played songs in my player.

Cant wait to watch these songs on screen.

My Diary part1- My first experience in flight

January 1, 2010 was not a great start for me.. The very first day made me cry(though i desperately tried not to). The first good thing that happened to me in this year was my flight experience from Trivandrum to Chennai all alone.

On January 14th my dad after knowing the trains are already packed asked me to come by flight. I agreed and the air ticket was sent to me by mail. After all the unpleasant things that happened around me I was finally happy that i was going home. Heartbroken, I said a final bye to the hostel and Trivandrum(a place where I was for the past 2 and a half months) and hired an auto towards the airport. 

Having  reached 2 hrs earlier, I went to a restaurant in the airport (which charges 100 bucks for Dosa :O). I finished the breakfast with a coffee and was waiting for the boarding counter to open. Since this was the first time Im flying, a friend of mine assisted me the previous night giving me step by step instuctions right from entering the airport which I followed carefully.

Hardly 20 people travelled along with me. Got my boarding pass and a bus arrived which took  us to the flight. An air hostess greeted each and everyone as we entered. I found my window seat in front (which i requested for). God,,,why on earth did I see Final Destination 1???? The very thought of the movie made my head spinning,,but I was brave enough to put those weird thoughts aside and concentrate on the instructions that was being given about the life jackets, exit gates etc.

Trust me,window seats wud be very special to those who fly for the first time. Clouds seemed to be below us floating in the air like cotton.They are not even cotton but thick vapours.And the land below- reminded me of the days when I used to stand on the terrace staring at the flight that fly across the sky and the thought "When will my day come ?"

Above my seat were 2 buttons out of which one is for light and I was unaware wats the use of the other button.I pressed it and a pink color glowed with a loud beep. In few seconds,an air hostess came rushing asking me wat I wanted. Thank God I didnt say "Sorry I pressed it by mistake". Instead I asked her for some water..Ah,,this is why the button is up there! 

Flight landed and I followed a fellow traveller who headed towards the conveyor belt to collect the bags. After that I was happy to see my dad waiting outside to receive me. There i was- in my land after a long time happy happy.