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In This Issue
String Theory
Radio Waves
Photoshop gyaan Steve Jobs:
A Tribute
The Bangalore
Torpedos
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INside
ieee-msit I-CON
The Writings On The Wall
10 | IEEE, the Unexplored
Symbiotc Endeavour:

A road less travelled; that made all
the diference

by Akshat Kulshreshtha
11 | The GINI Force

by Daksha Goel
12 | String Theory

by Rajat Vikas
14 | Winter School:


The turning point of my life

by Tushar Sharma
15 | Rootkits: todays top threads
by Adweetiya
16 | Time Travel

by Disha Arora
17 | Counter Strike:

by Nikhil Garg
18 | Photoshop Gyaan

by Akshay Kumar
2 | Messages
4 | IEEE MSIT:

the societal construct
6 | IEEE MSIT:

through 2010 and 2011
8 | The S.I.Gs

Special Interest Groups
22 | IEEE MSIT: School

Outreach Program
20 | Radio Waves and
MSITians: Project

Radio Jove

by Tushar Sharma
23 | The Bangalore
Torpedo

by Mohit Rathee
24 | Steve Jobs:
A Tribute
Design Head: Mohit Rathee
Cover: Arjun Narain Coordinator: Akshay Kumar
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Messages
Navin K Kapur
Director, Maharaja Surajmal Insttute of Technology
It is a matter of immense pleasure that the activities of IEEE student
Branch, MSIT are picking up a good tempo and providing the students
and faculty a window to new technologies and inculcating a mindset for
innovation.
The launch of the bulletin will further strengthen the academic envi-
ronment in MSIT and extend the reach of the IEEE message.
My best wishes to the team members for continued success in their
endeavours.
Mrs. Vimal Gaur
Branch counselor, IEEE MSIT
At IEEE-MSIT, pursuit of excellence is a way of life. Our quest is
to provide a platform to the students of our college where they can learn
and develop skills outside of their classrooms. The focus has always
been on excellence in all pursuits with an endeavor to bring out the best
in each one of us. This bulletin is another step towards that mission of IEEE-MSIT.
It is indeed a matter of great pleasure that the bulletin of IEEE- MSIT student Branch is being
launched. This bulletin, I am sure, would provide all the required information and updates about the
happenings in our branch. Also, it will help many students to become aware about our student branch
and come forward with creative and new ideas to take it forward.
I wish IEEE-MSIT all the success in its endeavor. May God give us the wisdom to tread the path
of goodness with humility!
From the branch counselor
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Messages
From the chair
Ashutosh Varma
Editorial Department Head
One of the first assignments of the editorial department was the making of the
I-CON, a student bulletin that contains a gist of the events that MSIT IEEE has
been involved in over the past two years, and also features some of the best (technical
themed) articles that the MSIT students had to offer.
Being an inaugural edition, the department had to start from scratch. Though
seemingly a herculean task at the beginning, it has been one of the best experiences
that MSIT has had to offer for our department members. From the collection of ar-
ticles, to the nitty-grittys of designing and compiling them into a finished product, it
has been an enriching ride.
Hope our readers enjoy this literary sojourn!
Tushar Sharma
Chairperson IEEE-MSIT
It is my pleasure, as chairperson of the MSIT IEEE student branch, to pres-
ent to the readers the inaugural edition of our student bulletin, the I-CON. Our
student branch has been one of the most active student branches in Delhi over the
past two years, and though the 20 or so pages in this edition will not be enough to
elaborately show our dynamism and pro-activeness, this issue will aim at pro-
viding a glimpse of all that our students as well as our student branch has been
involved in.
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IEEE MSIT:
The Societal Construct
IEEE is the worlds largest professional associa-
tion dedicated to advancing technological inno-
vation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.
IEEE and its members inspire a global community
through IEEEs highly cited publications, confer-
ences, technology standards, and professional and
educational activities.
The ieee.org home page.
Surely, if there ever was a place to quote a web
page, it was the very first edition of our student
bulletin, the I-CON. The Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers is the worlds largest pro-
fessional association for the advancement of tech-
nology. The IEEE Student Branch, MSIT IEEE is
one of the youngest organs of our college. It was
registered with IEEE USA in March, 2009 and
that marked the beginning of our progressive and
eventful journey. This branch was formed with the
vision to promote innovative and technical ideas
amongst all students and, to try and enrich the stu-
dents knowledge beyond the standard curriculum
of the college. One of our endeavors was also to
obtain our goals by adopting innovative and envi-
ronmental friendly methods.
We started our journey with a mere strength
of 30 members in 2009 and after just one year, this
number grew to an amazing 115. The student branch
was termed as the fastest upcoming branches in the
entire Delhi Section, while the branch counselor
received the rare honour of Best Branch Coun-
selor for an Upcoming Branch at the Annual Gen-
eral Meeting of IEEE, Delhi Section. This year, our
IEEE family has grown bigger and better, with 306
proud IEEE members. Today, this student branch
stands as one of the largest branches in the entire
Delhi Section and is a much talked about name in
the galleries of IEEE Delhi Section. Though still
very young, it has already brought to its name sub-
stantial recognition and achievements.
Many seminars and workshops have been or-
ganized by the IEEE Student Branch from the time
it came into existence. IEEE- MSIT also made its
presence felt by participating in various Quarterly
and GINI Meets. Student members gave their full
cooperation in making these events a success. Our
commitment to innovation and promotion of tech-
nical ideas led to our becoming the premium spon-
sor for the Annual Technical Festival, VIRUS-2K9,
which was a carbon-neutral event. In this way, not
only did we put a step forward and accomplish one
of the major aims, but also achieved wide-scale
publicity of IEEE in MSIT.
In conclusion, one can say that IEEE-MSIT is
growing at a fast pace, and progressing even faster
in terms of membership, sponsorship and the activ-
ities under its belt. The day is not far away, when
it will be one of the biggest Student Branches not
only Delhi, but in India too.
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IEEE MSIT
Discover more of what IEEE
membership offers you.
Visit our website.
www.ieeemsit.in
Departments
