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New Milford House Rental Photos and Description
Ideal Extended-Family Vacation Houses. (rent one or both)
Wonderful lakefront fully furnished home with Private sandy beach, sun deck, level yard and your own Private boat dock.
Enjoying dining on your deck while you watch the kids fish and swim in a quiet association on New Milford Bay.
Ideal for families with small children (safe and very clean), and also ideal for families with teenagers (many private areas for the family to spread out).
In addition to the fun of direct waterfront activities, there is also High-Speed wireless Internet access, golf, fine dining, quaint village antiquing and shopping nearby. Only 90 minutes to NYC, 30 minutes to wineries and beautiful Connecticut sightseeing. Pets are welcome yet are considered on a per case basis.
Unique Property with 2 kitchens, 2 family rooms, 5 Bedrooms and 3 Baths total. Perfect!
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE RENTING: 1) Is the property updated, clean and trouble-free?
2) How many steps/stairs to the water? Is it far up from the water?
3) Is the property located on the northern part of the lake? (central/southern parts are much busier & more congested)
4) Does the property have a private sandy beach?
5) Does the property have a private dock? (not shared with owners or anyone else)
6) Does the property have an oversized waterfront? (some have considerably less frontage)
7) Does the property have level grassy areas to play or hang out?
8) Does the property have algae at the waterfront? (properties on inlets often have significant algae)
9) Does the property have seating areas in both sunny & shaded areas?
10) Is the property situated to be able to watch the spectacular Candlewood Waterfront sunsets?
11) Does the property have off-street parking, and for how many cars? For a boat trailer?
High speed wireless Internet: Testimonial:
Great Lake House Vacation
Pat from Milford, New Jersey.
Date Submitted: May 19, 2008 Date of Stay: May 2008
My husband and I stayed at the Lake House for a quiet weekend away from it all. We brought our boat and docked it at the house. The Lake is absolutely beautiful, the cottage is in a great location on the lake. We had lunch at 'Down the Hatch' located right on the water.
Overall, great vacation! Cottage is clean and cozy. Owner is a pleasure to deal with. Can't wait to go back.
Recommended for: Families with Teenagers, Families with Young Children, Pet-friendly, and Romantic Getaway
Air Conditioning and Washer/Dryer: Testimonial:
Great place for family and friends
Dr. Ron From Wallingford, Ct..
Date Submitted: September 16, 2007 Date of Stay: August 2007
I have to admit that I did have some hesitation in renting a vacation home using the internet. You never know who you might be dealing with or the condition of the property. This home was an incredible find and Dave, the owner, the most honest and pleasant person to deal with.
My kids and their friends had a blast! We swam, fished, used the kayaks, canoe and tubes. I rented a boat at a nearby marina and kept it at the dock for the week. Greatly conveinient.
I have nothing bad to say. Beautiful place, incredibly clean, and ultimately relaxing. I will not forget those morning coffees on the dock as the sun came up.
I plan on renting again.
- Suitability:
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets considered
- wheelchair inaccessible
About Dave Smith
Katie & I purchased this property for a fun family getaway and it has been absolutely wonderful. The kids grew up on the lake and had so much wholesome fun with their cousins and friends. We have enjoyed every aspect of the lake and it's a wonderfully relaxing little slice of heaven every time we arrive.
Dave Smith purchased this house in 2004
Why Dave Smith chose New Milford
We vacationed at different lakes for over 10 years searching for just the right home. Each summer we would rent a home on a different lake to learn the lake. Water quality, real estate values, proximity to our home were all important factors.
One year we decided to stay closer to home and visit Candlewood. It's just an hour from our home.
When we arrived for our vacation the owner mentioned that he was getting married and moving. We searched for available homes on the lake that week but nothing compared to this home.
By the end of the week we bought it!
What makes this house unique
This property is unlike any other that we know of.
In addition to having all of our prerequisites; great waterfront with a private sandy beach area (many have rocky shores), direct waterfront (no street crossing as the kids were little), private dock, westerly facing to catch the sunsets over the lake, private setting (end of a dead end lake association private road), so private but not so secluded that it was a problem (we're just 5 minutes from major shopping), and more, the property is also two units with separate deeded ownership.
