BR Algorithms Corner

[SaiK]

I am thinking against readability now..

then I was thinking like this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6334 ... m-hashcode

say generate number, and get a string value. doh! what was I thinking. if that was magic, the zipping technology would be reinvented.

thanks vt

[Amber G.]

I want to generate 8 billion test-data names. readable ....

Is there a better way to do this?

Whatever you do, would be nice to be careful, and not have let a name like "Bobby Drop Table;" get interpreted ...

From: "Exploits of a Mom" series..



(Hope there are DOO's here in brf : ))

[Vayutuvan]

AmberG ji: that was the trick used to get rid of spammers and their databases. I think there was a case by the spammer in the US. Court ruled it is illegal to reply with drop as it is destruction of private property.

[Dipanker]

This is a form of SQL injection attack used during late 90's/early 2000's. I won't be surprised if there are still web servers ( armature ones ) still vulnerable to similar attacks!

[Vayutuvan]

Dipanker: Hat tip, you are right on the money. That is what it was called , i.e. SQL injection attack. The irony was that if one employs it against a spammer it was ruled illegal by the court.

[SaiK]

it may be illegal by court.. but having such vulnerabilities is costly for chore-porates on account of data loss, service loss, business loss, h&d etc.

amber ji.. no such intention. no interpretations.. only raw data that would be used for some other measures.

[ArmenT]

Come to think of it, BRF was vulnerable to it too and it was exploited once I believe.

[Vayutuvan]

David Johnson, Mathemtaical Sciences, Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ has passed away last week. The book "Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness (Series of Books in the Mathematical Sciences)" By Garey and Johnson is the standard reference book and probably has one of the best expositions of the question
P =? NP

A few memorials follow:

Lipton/Regan's Blog

Lance Fortnow's blog

David Johnson 1945-2016 ACM memorial