The various departments of IEEE-MSIT are as
follows:
1. Technical
2. Editorial
3. Web Development
4. Publicity
The Branch Organization
The operations of the branch are carried out by the joint effort and coordination of the various depart-
ments and the Executive Committee, under the guidance of the Branch Counselor, Ms.Vimal Gaur.
Daksh Goel
GINI Representative
These departments form a vital part of our student branch and each one of them is indispensable to the
proper functioning of the student branch machinery. Each department has its functions outlined and
works within these guidelines.
Members of the Executive Committee:
5. Public Relations
6. Sponsorship
7. Memberships
8. Event Management
Tushar Sharma
Branch Chairperson
Akshat Kulsreshtha
Branch Vice-Chairperson
Jayati Mittal
Branch Vice-Chairperson
Yashika Narang
Branch General Secretary
Avineesh Arora
Branch Treasurer
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IEEE
MSIT
Through
2010 and
2011
The IEEE-MSIT student branch
was formed with the vision to pro-
mote innovative and technical ideas
amongst all students and, to enrich
the students knowledge much be-
yond the standard curriculum of the
college.
Many seminars and workshops
were organized by the IEEE Stu-
dent Branch in this endeavour.
IEEE-MSIT organized its Inaugural
Event, Focal Point on February 26,
2010 which saw a huge attendance
of over 400 IEEE and non-IEEE stu-
dents. The event Focal Point was an
amalgam of two seminars on the two
most upcoming technologies. Firstly,
Dr Renu Pasricha, a Senior Scientist
from National Physical Laboratory,
was invited to deliver a lecture on
Basics of Nanotechnology and its
applications today. This session
was followed by a Telescope-View-
ing Session. The participants were
introduced to the concepts of So-
lar Flares and were shown the sun
spots. The Focal point ended with a
seminar on Astronomy and its re-
cent Breakthroughs by an eminent
scientist, Mr. Prashant Jagannathan
from S.P.A.C.E.
Another major event organised
by IEEE-MSIT was a seminar on
Real world Management scenario
and Marketing strategies, in col-
laboration with Students for Devel-
opment (SFD) on August 20, 2010.
This seminar aimed to introduce the
students to the nuances of the cor-
porate world and the tips and tricks
on how to survive the Rat-Race.
Mr. Rajeev Babbar, Director, Vision
Distribution Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. Vaib-
hav Dange, the Ex-Deputy Director,
FICCI, the two distinguished speak-
ers from the industry, were invited
to the seminar for enlightening the
audiences. Around 400 odd students
from MSIT attended the seminar,
packing the Auditorium to its full
capacity.
On March 16, 2011, IEEE stu-
dent branch organised a seminar on
Internship and Research oppor-
tunities for 1st and 2nd year stu-
dents. The seminar was given by
IEEE-MSIT Chairperson, Tushar
Sharma. Around 180 students from
MSIT attended the seminar. The
students were told about the step-
wise approach towards getting the
internship/training programme of
their choice. The need for planning
and social networking was empha-
sized upon. They were also intimat-
ed about some of Indias renowned
organizations where they can apply
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for research and training. The sec-
ond half of the seminar was aimed to
introduce the students to the benefits
of joining IEEE and how IEEE can
play an important role in fetching
them a good internship. Also, they
were introduced to the IEEE-MSIT
framework and the various posts for
which the members can apply for.
On March 22, 2011,IEEE-MSIT
organised another seminar on Job
opportunities after B.Tech and how
to prepare for GATE, PSUs, IES.
The seminar was conducted in col-
laboration with Made Easy, an insti-
tute for preparation of entrance ex-
ams like GATE, PSUs, IES etc. The
seminar was given by Mr.Jiten and
Mr. Arun, both from Made Easy.
Around 170 students from MSIT at-
tended the seminar.
IEEE-MSIT organised a seminar
on How to prepare for foreign edu-
cation April 26, 2011. The Speaker,
Ms. Nupur Sharma, was a student
from London School of Econom-
ics. The students were told about the
procedure to apply and prepare for
further studies in foreign universi-
ties and how to face challenges in the
foreign environment. Students were
also told about the various scholar-
ships that are available for studies
abroad. The seminar was conducted
for only IEEE members and saw an
attendance of 97 students.
On August 23, 2011, IEEE-MSIT
organised the Annual Quiz Com-
petition, the X-Quizite. The event
was sponsored by KNiX. The event
witnessed a huge turnout with a
whopping 140 teams (around 280
students)participating. The compe-
tition was divided into two rounds.
Round 1, the Pen-it-silly-um, was
the written preliminary round. All
the teams were divided into 4 groups
and round 1 was conducted in 4 sep-
arate slots for the 4 groups. Top 2
teams from each group were select-
ed for the second round. Round 2
had 3 sub-rounds, Citius, Altius and
Fortius, which were written as well
as oral. Top 3 teams were declared
winners and were awarded their
prizes by the Director of KNiX. X-
Quizite was a huge success with a
superlative turnout. It was a well
organized event with all the quiz
organisers and volunteers putting
in a lot hard work. X-Quizite was
enjoyed by all the participating stu-
dents who were highly impressed by
the interesting questions and the sur-
prising answers.
IEEE-MSIT is determined to or-
ganize and bring up many more
seminars and technical/non-techni-
cal events like these for the benefit
of its members.
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Special Interest Groups
The S.I.Gs
The Student Branch of IEEE-MSIT
has seen tremendous growth over the
last few months, and among all the
revolutions perhaps the most special
one is the birth of the SIGs or Spe-
cial Interest Groups. We have finally
achieved something that many other
branches are still struggling to initi-
ate. First of all, for those new to the
concept, lets have a quick recap of
the definition of SIGs.
What an SIG really is:
A special interest group for IEEE
members.
A practical approach to technical as-
pects of the subject matter.
A gathering for discussion and in-
formation sharing between peers.
A ground to conceive and complete
projects.
To solve problems as a team where
even the Internet cannot help.
No head, no leader, no anarchy.
Everyone decides their level of in-
volvement, and hence credit.
Members shall be given a chance to
host seminars as speakers, given their
knowledge on the topic.
Seminars will be FREE and OPEN
TO ALL MEMBERS irrespective of
whether they are a part of the SIG or
not.
What an SIG is not:
A place to baby-sit, spoon-feed, or
tutor students.
An alternate approach to classroom
teaching.
One-way information dispersal.
A free certificate, in fact you get