Being two units allows for a whole series of benefits that a single unit can't provide.
1) We don't use the property much in the winter and we can rent them separately which generates twice the income.
2) We can have guests stay and they have a complete unit to themselves, meaning separate bedrooms and bathrooms fro privacy and even a fully equipped second kitchen so the early risers don't disturb the sleepers.
3) Two docks!!! We may be the only property on the lake with two docks. It is such a wonderful feature when we have multiple boats, etc.
4) We have two kids so they can each enjoy a family getaway and may even inherit a lake getaway of their own.
5) For resale it increases the uses and therefore the pool of buyers. A family compound where Mom & Day own one unit and a child owns the second. or two friends each own a unit and they share the property or take turns with private vacations. This option makes waterfront ownership SO MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE than a single unit.
The property is very unique and so exceptional in many ways.
Guestbook comments from the owner
I just want to let you know how excited the family is about our upcoming trip to your lake house this summer. We all had such a terrific time and the house was amazing with all the amenities.
Our little ones enjoyed the water and dock to splash around. The adults enjoyed the swimming, boating and water activities.
Cruising the waterways of Candlewood Lake is always fun and there are lots of mysterious islands to explore.
In the late afternoon we all returned to the deck in back of the house to watch the fantastic views of the sunset with a glass of wine!
Thanks Dave!


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DC hound moving to Clemson, SC...needs food help!
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- CalfFries May 28, 2003 01:22 PM
Hi folks...I usually stick around the DC boards, but I'm moving to Clemson this summer, so I need some help finding some decent places to eat and shop. Any recommendations are welcome within an hour drive of Clemson. We love going out for everything from BBQ and burger joints to Asian/Middle Eastern/African restaurants; pricey to divey. And I need some find some good places to shop, so send along any recommendations for ethnic groceries, farmer's markets, etc. I know it's going to be a very different scene than DC, but hey, the houses are cheaper too! Thanks a bunch!
There's a goat farm called Split Creek in nearby Pendleton. Good goat cheese, interesting field trip.
I'd suggest arranging a good relationship with a gourmet grocer in DC who's willing to ship to you.
As for dining, Atlanta's only 2 1/2 hours away.
re: YourPalWill
as a socar fan that was the best you could do? ":^)
I thought you would be all over the Klem(P)sum issue.
Actually, there was a discussion about that area on here the other day. There are a couple of places near Pendleton (about ten minutes south)--a pub on the square & the old Farmers' Hall Restaurant that are passable. There are a few B&B's in the region that have decent food but nothing outstanding. Anderson is growing but, except for Skin Thrasher's for hot dogs, there is nothing truly remarkable there unless you like chains.
On the plus side, Atlanta & Asheville are about equidistant & relatively easy drives. Greenville has some promise on occasion & for a weekend head up to Table Rock for the buffet at the state park.
Become very good at pairing meals w/ blue cheese b/c the university makes some of the best domestic blue cheese around. It is excellent & if you work it right you can make arrangements to ship blue cheese in exchange for other delicacies.
re: Lan4Dawg
I had to hold my tongue. Blue cheese is truly Clemson's redeeming factor from a culinary perspective (and one of the few that I will admit to generally). I still stand by my comments on the grocer.
re: YourpalWill
Hush your mouth... the peach icecream is the best in the world.
re: YourPalWill
Funny...i was going to say the same thing, but I've been thinking lately that I come across as very negative (bordering on bitter) on this board *grin*
I do believe there is a Dean and DeLuca in D.C.
Also, Asheville is worth the drive.
re: Paul H
very good point. And in defense of the region, Greenville does have some very passable restaurants. It's only 40 minutes away.
I spent two years in Greenville a while back and found that there were some decent options there. There was a nice gourmet grocery on Augusta Road which went out of business due to lack of interest. I made friends with the owner of the Italian Market north of the city who would special order wines by the case for me.
