Security issue while booking tickets through IRCTC

Most of us would have either used or at least know about the IRCTC service. It’s a government of India undertaking where you can book your train tickets online using a host of payment options. To book a ticket, you need to create an account on the website and simply choose your destination, ticket class and payment options and you’re done – highly convenient if you hate standing in line for a ticket and dealing with rude agents.

In normal circumstances, you will need to enter your username and password to see your ticket status and payment details. This means that only you or someone who knows your password can access your booking information. But I recently discovered by accident that this can be easily circumvented by a simple modification of the url.

And now, a note from our sponsors….

I’ve been meaning to update the blog for a while now. I do have a lot of ideas but not enough material to write a full post about (an excuse for being lazy). So I thought I’d introduce you to the guys with whom I’m exchanging publicity for freebies. You might have noticed the two links on the left side of the blog, it’s theirs. They provide several free and paid stuff and provide good online service as well. But that’s enough from me, I’ll let them explain their services themselves:

A politically incorrect history of the Mizos with emphasis on the socio-economic manifestation of the cultural demarcation with non-Mizoram tribals (A study)

Disclaimer: This is an attempt at humour and satire. If you are offended by any of the remarks and things written herein, well, you are offended by them. If you want the official history of Mizoram, look elsewhere. Go.

In the beginning (plagiarism + blasphemy alert!)
After God created Adam and Eve. He decided to do a little experiment. He said “Let me make a new race of people, cover them with hair, and put them in the hottest place on earth. They will be blessed with immense intelligence but to even the field, I will give them the funniest accent on earth”.

So he created Indians (Not Native Americans, the real Indians. The one Columbus was actually looking for).

Then God said, “Let me create another bunch of people. I’ll give them intelligence like the Indians. They will excel in science and engineering and make many amazing discoveries. I’ll also give them a funny accent like the Indians, and instead of hair, I’ll give them small stilted eyes.

And that’s how the Chinese are created.

An Announcement

Man!! That’s a boring title!! Seriously? ‘Announcement’?

Actually, it’s kind of important. When I started out on this blog, it was meant to be a blog centered mainly around technology and stuff related to computers (and that too the real stuff aka nothing about Counter Strike or DoTA or Zuma). However, I quickly found out that I don’t know a whole lot about technology or computers to actually blog about it. So, I changed the theme of the blog to ‘whatever the hell comes to my mind’ and found out that it’s a little bit easier this way.

Questions from mock campus placement at MNNIT

The Training and Placement Cell of MNNIT is currently conducting mock campus placement for 6th Sem. BTech, 4th Sem. MCA, 2nd Sem. MTech, MSc. and 1st Sem. MBA students. The process is divided into 4 main rounds:

1. Technical Tests

2. General Ability Tests

3. Group Discussion

4. Personal Interview, both HR and Technical.

How to turn (partially) invisible

A WOMAN NAMED Melanie in Ventura, California had a strange experience while sitting on her own living room sofa. While just staring at the wall, she became, she believes, invisible. Her husband walked around the house looking for her. He even walked right by her – just a few feet away – and did not see her. The episode lasted about 10 minutes, then suddenly she was visible again.

from paranormal.about.com

From time immemorial, man has found ways to push the limit of his physical and mental capabilities. We have learned to fly, landed on the moon and conquered the highest mountains and learned to extract the resources deep within the earth. But one power eluded him, the power of invisibility. Until now…