nothing but knowledge.
The idea was initially brought up
by the 2009-2010 batch of IEEE-
MSIT branch. We all wanted a group
where no one, yet all were equally
responsible. Many colleges had tried
and failed and initially so did MSIT.
Many of the groups introduced found
no takers and the ones that did, failed
to get participation. An exception
was Artificial Intelligence, which
also managed to hold one seminar on
Gaming Industry AI before finally
being dissolved in May 2011.
The idea was brought up again in
2011, at the quarterly meet at Manav
Rachna. I attended the meet and found
useful inputs in the group discussion
on SIGs, notably from the chairper-
son of the DTU branch.
The new improved vision of the SIGs
was implemented within the next two
months with proposals being request-
ed as early as June. Proposals were
collected, sorted, and merged into six
groups, namely:
Linux Users Group
Open Source Open (O2S)
Robotronix
Social media & Networking tech-
nology
Java Joggers
Technoholik
So far, we have seen a positive re-
sponse to all the 6 groups, and many
have already shown considerable
progress thanks to both - the student
participation and the dedication to
their respective groups. We definitely
hope to carry the idea further in the
next session as well.
- Apurv Saxena,
Vice Head,
Technical Department,
IEEE MSIT.
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Special Interest Groups
Featured SI G: RobotroniX
IEEE-MSIT has walked another year
down the path of excellence, and it
has been a year of discovery, creativ-
ity, joy and activities. One of the ma-
jor activities of IEEE-MSIT includes
development of SIGs i.e. the Special
Interest Groups in the college. Sev-
eral SIGs have been formed under
IEEE-MSIT this year. One of them is
our group.
The Main Objective of our SIG
is to introduce Embedded Technol-
ogy, used in the field of robotics, to
the enthusiastic beginners that will
help them in increasing their under-
standing and practical knowledge in
Entrenched Systems. Further, it will
help in enhancing the knowledge of
others having a prior understanding
of the matter. Since technical events
and fests which deal with an under-
standing of robotics are organized on
a frequent basis in various colleges,
this group will not only provide
members with knowledge about elec-
tronics and robotics, but also promote
their technical skills and allows them
to participate in such events.
We had our first session in Sep-
tember 2011, with twenty odd mem-
bers and after that, there was no look-
ing back. A number of students have
shown their curiosity in the group. It
is a matter of immense pleasure and
pride that this group has provided the
students, a platform to recognize their
interest in the field of robotics.
It has been our endeavour to pro-
vide the group members, a purposeful
and effective learning of the follow-
ing applications like:
Microcontrollers
Obstacle sensor
LFR (Line Follower Robot)
Wireless Robots using encoders
and decoders working on radio
frequency
Seven segment displays
DTMF robots.
At later stages, we will have interac-
tive sessions on other aspects:
Evolving new ideas
Brain Computer Interference
- EEG
- P300
Detail study about the electronics
instruments around us.
Methods to repair household
electronic items.
How embedded technology can
help in Real Time.
It is said that to reach the top of the
ladder one has to start at the bottom.
We have started well, but the question
that arises in my mind is that, What
will take us to the top? No doubt it
calls for sincere hard work, deeper
commitment, total dedication to the
task at hand, taking problems head
on, surging ahead with a greater de-
termination, a dare to be different at-
titude, and leaving indelible imprints
on the sands of time. With these, we
shall not only educate the mind, but
also the heart.
- Akash Dang
RRW Foundation
ECE(II),3
rd
Year.
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The Writngs on the Wall
IEEE, the Unexplored
Symbiotic Endeavour:
A road less travelled; that
made all the diference
. It was January, 2010, that two volunteers from
IEEE MSIT came to our class to make an announce-
ment. They told us about an organization I was quite
unfamiliar with. They said that the IEEE memberships
were open & the interview for the various executive
committee & departmental positions were going to take
place in the coming weeks. In the Blue line era, it used
to take us around 1 hour to reach college from South
Ex, and I recall that I & my friend Vishal Dhar asked
almost every senior we met, Bhaiya!!! Is it worth it?
Will it help? And the replies varied from the skeptical
to the hilarious. Some said Arrey kuch nahin karate,
time waste hai, while some said that it gives you ex-
perience & acts like a tool, which connects the notional
formula-based education with the current technological
scenarios around the world. One of my seniors in the
4th year at that time also said that it strengthens your
CV. Many people, many answers. So I decided to get a
first-hand experience (moreover 1300 bucks is merely
2-3 outings with friends, thats it!).
Finally on 27th January that year, I officially be-
came a student member of this esteemed organization.
As promised in the very next week, the leaving execu-
tive committee organized an interview session for vari-
ous posts. I, like many others decided to give it a
shot, (& Bingo!) I made it through, and was selected
as the Vice-Head, Membership Dept. But the elation
at achieving something good was short-lived. Within
a week, loads of DB related work was assigned to me
(but thats something you obviously wont be interested
in).
From the horses mouth: Now everybody is aware
of all kinds of seminars & programs that the IEEE or-
ganizes, thats why I am going to talk about something
different. I had an interest in photography, and so im-
mense it was that I had a digital camcorder at my dispos-
al from since my class 8th, and thats like 7-8 yrs ago!
But all hobbies somehow took the backseat in wake of
the tremendous pressure of studies. But through IEEE
seminars & functions, I got the opportunity to revive
this hobby of mine. But this time, I focused only on
still photography, and can proudly say that I got the
informal title of the Official IEEE photographer. Al-
though it seems funny, it meant a lot to me. The section
meet at IIT-D, was also a one -of- a kind experience.
Finally, another special one was the Annual Gener-
al Meeting of the IEEE Delhi Section which took place
in the month of March this year. Each visiting mem-
ber was given an 8 GB pen drive. IEEE also has a tie
up with DELL, known as the Employee Participation
Program from where I got a decent discount on my
first laptop! So readers, concluding my writing, the
IEEE membership is not about what it gives back to
you, but is about how much you can extract out of your
membership.

