Posts by: Kalyan Varma

Secure Programming

So couple of weeks ago, I was searching all around the web and all the local book stores for good books on secure programming. Now no were, was I able to find a decent book and was pretty disappointed at the end, to know that there are no books out there that deal with secure programming. I cam across 2 of them, but both were on windows. Came across the linux-unix secure programming howto. But that too was very disappointing. It gives an overview of various aspects, but does not explain anything. All i found were stray articles on the…

Yay.. am finally getting rtns this week.

For those of you who dont know what rtns is.. Its the machine where I tried Linux for the 1st time. Its the machine which served as the router+DNS for pes.edu for 3 years Its the machine that was running Slack 96 (kernel 2.0.34) no issues what so ever Its the machine which took infinite power failures but still came back up peacefully running Its the machine which made me and sush (khorgath) shift to linux completely. Its RTNS Even in the 2.4.x days, it still rulez.

The BLUG meet went amazingly well last night. manusb‘s talk went off really well. So did my talk ( expect for all kinda _irritating_ questions from jace, and also him pointing out the typos in my presentation). The highlight of manu’s talk was the part when he finds this stick and picks it up and says ‘ Now I am gonna use the stick”. ( to explain his presentation ). As usual the food after the meet was amazing. Came back to office, to drop off the box with noelladsa. After that we decided to go to candle light dinner…

LJ Block

So its been 2 weeks since I’ve last posted. I was forced to stay away from LJ coz of imp work. Later, I just did not find anything to post on LJ. So anyway I am back this time. Work has gotten kinda boring this week. The most amazing thing at office these days is the TT matches between me and Sush (khorgath). Its not a game anymore.. its all about revenge, anger and thrill. For those of you who dont know, I am giving a talk this weekend in the Bangalore LUG along with manusb. He is talking about…

Intresting …

So today this person suddenly buzzes me on Yahoo! Messenger — xxxx : hello kalyan, are you there? xxxx : my name is bala, i just stumbled across ur site and thought maybe u could provide me the link for the “o podu” mp3 — alsoravi, I think these movie guys should pay you money for all the publicity that you have given them. Anyways its turns out, if you go to google and search for “O pode company”, the 1st link is this post of noelladsa and the LJ Phone DJ mrinal should add this song to the playlist…

A day to remember.

noelladsa‘s lab exams ended today. Met up with her in the morning after her exam. After that had been to Orange County for lunch. Nice place, though the prices are kinda steep. This guy who was playing music there ( forgot his name ), came over to our table and dedicated the song ‘Something Stupid’ by Frank & Nancy Sinatra. Was really nice, though I’ve only seen this kinda stuff in movies. Have to admit , I felt sad for the guy. I mean he just stands at one corner and plays all day ( no stage ). I think…

What a day its been so far. Its been cloudy and raining every 5 min here. I managed to meet her, in this lovely weather today. Just felt great… Am feeling really good and happy now. Wish I could have spent the whole day with her though