I always enjoyed the Cafe Europa on Main Street as well as Soby's for casual to upscale dining.
re: YourPalWill
Actually, Earth Fare, the Asheville-based organic grocery moved into the space on Augusta Road where that other market vacated. It's a lot better than the other place was, IMO.
re: Paul H
whole foods in Gville too.
re: YourPalWill
CLemson is a touch dry in the culinary world but has charm. Athens is only an hour and a half away though so come down to the Five and Ten!
re: Hugh Acheson
well hello Hugh! It is good to see you here & congrats to both the restaurant and to you on all the great press.
We try to hit Five and Ten every time we get to the Classic City and have an opportunity. I am addicted to the cauliflower soup.
If you ever feel like "slumming" on game day swing by the tailgate for at least a cocktail & to say hello.
This is not giving me a good feeling...but at least I'm laughing. :)
Goat cheese sounds good, but I don't think I can live off of it!
For burgers and general grease fix, The Beacon in Spartanburg - anything ordered "A-Plenty" will be heaped up with fries and onion rings. Look at the servings before ordering to get an idea of how far you or your cholesterol level will want to go.
For good open-faced sandwiches, there is a diner called the Twin Palmettos in Inman, just NW of Spartanburg off US 176. Nothing fancy, but big portions - 2 thick slices of bread (one on top of the other in what seems to be a southern tradition) with lots of meat and gravy heaped on top, plus lots of fries, cooked very well. It tends to get crowded at lunch time. They have a large and varied lunch menu, but I've never gotten past the open-faced beef.
Anderson has some fairly good restaurants, including at least one good bbq place. Do a Google search for some ideas.
For the rest, do a search in this list back aways and you will find plenty of info on Greenville, Spartanburg, and the general area. It isn't such a wasteland, especially Greenville (which has a fair number of foreign personnel due to the German and Japanese manufacturing plants nearby), as some would have you believe. Although I've never eaten bbq in the Greenville area, I have it on good authority that there is decent bbq there.
If you are driven to head toward Asheville, avoid Green River Barbecue in Saluda and The BBQ Shack in Etowah. Their minced bbq is very dried out and tastes much like sawdust, and their mild sauce tastes like KC Masterpiece or Bullseye. My 13-year old says that the spicy sauce is not too bad, but it was too hot for me. Of the two, Green River is at least a true bbq place, but the Bbq Shack seems to be mainly a steakhouse.
re: CalfFries
The Beacon is my favourite! The are not open on Sundays, unless something has changed recently. Happy Plenty... and don't forget... walk and talk!
re: loretta
know your order before you get to the line... it's a cultural event
Highlands, NC is about 45 miles NW of Clem(p)son and has dining, shopping, water falls and nice scenery. Take US 76 west to Seneca, then 28 north, through Walhalla. The road gets a little twisty between Walhalla and Highlands. When you finish in Highlands head east on US 64 to Cashiers. If your top is down or your windows are open you will detect a pretty good BBQ place on your right just before you reach SR 107. Take 107 south back to 28.
Try the Rainbow in Greenville, on Poinsett Highway near Furman University..chili cheeseburgers, onion rings, and the peanutbutter chocolate milkshake....wonderful! And the folks that run it are great, too.
Try Pixie & Bill's in Clemson (there is no "P" in Clemson). It's been a while since I was there but the food was excellent.
Also, Greenville has a lot of good places from barbecue (Henry's Smokehouse) to upscale restaurants; no need to go to Asheville as they certainly have nothing over Greenville and Atlanta should only be a rare necessity.
Ok. just moved here (Cary, NC) from that area. Your short list should include:
Irishai Sushi Pub - Greenville - my favorite
Addy's Dutch Cafe - great little european bar & rest. downtown greenville - tell Addy I said Hi!
Soby's does a good job - right downtown
Chophouse 47 on 85 & Pelham for steaks & chops.
City Range Grill - heywood rd. near the mall
the Lemon Grass - also downtown for great Thai Curry
Latitude - in the west end, on main st.