-Akshat Kulshrestha
(Vice Chairperson,
IEEE MSIT)
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The GINI Force
IEEE students branch officer meeting was held
in Madras on 8th march 2008. The meeting included
the proposal and startup of a venture known as Glob-
al Integrated Network of IEEE (GINI). GINI is an
initiative taken up for improvement, promotion and
networking of existing branches and creation of new
branches in R-10.
As a GINI one has to formulate various plans and
ideas for student activities and for the improvement of
the student branches which can be further discussed
with the Gini network of other colleges for the success
of the plans.
Quarterly meets of IEEE serves the purpose of
providing a platform to enhance the GINI network in
fact every quarterly meet has a specific GINI session
in which one can discuss the problems faced by his/her
respective student branch or by the IEEE student mem-
bers and can get a solution for the same.
As a GINI one gets a chance to interact with pro-
fessors, researchers, scientists and several industrial
people and experiences great exposure.
GOALS OF GINI
1. Add Value to IEEE Student membership.
2. Sustain smooth and ongoing interactions among the
Student Branches and Section.
3. Help the Student Branches in coordinating with An-
nual Reports as well as other IEEE related documenta-
tions.
4. Conduct Membership Drives in all the interested
Educational Institutions
5. LINK takes the responsibility of coordinating and
grooming the new Student Branches in the initial
years.
6. Identify potential volunteers and groom them to take
up the leadership of LINK as well as other IEEE activi-
ties in the forthcoming year.

