Telnet can be used to perform operations like configuring a router.These operations cannot be used in batch files to automate the process.
Ts10 can be used to automate telnet commands in Windows.
Expect can be used to automate telnet commands in Linux.
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The Microsoft Windows Operating Systems use the AUTORUN.INF file from removable drives in order to know which actions to perform when a new external storage device, such as a USB drive or CD/DVD, is inserted into the PC. The AUTORUN.INF file is a configuration file that is normally located in the root directory of removable media and contains, among other things, a reference to the icon that will be shown associated to the removable drive or volume, a description of its content and also the possibility to define a program which should be executed automatically when the unit is mounted.
The problem is that this feature, is used by malware in order to spread by infecting as soon as a new drive is inserted in a computer. The malware achieves this by copying a malicious executable in the drive and modifying the AUTORUN.INF file so that Windows opens the malicious file silently as soon as the drive is mounted.
In my previous post,I have mentioned that I received notifications on my Airtel Number as SMS.These messages came from the number 600.I was wondering how the service works and this is what I found out.
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I found a new free website monitoring service.(via Twitter )
Website (HTTP) Monitoring
Howsthe.com will monitor your websites or web services using the HTTP protocol. If there are any issues reaching your website or if we receive a HTTP status code other than one in the range of 200-300 (status codes), Howsthe.com will notify you by email and/or SMS. We can also search your page content for keywords and notify you if they’re not found.
Optimzing CSS and Javascript speeds up your site and also helps in reducing bandwith usage.
I found 4 plugins which helps you in optimizing CSS and Javascript files of your wordpress site.
Wp-Minifier
This plugin integrates the Minify engine into your WordPress blog. Once enabled, this plugin will combine and compress JS and CSS files to improve page load time.
Minify is a PHP5 app that can combine multiple CSS or Javascript files, compress their contents (i.e. removal of unnecessary whitespace/comments), and serve the results with HTTP encoding (gzip/deflate) and headers that allow optimal client-side caching. This helps you follow several of Yahoo!’s Rules for High Performance Web Sites
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