Rene's Steakhouse downtown next to the Peace Center (where you'll find great concerts!). For Italian,you may want to try Vercite' in the Hilton - (there's also a really good little italian hideaway just off of Antrim Dr - not Vince Perrones' but a small intimate place - just cant remember the name), and the Stax Omega for breakfast near the Hilton on Peach Orchard Dr. There's a nice little bar on a sidestreet off of Augusta Rd. called "Cheers" - they have a great inexpensive steak and be sure to ask for Lynn.
Hope this helps - there are some really nice places in Greenville - you just have to find them. I think any of these listed are really good.
re: Bill Boyd
The great Italian restaurant is Pepino's. Two other great REAL Italian restaurants are Bergamo's and Giorgio's, both located in downtown Greenville. Both Owners are from the town Bergamo in Italy and are very precise about their food and to be honest me as a restaurant owner and from Europe and been many times in Italy they guys are as closed as Italian food as you can get and use only the REAL ingrediants.
Welcome to the Upstate! I've lived in Greenville for 10 years (originally from Orangeburg, SC -- be sure to stop by Duke's BBQ [next to the Fire Station just off US 601] on your next trip to Charleston!) and will share some of my favorite eating spots here in town:
Vietnamese: Pho '99 on Wade Hapton Blvd (near Bob Jones U) for great Vietnamese noodle soup - I eat there at least once a week. Great food, great prices, waitresses who speak no English! I like to take ppl there just to see the looks in their faces when I tell 'em they have to eat soup w/ chopsticks (LOL)... Saigon Market is next door, for your oriental food needs.
Thai: Lemongrass downtown is OK, but a bit pricey. They got a new chef some yeas ago and I don't go there much anymore -- it's been awhile tho, maybe I should give 'em another try
Bankok Thai (on Pelham near I- 85): great food, reasonable prices, friendly staff. Be sure and order the fresh rolls - Yum!
Thaicoon: horrible name, wonderful food! Located on East North St. about 2 miles from Haywood Mall. Best Thai food in town, hands down. Try the fish - it's great!
Thai Taste (also in Spartanburg): Pelham rd. just down from E. North St. Good food, resonable prices. Try the Pad Kee Meow...
Sushi: I tend to eat sushi at Tsunami's (formerly Hiro Sushi) downtown, but there are a lot of sushi resturants here - there is one just off Wade Hampton behind the K-Mart that is supposedly excellent, but I've never been there. Mimi's Japanses Steak House off Woodruff Rd. has good sushi. Try 'em all...
Indian: India Palace at Laurens Rd and Pleasantburg Dr. has good Indian food. For an experience, try "Swad" off Laurens Rd. Combination resturant and food store, it's run by a loquacious little Hindu and his totaly non-English speaking wife. I like that you come in and oder the special, having no idea what it is (unless you can read or speak Hindi) and always get a good meal. Good vegetarian fare.
Soby's downtown is excellent "new south" cusine, i.e. local ingrediants w/ French techniques. I've never had a bad anything at Sobys, or even a mediocre anything. My all-around favorite resturant. The same folks recently opened "Resturant O" across the street that a co- worker spoke very highly of.
While you're downtown, don't miss Barley's Pizzaria and Taproom, just off Main street. Great pizza and calzones, plus 26-odd beers on tap (Brutal Bitter - Yum!). (Why do hippies make the best pizza??)
Henry's Smokehouse on Wade Hampton has great chopped BBQ - cooked over wood on-site, smokey, tender, juicy and sauce on the side. I don't care for their ribs, tho -- good flavor but a bit too tough and not "falling off the bone" tender. I can't remember the name of it but there is a BBQ place in Powdersville (in between Clemson & G'ville) that has excellent BBQ and ribs as well -- worth seeking out, as I recall (haven't been there in a while).
For late-night or breakfast-anytime, Stax' Omega behind on Orchard Park Rd. near Haywood mall can't be beat. Awesome breakfasts (try the Charleston Benedict -- eggs benedict w/jalapeno-shrimp cream sauce)
I don't eat much Chinese (addicted to Thai) but when I do The Happy China (in Verdai Marketplace off Laurens Rd.) is where I go -- for the Orange Peel chicken, extra spicy. The Dragon's Den (several locations) are pretty good as well. For lunch buffett and good cheap chinese, Joy Food at Perlan and E North is good as well.