-Daksh Goel
(Gini Representative
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I
applied for the winter school at the NCRA (National
Centre for Radio Astrophysics) in my second year
made it through. The NCRA, a center of the school
of natural sciences of the TIFR (Tata Institute of Fun-
damental Research), has set up a unique facility, the
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) for radio
astronomical research at meter wavelengths. GMRT is
a very versatile instrument for investigating a variety
of radio astrophysical problems ranging from nearby
Solar system to the edge of the observable Universe. A
group of about 30 students visited the GMRT as part of
our winter school program.
The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) con-
sists of 30 antennas, each 45 meter in diameter, spread
over a 30 km area, at Khodad, 90 km from Pune. It
is the worlds largest radio telescope working at me-
ter wavelengths. The site for the GMRT, about 10 km
east of the town of Narayangaon on the Pune-Nasik
highway, was selected considering several important
criteria such as low man-made radio noise, availability
of good communication, vicinity of industrial, educa-
tional and a geographical latitude sufficiently north of
the geomagnetic equator, to have a reasonably quiet
ionosphere and yet be able to observe a good part of
the southern sky as well.

We reached our destination late at night, had dinner and
then moved to our guest house. We were later taken to
the controller room, where Prof. Bhal Chandra Joshi
from NCRA was busy monitoring a pulsar. The Control
and Monitor System of a Radio Telescope provides the
human interface to personnel like the Telescope Ob-
servers, Scientists and maintenance personnel for oper-
ating all the antennas. It monitors all parts of the tele-
scope system for correct operation. GMRT has many
sub systems like the frontend system, servo system,
telemetry system, co-relater system, analog backend
systems and fibre optics system. During the night, we
were only able to see red colored lights blinking on top
of some antennas from the terrace of the GMRT. Yet I
was able to observe the large antennas using binoculars
during the night. The next morning, after having break-
fast, we moved to the seminar hall where there was a
lecture by Prof Bhal Chandra Joshi on pulsars.
The NCRA has also built and operates the Ooty Ra-
dio Telescope, which is a large parabolic cylindrical
telescope. It is a leading centre for research in a wide
range of areas in astronomy and astrophysics, and of-
fers exciting opportunities to work in technical aspects
relevant to radio astronomy such as analog and digital
electronics, signal processing, antenna design, commu-
nication and software development, as well as many
student research fellowship programs. Currently, Radio
JOVE is not used at NCRA. I discussed my experiments
and the Radio JOVE set up with professors over there,
and asked them to introduce Radio JOVE as a topic
during the winter school program. Prof Bhal Chandra
Joshi at NCRA is very encouraging and he motivated
me to carry forward with my Radio JOVE activities. It
was the motivation provided by Victor Herrero, Dr R.K
Tewari and Divyadarshan Purohit that encouraged me
to travel down 2995 kms from my house to Varkala,
Kerala to carry out amateur radio astronomy during
the annular eclipse. I discussed my experience of the
Radio JOVE with other students in the winter school,
and asked them to participate in the Radio JOVE edu-
cational program.
Recently, NASA had sent me one Radio Telescope in
India as a student grant. This year my article was pub-
lished in the NASA RADIO JOVE Bulletin. My work
also helped me fetch a project with Stanford Solar cen-
ter and they have sent me a SID monitor here in India.
- Tushar Sharma
ECE (4
th
Year)
Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology
Winter School:
The turning point of my life
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I
n simple terms a rootkit is a program that maintains
hidden access to a computer system. Generally it is
installed like any other virus but the difference here is
that rootkits are used to maintain the access with ad-
ministrator privilidges. Generally before installing a
rootkit an attacker would install a virus/trojan first and
then install a rootkit after getting a user level access.
The rootkit changes the entire working of the system.
They are kernal programs that have the ability to hide
themselves and cover up traces of activities that is work
in a stealth mode.
They replace certain operating system calls and
utilities with its own modified versions and those rou-
tines.
Types Of Rootkits:-
1) Hardware/Firmware rootkit
Hides in the firmware which is not inspected for
code integrity
2) Hypervisor level rootkit
Modifies the boot sequnce to load them instead of
the original virtual machine or operating system.
3) Bootloader Level rootkit
Replace the original bootloader with the one con-
trolled by a remote attacker.
4) Kernel level rootkit
Adds malicious code or replace the original kernal
and device driver code.
5) Library level rootkit
Replaces original system calls with fake ones to
hide information about the attacker
6) Application level rootkit
Replaces regular application binaries with fake
trojan or modifies applications by injecting mali-
cious code.
Rootkits:
todays top threats
Rootkits have evolved beyond the historical methods
of hiding processeswhich included modifying the text
of the ps program to lie to legitimate administrators.
Even the most sophisticated threats became easy to de-
tect by monitors that could compare the modified val-
ues against a known good value after all, in a healthy
system, these values should never change.
Unfortunately, attackers do not need to modify any ker-
nel code to hide processes within a running kernel. In
fact, they do not need to rely on manipulating the con-
trol flow of the kernel at all. Instead, adversaries have
found techniques to hide their processes even from cor-
rect, unmodified kernel code. By directly manipulating
the underlying data structures used for process account-
ing, an attacker can quickly and effectively remove any
desired process from the view of standard, unmodified
administrator tools. While the process remains hidden
for accounting purposes, it continues to execute as nor-
mal and will remain unaffected from the perspective of
the scheduler.
Detection Of a Rootkit:-
There are four methods of detection of a rootkit:-
1. Integrity based detection
Detection of changes in the static regions of kernel text
and data structures.
2. Cross view based detection
Enumeration of system files, processes and registry
keys and comparing them to an algorithm used to gen-
erate a similar data set that does not rely on the systems
common APIs.
3. Signature based detection
This technique compares characteristics of all system
processes and executable files with a database of known
rootkit fingerprints.
4. Heuristic detection
It looks for deviations from normal system patterns and
behavior to find unidentified rootkits based on the ex-
ecution path hooks it uses.
-AdwiteeyaAggarwal
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COUNTER-STRIKE
Counter-Strike (shortened sometimes to CS)
is a tactical frst-person shooter video game
developed by Valve Corporation which origi-
nated from a Half-Life modifcation
by Minh Gooseman Le and Jess
Clife. Counter-Strike pits a team
of counter-terrorists against a
team of terrorists in a series
of rounds, won by either
completing the mission
objective or eliminating
the opposing force.


