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Every site needs a domain name and we always try to look for the best deal. Some of us manage to get it for free by posting at forums or some kind of (weird) deal. Now I would suggest that if you buy a domain then buy it from Netfirms.

You can get a domain (.com, .net, .org, .biz, & .info) for $5.95. It’s a pretty good deal. Oh what the hell, it’s a really good deal. Because it gives you free domain privacy. I have used Netfirms and I personally like them. Plus the support is pretty good.

And their hosting plans aren’t too bad either. Though I have never used their hosting services. They are actually giving us a better deal than GoDaddy.

You might have heard of the words “nulled”, “nullified” or “null”, if you are into scripts. Well it’s a word given to a commercial script which is up for sale, but someone got the script somehow and removed the anti-piracy protection for other people to use it without actually buying it.

Detailed explanation

Okay companies try to make sure that someone doesn’t buy their script and allow other people to use the script for free. One of the most common ways to make sure this doesn’t happen is by putting something called a “callback”. After you install the script, it sends information (like your URL, version, license number, etc.) to the company. Then the company can check if a license was bought for that URL or not. If not, then the company can close your site or do whatever they can by taking you to court. You can just remove those callback codes and it won’t send any information to the company. Now you have a nulled script which actually works the same, but is safe to use if you didn’t buy it.

Who “nulls” scripts?

Well there are groups who null scripts and release them on their site for people to download them for free. And even you can null scripts if you know how. For example, the script was made in PHP and you are really good at PHP. You can then read through the codes and you’ll know which codes to remove.

Is it safe to use nulled scripts?

Now you can’t be so sure that a script has been nulled properly or someone just got the original script and released it as a nulled one. So, make sure that your source is reliable. Plus if someone reports your site to the company then the company might be able to tell if the script you are using is licensed or not.

It seems like almost everyone doesn’t care about having a strong password. Most people think that a (weak) password is going to keep their computer or network safe. Well that is obviously not true, and people know that. But then again they couldn’t care less.

Well one of the most common ways hackers get into computers, servers, etc. is by cracking the password. To be honest, passwords are just really weak. Now you can make it harder for them to crack it. How? It’s pretty simple. Just have a strong password. Don’t keep a simple, easy to remember password like “mypass”. Use the letters, the numbers, and the symbols. Make a strong password like “sTr()|\|gP4s5″. Well it might take sometime for you to remember it, but it’s worth when you have something valuable behind the password-protected walls.

Companies, web developers, etc. believe that passwords are safe from hackers if they don’t publish the source code for their encryption algorithms. But they are wrong! Now I won’t tell you how this can be cracked, so lets move on. There are programs that try to guess a password by trying all the possible password combinations. Sure it will take some time, but maybe it will get cracked, eventually.

And a good, experienced hacker can even get the password from you. I think they call it “social engineering”. Well social engineering is basically getting you to trust someone and give out valuable information (like passwords) which can (and most likely will) be used maliciously. Now don’t give out your password to someone who calls you and says that he or she is in the technical department of your company and needs your password to test some security stuff. Confirm that the inquiry is real. Plus a good, experienced hacker can look at your login screen while you are entering your password and he or she can pretty much guess the password. And a hacker might also watch whether you are looking around (at objects) for a reminder of the password or the password itself.

So, my only advice would be to create a strong password combined with letters, numbers and symbols. And make it long! Plus make sure that you don’t use the same password everywhere, because once one of your passwords has been cracked, the hacker might try it on other accounts of yours. By the way, did you know that almost 3 trillion eight-digit password combinations using the letters and the numbers (0 to 9).

Useful Links:

• Strong passwords: How to create them and use them – This article tells you how to create strong passwords. I highly recommend that you read this.
• Password Strength Checker – Just a tool from Microsoft that checks if your password is strong or not
• Keeping Safe with Strong Passwords – This article basically tells you everything from how passwords are stolen to how to create a strong one.