For upscale food, try The Fresh Market, a small chain of upscale markets. Excellent produce and a full-service meat counter. Located at the corner of Pleasantbug Dr. and E. North st. next to the Bi-Lo. There also lots of specialty markets (Asian, Indian, etc.) around.
Again, welcome, and I hope this is of use to you...
It's been a while since I set foot on the old campus. When to folks came to visit we would end up at Clemson Corners (memory serves) for dinner. It is a nice small restaurant with good food (it has a small problem burning down, so I'm not sure it is still there). For lunch/sandwiches, you gotta go to the Pot Belly Deli. As for BBQ, I'm fairly picky, and none of them really did it for me. In a pinch, Three Pigs.
The town has really grown up in the past few years, give it a try and be sure to stick around for game day, it is an experience.
re: c.u.shoeless
I think you are referring to Calhoun Corners as well as Pixie and Bill's - also try Liberty Hall Inn... fav!
The Blue Herron in Clemson is all around good food! Their Sushi is very good and reasonable. Have been disapointed a couple of times, but generally have had excellent food there. Chef's Special in Easley has excellent Thai food, and Greenville has some excellent restaurants. Brick Street Cafe in Greenville has outstanding fried oysters, and just about anything there is great! In Pendleton, DO NOT miss the Village Baker on the square! In Highlands we love Paoletti's and Cyprus! (They are definately worth the drive!!!) We don't "do" chain restaurants as a rule, but there are a few around that aren't bad. I just prefer to support local business. Hope this helps.
Okay if you are looking for some really good food. Try Grits and Groceries. It is in Belton, SC. Maybe a 30minute drive from Clemson. Everything is made from scratch even the ice cream. If you do go besure you order off the specials of the day menu. If you go on the weekend expect a bit of a wait. gritsandgroceries.com
if you haven't moved yet you'll soon find out how far of a drive it can be to greenville or spartanburg and various other towns just for dinner. I'm a newby myself and here's what i've found in a year:
peasano's in Seneca (9miles) for italian -not the best, but the best in a 30 mile radius
athens restaraunt in Seneca- greek/italian combo
rudy's on ramcat downtown seneca- fancy atmospher food ok
calhoun corners in Clemson
blue herron in clemson- a personal favorite mostly for the combo of great sushi and
steaks along with unique sides
the spot in Seneca on ramcat alley has great bar food and burgers
Big johns in Seneca has excellent sandwiches and appetizers that are out of the norm
pot belly deli in clemson gets great reviews but i wasn't real impressed
there is a decent homemade pasta place downtown by school as well as another sushi bar that is decent. As for mexican places, i cannot advise due to the fact that nothing compares to el torrero's back home. Ranbow Garden in between clemson and seneca has good takeout asian. You will probably be dissapointed in what there is to offer, I know i miss my fine dinning restaraunts back home, but you soon learn to appreaciate what is available in the area. Best of luck to you, hope i was of help.
OK - I'm orginally from Leesburg, VA, but split my time in Charleston (great food locale) and Pendleton... check out the Blue Heron (our fav in Clemson), Just More BBQ in Pendleton is a local favourite as well as the Sandwich Shoppe on the Square. Pot Belly Deli is great. Sullivan's in Anderson has been featured in Southern Living and Sullivan's Cafe is great. I'm hearing good things about Halfway to Havana in Anderson and look forward to checking it out this week. Welcome to Tigertown! BTW... MAC's is an institution and Columbo's is slow but the cheeseburger pizza rocks (to go). There are lots of farmers markets... check out Kathy's Produce on 76 and a farmers market (orangic Clemson Farmers Market on-campus on Wednesdays as well as a farmers' markert on the town square in Pendleton on Saturdays from 9-1) near the old stone church. Ethic grocery stores... yeah... you'll need to go to Greenville for that or learn to order stuff online. Other farmers markest include the Jockey Lot (google it- it's a cultural experience and always has fresh produce) Trust me... Tigertown is great - you'll love it... I do - be there Friday!