Some of the popular
maps:
For Hostage Rescues:
Assault, Havana,
Italy, Militia.
For Bomb Defusal:
dust2, inferno, dust, nuke, train.
STRATEGIES FOR THE GAME:
(Some of the basic strategies by
an avid gamer)
1. Know your weapons
Know your weapons strength, weaknesses,
and most of all how much ammo is in it. You
should always be using the right weapon for
the right scenario. Also make sure your backup
weapons are loaded and they are binded in case
you need to quickly switch back to them.
Never Spray and Pray (Accuracy will keep you
alive)
2. Stay with your teammates
Never try to go of and play Rambo. Stay with
friends and use team work to take out the en-
emy and stay alive.
3. Use Stealth
Stealth is extremely important. Remember
noise gives you away! Walking over grates, roof-
tops is especially loud, and dont forget climbing
ladders.
Use a silenced weapon so you wont give away
your location.
Use the side of walls to walk along to slow your
speed slightly and silence your steps. Even
better you can crouch and use the walk key to
slow and silence your steps.
4. Practice, Practice, and Practice: Tere
is no substitute for practice. Players that
get more out of practice our ones that learn
techniques then slowly apply them in real live
game play.

- Nikhil Garg(2nd year,
IT second shift)
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Radio Waves
and MSITians
The heights that great men reached and
kept,
Are not attained by sudden flight,
They, while their companions slept,
Were, toiling upward in the night.
A
stronomy is a passion for me and I have
been practising it for the past decade.
During my first year in college, I was looking
around for activities related to Astronomy, when
S.P.A.C.E (Science Popularisation Association
Communicators and Educators) came up with
the idea of building a simple radio telescope to
listen to signals from Jupiter, the Sun and the
Milky Way.
To begin with, one can look through clouds!
Our eyes are sensitive to visible light and it is in
these wavelengths that the first telescopes were
designed. If we look up at the sky with a normal
telescope, we can see mostly stars and nebulae.
But when we look with a Radio telescope, we
can see phenomena which are invisible to us
- the remnants of supernovae, long collimated
jets pointing away from galaxies mostly pro-
duced by black holes, and synchrotron emis-
sion from electrons with energy thousands of
times their rest mass energy, from which one
can map the strengths and polarisations of in-
tergalactic magnetic fields. A radio telescope
is different from an optical one in that it has
no glass or mirrors. The wavelengths of radio
waves are more than a thousand times longer
than that of visible light. Most radio telescopes
therefore use an antenna to collect radio sig-
nals from celestial bodies. The radio signals are
converted into electrical pulse which travels
down through a feed point from a coaxial cable
to a receiver.
I knew that NASA sells kits for such stu-
dent projects under its RADIO JOVE Pro-
gramme This will involve making both antenna
and receiver. There was no parabolic dish so I
decided to have a dipole antenna. I then had to
select a frequency band to look in. One of the
aims of the Radio Jove was to receive Jupiters
radio emissions, which peak in strength near
certain frequencies, the most accessible being
20.1 MHz. The NASA circuit of receivers con-
verts a narrow band around 20.1MHz to audio
frequencies and then you can listen to Jupiter
emissions and record it as you record your own
voice. Building radio circuits is non-trivial
and is a somewhat different kettle of fish from
the circuits we have learnt in our labs .When
I started with this project, I didnt know the
theory behind radio telescopes. I went about
learning it as required. As a result, I had to suf-
fer in my sessional exams. But my enthusiasm
always encouraged me to work under difficult
circumstances. Working daily for about 2-3hrs
after college was quite hectic.
We study both Jupiter and solar radio emis-
sions to better understand their magnetic fields
and their plasma environment. Studying other
planets always help us to better understand the
Earth, which also emits radio waves by a simi-
lar process. Not only can we learn how these
radio waves are created and how they propa-
gate, but also learn about the interior of Jupiter.
Similarly by studying the radio emissions from
the sun, we can similarly learn about the mag-
netic field of the Sun.
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minutes. Solar bursts typically last from half a
minute to a couple of minutes, and often sound
like a rapid increase in background noise fol-
lowed by gradual decrease, back to the original
baseline level.
My project on Radio Astronomy helped me to
learn real engineering while making a receiver.
I feel rather happy and motivated to complete
this project successfully in my third semester.
I had to face many challenges and am still fac-
ing them. My interest towards observational
sciences has grown after entering college. I am
still observing Jupiter and may be in a year or
two would love to work on one of the larger
Radio telescopes at the NCRA, TIFR (Tata in-
stitute of Fundamental Research).
- Tushar Sharma
7
tth
semester
ECE
I Received The Astronomical Signals!
My first set up of the Radio telescope was done
at Bal Bharti public school to teach RADIO
ASTRONOMY to school students. I also took
the telescope to NUH(nearly 80Kms from capi-
tal), as Delhi was too radio-loud a city for any
radio astronomical observation. As the obser-
vations started, for consecutive days I received
