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The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection

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The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection What happens when one clicks on "Proceed to Checkout" on a website after browsing through their offerings? This is an analysis of the first milliseconds when an HTTPS connection with Amazon is established. A new page is loaded when proceeding to checkout: In the 220 milliseconds that flew by, a lot of interesting stuff happened to make Firefox change the address bar color and put a lock in the lower right corner. With the help of  Wireshark , my favorite network tool, and a slightly modified debug build of Firefox, we can see exactly what's going on. By agreement of  RFC 2818 , Firefox knew that "https" meant it should connect to  port 443  at Amazon.com: Most people associate HTTPS with  SSL  (Secure Sockets Layer) which was  created by Netscape in the mid 90's . This is becoming less true over time. As Netscape lost market share, SSL's maintenance moved to the Internet Engineering Task

Diwali Special 5 Recipes to Try This Diwali

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Diwali Special: 5 Recipes To Try This Diwali Make this Diwali special with the Maharashtrian 'pharal' recipes.  Here are recipes for chaklis, besan ke laddoos, chivda, anarse and karanji... 1.Chaklis Image Credit: iDiva Ingredients:  Chilli powder, turmeric powder (haldi), carom seeds (ajwain), sesame seeds (til), salt to taste, ghee and chakli maker. For making chakli aata: Rice, chana dal moong dal, urad dal, cumin seeds (jeera)  Method:  -To make the dough first, mix the daal and roast them on a low flame.  -Grind the dals and keep it aside.  -Now, boil water and add red chilli powder, haldi, ajwain, til, salt and ghee.  -Add the dals to the water and knead the dough.  -Put the dough in the chakli maker and put the chaklis on the paper. - Take a pan, add oil and deep-fry them until they turn red. -Check the crispiness of the chaklis and adjust the flame accordingly. 2. Besan Laddoos Ingredients:  Besan, powdered s

this music is the hammer

this music is the hammer 1.    Its a goalporiya lokogeet (goalpara is a district of assam specifically in lower assam where legendary singer Pratima Barua Pandey was born.).  “Traditional song from Goalpara Assam” - (Koch Rajbongshi Folk Song) This traditional folk song was popularized in the 1950-60s by Goalpara's greatest artist - Padmasree Pratima Pandey Barua. It talks about the transience of human body/life. The Punjabi lyrics kind of compliment and provide a closure to the Goalpariya lyrics. Goshai-jee (you can say Goswami jee or Guru ji) is probably a form of addressing the Supreme Power. Goalpariya folk song. The dialect is spoken by the peple of undivided Goalpara district (Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Dhubri and kokrajhar). The dialect is also referred as rajbanshi, kamatapuri, deshi in some of the literature. पंजाब की सरसों में असम की ताज़ा चाय की पत्ती की महक है !!!!!  2. A true-to-its-roots Assamese folk song -- Jhumor can easily take on you on a journey to