Greenville has some pretty good food and a Whole Foods right on Woodruff Rd (exit off 85) and across from that is Total Wines for wine. My favorites in Greenville are American Grocery (very expensive but FAB food!), Lazy Goat (tappas and GREAT view), Sobys, High Cotton, Liberty Tap (for wide variety and casual), LemonGrass.
As to closer to Clemson/Seneca, there are some decent places (nothing GREAT) that for most part were mentioned..Blue Herron, the Coronotzes restaurants (Calhoun Corners probably the best, Rudy's, Pixie and Bills). Also Friends cafe doesn't look like much but we had lunch there and meditaranean food (kabobs, etc.) was pretty good, it was reasonable and the owner was very attentive.
Big Johns is good casual food for a whole in the wall but you have to put up with SMOKE. It is slowly getting better..


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Happy Leap Day, earthlings! Does anyone else find this day kind of creepy? I'm actually getting on a plane to Chicago later, and I'm a little worried that maybe we'll fly into a wormhole and I'll end up on the other side of a black hole. I don't know, my physics is a little fuzzy. I just know Leap Years are weird.
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So how is 2012 treating everyone so far? Are you sticking to your resolutions? Or crying on the couch eating potato chips out of the jumbo-size bag with both hands?That's what I thought. Sound like you could use a distraction. How about reading or re-reading our blog's greatest hits from January?Here are the top 10 most popular posts from last month:What Industries Contributed to Google's $37.
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Well knock us over with a feather -- we're surprised and honored to be on Website Magazine's list of the 50 top software solutions to explore in 2012!Funny story: One of my coworkers actually printed out this list to use as a reference, but didn't notice until I told her that we were #13 on the list!According to Website Magazine, here's the methodology that determined the list:Website Magazine's Top 50 rankings are a measure of a website's popularity.
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In the article, I argue that it's all too common for small advertisers to waste money on poorly executed campaigns.Typically, they don't re-evaluate and optimize their campaigns, and therefore miss out on the opportunity to leverage a powerful marketing channel to grow their business.Read the full article, "Big search companies woo small businesses," in USA Today! Hit me up on Twitter: Follow @larrykim... > Read more
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Here are our top ten slammingest blog posts of the month:How Does the AdWords Auction Work? – Our latest infographic, a visual explanation of Google AdWords, was a big hit. If it you missed it the first time around, check it out.Small Business Saturday 2011: Tips and Tricks to Make the Most of November 26th – Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but Meg's marketing tips for SMBs are worthwhile year-round.Our Top SEO Link Building Posts of ... > Read more
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August Blog Highlights: WordStream's Best of the Month
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After a quick installation process, users can launch the program and begin analyzing the status of the game, as World Cup Checker 2014 displays all the formed groups and the results of the matches that have been played up until the current moment.
The application's interface is far from impressive, yet it features a fairly functional appearance, making it easy for users to visualize a wide range of teams, organized by their corresponding groups, and learn their latest results, all in a single window.
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World Cup Checker 2014 displays an ongoing countdown in days, hours, minutes and seconds, up until the final match, allowing users to know how long before they can find out the definitive outcome of this year's soccer event.
Users can view the competing teams for each group, along with the date and time of their scheduled match, also displaying the results of the games that have already been played out, along with the number of 'Played', 'Won', 'Draw' or 'Lost' parties, as well as the 'Goals For', 'Goals Against', 'Goals Difference' and 'Points'.
Moreover, World Cup Checker 2014 displays the 'Round of 16' matches, gradually calculating the 'Quarter Final' and 'Semi Final' participants, and the teams that will be playing 'Match For Third Place'.
The results are updated in real time from a server, so users will need an Internet connection in order to be up to speed with the latest developments. The data can be exported to RTF or BTW format, enabling users to further analyze or print it.