the same pattern in power, an increase when
stars charts said the galactic centre would be in
the antenna beam!
This was sufficient evidence that the telescope
was functioning as it should be. I listened the
two types of bursts from Jupiter L bursts (long
burst sound like ocean waves) and S bursts
(short bursts sound like popcorn popping).
Many times, Jovian activity is a mix of both L
and S bursts.
When listening to Jupiter, on a particular night
I found out that the Jupiter storms occur in a pe-
riodic fashion that may be to the order of 5-15
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Dear readers, aliens or extra-terrestrials will not be
our topic of discussion, but the sounds produced
by heavenly bodies will assume importance here.
The sun, the planets, and even the galaxies around
us produce sounds (radiations) that we cant hear
directly. Radiations from these celestial activities
can tell us a lot about the happenings of the outside
world. We can monitor these radiations using vari-
ous equipments.
With immense interest and
enthusiasm towards this
relatively new field, IEEE
MSIT volunteered with four
students of Ahlcon public
School (Praful Sharma,
Ayush Raina, Arjun Nair
and Hardik Kumar), lead
by a B.Tech student Tushar
Sharma (Chairperson ,
IEEE-MSIT), and are partic-
ipating in the NASA Radio
Jove project. This outreach
program was an initiative to
foster science popularization
and encourage technological
innovations in society. After
the successful attempt, now
IEEE MSIT looks forward to
starting a School Outreach
initiative SIG (student inter-
est group).
AN INITIATIVE FOR
SCHOOL STUDENTS
On 5th May, 2011, as part
of a science popularization
activity, it was an immense
pleasure to introduce the
NASA RADIO JOVE to
school students, especially
the tiny tots. An outdoor session was organized
on the school grounds of Ahlcon Public School to
introduce the basic concepts of the NASA RADIO
JOVE to school students. It was quite surprising
to see that even the students of standards 6 and
7 were also immensely interested to learn about
these Radio Bursts. It was a 5 hour activity which
witnessed the participation of almost 300 students
from various classes. The session was addressed
by IEEE MSIT chairperson Tushar Sharma and
GINI representative Daksh Goel.
IEEE MSIT: School Outreach Program
Our voluntary works helped us in reaching the stu-
dents extremely enthusiastic about Radio Astrono-
my. Around 15- 20 students of the school campus
wanted to have their own Radio Jove set up, and
were happy to receive guidance from our side. The
session was accompanied by questions from stu-
dents and print media personalities. Newspapers,
both English and Hindi published articles on the ef-
fectiveness of learning using the Radio Jove equip-
ment. The response of the teachers on this topic
was spectacular too.
- Ashutosh Varma
Editorial Department Head
IEEE MSIT
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The Bangalore Torpedo
After a whole plethora of peaceful articles, time to
break the monotony (of the peaceful genre of course,
the content before is much captivating!). This article is
about an innovative piece of military engineering, The
Bangalore torpedo, that was first devised by Captain
McClintock, who belonged to the British Indian Army
unit, the Madras Sappers and Miners at Bangalore, In-
dia, in 1912. He invented it as a means of exploding
booby traps and barricades left over from the Boer and
Russo-Japanese Wars. The Bangalore torpedo would be
exploded over a mine without the sapper having to ap-
proach closer than about three meters (ten feet).
sleeves (for attachment end-to-end).
Adopted by the U.S. Army during World War II, as the
M1A1 Bangalore Torpedo, it was widely used by both
the U.S. and Commonwealth forces. The use of a Ban-
galore Torpedo to clear a barbed wire barrier is depicted
in the D-Day beach invasion scene in the films Saving
Private Ryan, The Longest Day, Storming Juno, and
The Big Red One as well as the games Medal of Honor:
Allied Assault, Medal of Honor: Frontline, and Call of
Duty 2: Big Red One.
The Bangalore blade, an updated version of the torpe-
do, is made from lightweight aluminum and uses ex-
plosively formed pen-
etrator technology to
breach obstacles which
the original Bangalore
would have been unable
to defeat. It was devel-
oped in the United King-
dom by Alford Technol-
ogies and is intended for
use with both standard army and Special Forces units
that require a lightweight, portable obstacle-clearing
device. In contemporary times however, the U.S. Anti-
Personnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS) and
the British RAMBS II rifle grenade breaching system
are starting to replace the Bangalore for path-clearing
due to their ease of use, effectiveness, and flexibility
they can clear a path several times longer than the Ban-
galore torpedo.
- Mohit Rathee
EEE 5th sem
The Bangalore Torpedo is an explosive device consist-
ing of any desired number of slim cylindrical explosive
charges in metal containers (i.e. tubes). Any number
of these containers may be attached to each other end-
wise. It is generally used against barbed wire entangle-
ments against anti-personnel mines and similar small
obstacles, and can be turned into booby-traps. When
exploding, the Bangalore Torpedo clears a path 10 to
15 feet wide thru barbed wire. The weapon consists of
a group of 10 loading assemblies, i.e. steel tubes filled
with high-explosive which are either used singly, or in
series with nose sleeves (forward end) and connecting
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I have always said if there ever came a

