larez:

You know what? This is a great idea. I am usually compelled to having to run my generator just to read acrobat documents through my computer. As you know, this is a very costly way of catching up with reading. If I could find a device that will allow me to read acrobat files without having to turn on my PC or laptop, I will jump on it. Please keep us informed. Goodluck.

naijacutee:

lol larez, very very good idea. But which one are you asking for $$ again? If that's how it is, Seun should ask you to pay for joining Nairaland o :-) But I think that's a good theory - However, I think it will have to be throrougly researched before it can be used to ease traffic congestion. Why? Because like you mention, our Nigerian lifestyles mean that we talk on the phone a lot. However, if the call volume from a certain area increases abnormally, how are we sure it's due to traffic congestion, and not because Arsenal just scored?

naijacutee:

It does sound like an excellent idea, my brother but what sounds good on paper might not necessarily be good in practice. Have you piloted this idea? I think you should do a pilot run with the basic idea that you have, and if it proves to work you will definitely cash in on it. One other thing I have though about is developing an iPhone application which can simply map out traffic congestion in Lagos. However, the success of this app as a business will greatly depend on how many Lagosians have iPhones, and how many will have the means to pay for an application. . .

Please, roll in the ideas guys!

naijacutee:


2. A program for Google, Blackberry and iPhone that can help people open & edit Google docs on their devices. Many business people find Google docs invaluable and usually don't have a lot of time to sit in front of the computer. Many people can only find time while travelling, so a program which can open and edit spreadsheets, text, open pdfs etc on these devices would make someone very rich. As far as I know, no one program takes care of everything. The Google doc app lets you open, but not edit documents. And the other apps only allow you to edit text. But please correct me if I'm wrong.   

larez:

And what will you know?!! Right after posting my last message here, on another thread a Nigerian that I had proposed an idea to a few months back posted a message to me on another thread. This was a guy that was supposedly into real estate and claimed he could raise funds for my project. Now he even forgot what wew had met about, and here he was now telling me that his company was going to do exactly what I had proposed.

As we can see from the recent Bank scams/issues, Nigerians even to the very top are mostly thieves. They will ask you to bring projects/ideas to them for financing, only to steal those ideas/proposals. 3 Nigerians that I have presented my proposal to are all now embarking on the projects for themselves. I know they are bound to fail because they hardly know what it takes and think everything is simple. What I spent a year researching and putting together using an average of 18 hours a day, they believe they can just steal. This is why there are failed projects all over Nigeria. Clueless people with stolen funds lacking the zeal and knowledge for particular projects think they can steal and be successful. Woe unto everyone of them, and may they choke on their stolen funds.

From henceforth, I will neither share ideas with Nigerians, nor seek their funds for anything. My funding shall only be sourced from international reputable firms and financing sources. Hope this is a lesson for all of you idea people out there. Unfortunately, we do not have laws as deterrence factors to protect your intellectual properties. Nigeria has been overtaken by corporate scammers and criminals on all levels.

Edenitis:

This definitely is a great post and the contributions exhilarting.

However, I think we are trying to reinvent the wheel here. GPS (Global positioning System) using satelitte and coordinates, in conjunction with Google, utilising GSM technology, are already able to achieve this goal and more. In my next post, I will give you details.

naijacutee:

At first, I assumed your post was a little over the top, but after stumbling upon the said thread where someone was proposing to implement an idea you came up with, I totally sympathise with you, bro. I learnt the hard way, never ever discuss an idea which you are thinking of investing in, with any Nigerian business person. The irony of it is that when they rush to these businesses with half-baked ideas and then fail, only to lament and complain that "business is collapsing".

Chalyoti:

There's also room for improvement as regards ATM devices.the following ATM threats can be addressed if we research well:

1. Internet protocol worms, and other malicious code, penetrating the defenses of the ATM itself or the IP network it is connected to.
2. Disruption of the IP network and denial of service.
3. Passive collection of transaction data for malicious purposes.This is possible because apart from the pin code,the rest of the data travel unencrypted-the most threatening headache in Nigeria.

So far ATM producers have responded to these threats by installing personal firewalls on the ATM devices themselves. This solution somewhat protected the operating system and applications running on the computer inside the ATM from some of the threats, but it does not solve all the problems and has its own inherent problems.

Threat 3 is not at all solved by the installation of personal firewall on the ATM machines because the traffic still goes out unencrypted and is still open to eavesdropping.

Threat 2 is also not properly addressed by a personal firewall, because such software is not meant to protect against Dos attacks and disruption of the IP networks.

The only threat, therefore, that is partially addressed by a personal (software) firewall is 1. However the inherent problem is that the firewall is actually running on the very device it is trying to protect. Because they run on the same computer they are trying to protect, personal firewalls are vulnerable to being infected, modified, or disabled by computer viruses, Trojan horses, or network worms which are present in other applications on the same computer. In addition, they are vulnerable to being manually disabled by faults or malicious actions on the device itself.

Proposed solotions:

While having a personal firewall on an IP-ATM might be better than not having at all, physical separation of the device being protected and the device providing the detection is recognized as the most secure way to provide such protection.

a.Routers provide network connectivity for multiple ATMs in one location, IP Cameras, DVRs and other IP-based equipment.

b.Firewalls can be configured to block all inbound traffic with the exception of management and maintenance connections from defined sources. This protects the  machines against Protocol worms, or other malicious code, penetrating and affecting the ATM itself or the IP it is connected to.

c. Multiple Network Interfaces can be used to provide physical separation of devices in trust zones (e.g. separating IP-ATMs from IP-Cameras/IP-DVRs and other IP equipment).Firewalls can be set to provide for traffic segmentation and permit/deny communication between these trust zones.

d. The IDS/IPS can be configured to provide protection against inbound threats even over open management access ports. They can also monitor outbound connections to detect malicious outbound activity, as well as block it, in the event of device compromise. This actively protects against disruption of the IP network and denial of service.

e. The VPN (virtual private Networking) is used to encrypt all traffic to and from the network and to allow both management and ATM transaction protocols to be passed over networks without the danger of eavesdropping and passive collection of transaction data.


please i need more contributions.

Cheers!! 

larez:

And what will you know?!! Right after posting my last message here, on another thread a Nigerian that I had proposed an idea to a few months back posted a message to me on another thread. This was a guy that was supposedly into real estate and claimed he could raise funds for my project. Now he even forgot what wew had met about, and here he was now telling me that his company was going to do exactly what I had proposed.

As we can see from the recent Bank scams/issues, Nigerians even to the very top are mostly thieves. They will ask you to bring projects/ideas to them for financing, only to steal those ideas/proposals. 3 Nigerians that I have presented my proposal to are all now embarking on the projects for themselves. I know they are bound to fail because they hardly know what it takes and think everything is simple. What I spent a year researching and putting together using an average of 18 hours a day, they believe they can just steal. This is why there are failed projects all over Nigeria. Clueless people with stolen funds lacking the zeal and knowledge for particular projects think they can steal and be successful. Woe unto everyone of them, and may they choke on their stolen funds.

From henceforth, I will neither share ideas with Nigerians, nor seek their funds for anything. My funding shall only be sourced from international reputable firms and financing sources. Hope this is a lesson for all of you idea people out there. Unfortunately, we do not have laws as deterrence factors to protect your intellectual properties. Nigeria has been overtaken by corporate scammers and criminals on all levels.