Handy World Cup tracking tool
To conclude, World Cup Checker 2014 is an interesting and easy to use utility meant to help soccer fans be on top of all the matches and results, allowing them not miss a single important event in the Brazil World Cup.
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ABDULLAH, Mrs Aeysha, Chair, Management Committee, Cocos Islands Co-operative Society
DENIS, Mr Azim, Member, Management Committee, Cocos Islands Co-operative Society
GRANT, Mr Ronald James, General Manager, Cocos Islands Co-operative Society
PIROS, Mr Balmut, Secretary, Cocos Islands Co-operative Society
ANTHONEY, Mr Ratma, Member, Management Committee, Cocos Islands Co-operative Society
CHAIR: I welcome the representatives of the Cocos Islands Co-operative Society Ltd. Thank you very much for joining us. Although the committee does not require you to give evidence under oath, I advise you that these hearings are formal proceedings of parliament and warrant the same respect as proceedings of the respective houses. The giving of false or misleading evidence is a serious matter and may be regarded as a contempt of parliament. Evidence today will be recorded in the Hansard and attracts parliamentary privilege. I invite you to make an opening statement to the committee.
Mr Grant : Thank you very much, Chair. My apologies for asking the meeting to be put forward. We have two refugee flights coming in which we have to attend to. We sent, on 15 October 2012, a submission to the secretary. We addressed the key performance indicators of the department in the annual report. I think all the members of the committee have a copy of that letter so, rather than wasting time by having me going through it, I will turn it over to the committee and we will go to the points. If you have had a chance to read through the submission you might like to raise issues on that and then we will respond to them.
CHAIR: Do you want to go through those points just briefly?
Mr Grant : No, thank you. I will just let the committee ask questions.
CHAIR: Okay. I just need to be confident that committee members have got that information in front of them.
Senator CROSSIN: How many flights are there?
Mr Grant : We have two flights coming in—one at 11 o'clock and one at a quarter to four.
Mr BRUCE SCOTT: What do you call 'coming in'? Coming in from where?
Mr Grant : Normally those aircraft are tasked out of Christmas Island to take on the escorted groups, then they will come here and collect the refugees and take them down to Christmas Island.
Mr BRUCE SCOTT: Those that are on the West Island, you will take them down to Christmas Island today?
Mr Grant : That is correct, and there will be another aircraft tomorrow morning.
Mr BRUCE SCOTT: I was not quite sure why you had to take them down to Christmas Island rather than bring them in to stay. How many of those that you have on the island now are going to be transferred?
Mr Grant : At the moment we have 165 people down at the quarantine station waiting to be transported off-island.
Senator CROSSIN: Could you outline for us the range of businesses that the co-op is looking after these days? Apart from your submission, we will have a total picture on record of what you are responsible for.
Mr Grant : The Cocos Islands Co-operative Society was formed in 1978. It has four major divisions: there is the Logistics Group, which covers stevedoring, aircraft services, ferry contracts and bus contracts; the Hospitality Group, which covers the Cocos Beach Motel and the Tropika Restaurant; the Retailing Group, which covers the West Island supermarket and the Home Island hardware store; and the Special Contracts Services Group, which covers everything from the provision of contract labour for teachers' aides, staff at the school and construction maintenance to bank agencies and Centrelink. A final group is Corporate Services, which supports all the other operating groups.
Senator CROSSIN: How many employees are employed by the co-op?
Mr Grant : The average number of employees employed by the co-op is approximately 70, which is full-time permanent, part-time permanent and casual staff.
Senator CROSSIN: We were just having a discussion about skills shortages in the trades area. What do you do about training and upskilling local, particularly young, Cocos Malays to take on these jobs?
Mr Grant : If, for example, we take the Logistics Group and stevedoring, we have had a major contract in just recently which is the resurfacing of the West Island runway. Prior to that we upgraded the skills of all of our stevedores. That included a new certificate III in stevedoring. There was a five-week course to upgrade the skills of crane drivers, and there are occupational health and safety courses, and there are also frontline management courses. We target training at very specific contracts, or very specific operations.
Senator CROSSIN: Are some of the younger people who have finished their high school staying, or going away for training and coming back to work with you?