day when I could no longer meet my du-
tes and expectatons as Apples CEO, I
would be the frst to let you know, unfortu-
nately, that day has come.
Steve Jobs in his resignaton leter
This announcement marked the end of one of
the most extraordinary careers in U.S. busi-
ness history. Mr. Jobs not only co-founded
Appleand the personal computer industry
along with itbut decades later played a cen-
tral role in reshaping the music, movie, anima-
ton, and mobile-phone businesses. Surely,
as the great Michael Jordan had said, there
is no I in team, but there is in win. And so is
there an I, in an i-pod, an i-pad, and even
the i-phone. Each of them won, be it business
sales for Apple, or peoples hearts all over the
globe.
Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco. He at-
tended Cupertno Junior High and Homestead
High School in Cupertno, California, frequent-
ed afer-school lectures at the Hewlet-Pack-
ard Company in Palo Alto, California, and was
later hired there, working with Steve Wozniak
as a summer employee. Following high school
graduaton in 1972, Jobs enrolled at Reed
College in Portland, Oregon. He dropped out
afer only one semester. In 1974, Jobs took a
job as a technician at Atari, Inc. with the pri-
mary intent of saving money for a spiritual
retreat to India, an intent which he fulflled
eventually, when he came to India and met
Neem Karoli Baba, and returned with a faith
in Buddhism, and a bald head.
Two years down, in 1976, Steve Jobs and
Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple. And the
rest, as they say is history. In 1985 however,
Jobs was relieved of his dutes at Apple, fol-
lowing a sales decline and a deterioratng rela-
tonship with the board of directors. Later that
year, he started NeXT Inc. Jobs later claimed
that being fred from Apple was the best thing
that could have happened to him; The heavi-
ness of being successful was replaced by the
lightness of being a beginner again, less sure
about everything. It freed me to enter one
of the most creatve periods of my life. Jobs
bought The Graphics Group from Lucas flms
computer graphics division in 1986. Afer
years of unproftability selling the Pixar Image
Computer, it contracted with Disney to pro-
duce a number of computer-animated feature
flms that Disney would co-fnance and distrib-
ute. The frst flm produced by the partner-
ship, Toy Story, with Jobs credited as execu-
tve producer,[56]brought fame and critcal
acclaim to the studio when it was released in
1995. Over the next 15 years, under Pixars
creatve chief John Lasseter, the company pro-
duced box-ofce hits A Bugs Life (1998); Toy
Story 2 (1999); Monsters, Inc. (2001); Find-
ing Nemo (2003); The Incredibles(2004); Cars
(2006); Ratatouille (2007); WALL-E (2008); Up
(2009); and Toy Story 3 (2010).Finding Nemo,
The Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up and
Toy Story 3 each received theAcademy Award
for Best Animated Feature, an award intro-
duced in 2001.
A Tribute...
A decade later, Apple bought NeXT Inc, and
Steve Jobs returned to Apple once again.
Under Jobs guidance the company increased
sales signifcantly with the introducton of the
iMac and other new products; since then, ap-
pealing designs and powerful branding have
worked well for Apple. At the 2000 Macworld
Expo, Jobs ofcially dropped the interim
modifer from his ttle at Apple and became
permanent CEO.[62] Jobs quipped at the tme
that he would be using the ttle iCEO.The
company subsequently branched out, in-
troducing and improving upon other digital
appliances. With the introducton of the iPod
portable music player, iTunes digital music
sofware, and the iTunes Store, the music
distributon. On June 29, 2007, Apple entered
the cellular phone business with the introduc-
ton of the iPhone, a mult-touch display cell
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phone, which also included the features of an
iPod and, with its own mobile browser, revolu-
tonized the mobile browsing scene.
Jobs was both admired and critcized for his
consummate skill at persuasion and salesman-
ship, which has been dubbed the reality dis-
torton feld and was partcularly evident dur-
ing his keynote speeches (colloquially known
as Stevenotes) at Macworld Expos and at
Apple Worldwide Developers Conferences. In
August 2011, Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple,
but remained at the company as chairman
of the companys board.[66][67] Hours afer
the announcement, Apple Inc. (AAPL) shares
dropped fve percent in afer-hour trading.
Such was an overfowing gist of the man who
has changed the way we compute, listen to
music, or even the way we phone. We at
I-CON, wanted to pay homage to one of the
greatest visionaries and innovators of our
tme, and sincerely hope that the compilaton
is found informatve and readable.
The I-CON team
(Source: Wikipedia)
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