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The first article in the Wireshark series, published in the July 2014 issue of OSFY, covered Wireshark architecture, its installation on Windows and Ubuntu, as well as various ways to capture traffic in a switched environment. Interpretation of DNS and ICMP Ping protocol captures was also covered....

Here is an introduction to grokit, a tool that can help to set up a source code search and cross-reference tool.

An instrumentation engineer slips into a variety of roles, be it designing, developing, managing, installing or marketing, and is often employed across various industries. In India, the jobs available in instrumentation are more focused on sales and marketing as well as IT industry. Let us take...

In spite of a few challenges, the Indian solar industry is expected to grow substantially from 2600MW to 20,000MW by 2022 with the help of government and solar manufacturers’ initiatives. We might soon see Indian cities turning into ‘solar cities’ in the near future  

Lack of quality designers and preference for VLSI and embedded bring many new opportunities to the field of PCB designing. In this article, we cover the kind of opportunities available in India, the skills expected and pay packages offered, plus some suggestions from industry experts

With the acceptance of computers and modular devices, virtual instrumentation has undoubtedly been universally embraced in test and measurement areas. But there are more changes happening in this field. Let us have a look at some of them very briefly

The article discusses the tremendous career opportunities available in the embedded systems industry. It is based mostly on the advice and comments received from experts in the field

The buzz in the web market is two-factor authentication (also known as TFA, 2FA, two-step verification, multi-factor authentication). Many users hold multiple accounts on multiple websites, and most of them use the same password for multiple accounts. If their password is hacked on one website, their...

PCAP is an application programming interface (API) for capturing network traffic (packets). Snort is a tool for detecting network intrusion. This article explains how they can be used in tandem to analyse network traffic and detect any attacks on the network.

Periodic command scheduling is the main feature of Anacron, which, in contrast with Cron, does not assume that the system is running all the time. Anacron makes life easier by taking care of routine system tasks without having to specifically run them. Scheduled tasks are monitored by a system of notifications to the user or administrator of the system.

Solar power holds a lot of promise for countries like India that are blessed with ample sunshine most of the time. But making solar power economically viable is a challenge that many are grappling with still. Here are some suggestions

Golden-i Gen 3.8 is a handsfree wireless computing and communications headset that operates by voice commands and head movements. It was demonstrated at Electronics Rocks Conference 2013

In the previous article in this series, we set up a shared environment in MongoDB. This article deals with one of the most intriguing and crucial topics in database administration—backups. The article will demonstrate the MongoDB backup process and will make a backup of the shared server that was...

Embedded design tools have become as important as microcontrollers for designers. These tools are getting more powerful, intuitive and flexible, allowing for new and better designs to be completed much faster