Mr Grant : We have a number of those. For example, Asim Dennis is a qualified motor mechanic. As he said, he was born on Cocos and has lived on Cocos. He has worked on the mainland, he has returned to Cocos and he is a qualified mechanic working for the cooperative. A lot of our courses are run through specific job requirements. They may be short-term or reasonably long-term. The big problem is apprenticeships. We have looked at apprentice electricians, carpenters and mechanics. To give you an idea, to take on a first-year apprentice through the Indian Ocean Group Training Association, we have been quoted $45,000 a year for one apprentice. Quite frankly, that is just out of the ballpark.
Senator CROSSIN: Do you not think they can travel down to Perth for any of the job training?
Mr Grant : No, that is exclusive of travel costs.
Senator CROSSIN: Is that the salary component under the award?
Mr Grant : That is the salary component, block release, all the fees plus the cost of the administration by Group Training.
Senator CROSSIN: Does it limit the number you can have or does it make it totally prohibitive?
Mr Grant : It just makes it totally out of our reach. The alternative that we look at, when people go down to year 12, is to work closely with TAFE or a university, have the students put through, get the courses done on the mainland, then get them back. It is far more cost efficient.
Senator PARRY: How do you get them back?
Mr Grant : I go back to Azim Denis. He came back. They want to come back. I have one daughter at the moment in third year at Edith Cowan University, doing training. Her ambition is to come back to be a teacher here. Ray Denholm, who is the school principal, is very keen to have her back next year to do her prac here. A lot of the children who are now going to TAFE or university or doing apprenticeships do want to come back.
Senator CROSSIN: I want to ask all of you another question, about the stress factor on the community with the asylum seekers being here. You would see it from the movement in and out, if you are looking after the marine contracts. I am assuming that you have the contract to actually go and get these people off the boat and bring them to West Island? Is that right, or is that done with the AFP?
Mr Grant : We have a very close working relationship with DIAC and Serco. We have a fee we charge per head for a client of DIAC's, as they call them, to transport them from the SIEVs to West Island. We transport them by buses to the quarantine station and transfer them from buses to the aircraft. The two boats that arrived yesterday had 110 people on them. From 1 July to yesterday, we have taken 2,518 refugees in.
Senator CROSSIN: Just arriving at Cocos alone?
Mr Grant : Just arriving at Cocos. That figure is accelerating. In July, the number that came in was 379. In September, it jumped to 811. For October, we are already at 699. It is definitely not going down.
Senator CROSSIN: Mainly Sri Lankans?
Mr Grant : They are all Sri Lankans.
Senator CROSSIN: On the issue about asylum seekers being taken off the island on the commercial aircraft, I am assuming that is not a decision you make; that is a decision DIAC makes. How does that happen? Do they say: 'We need to move 25 today,' so 25 spots are reserved on that commercial aircraft, or are people offloaded to accommodate that?
Mr Grant : I think that you have got to put this in perspective. The flights from Cocos to Christmas are not heavily booked. Even the flights from Christmas to Cocos are normally not at capacity. The flights that are at capacity are where you go from Perth to Christmas and then continue on to Cocos. That is where they have the major problems of people being offloaded. It is not so much from Cocos to Christmas. I think the most people we pick up going from Cocos to Christmas, on an average flight, would be no more than 50, whereas the aircraft can carry roughly 110 people. If DIAC or Serco wish to move Sri Lankans by a commercial flight—which is Virgin Blue—from Cocos to Christmas, they will advise us of the numbers. Normally, the numbers are quite low. It might be between 15 and 25. They will be transported up to the aircraft terminal before the aircraft departs. They will be screened first, taken out first, seated first. Then the normal passengers are loaded on for the flight down to Christmas. What I have got to say is that the number of people being transported on the commercial flight is quite small compared to the over 2,500 that have gone on chartered flights from DIAC.
Senator CROSSIN: From DIAC's point of view, this would be a cheaper way of doing it, rather than hiring a specific aircraft to transport these people.
Mr Grant : I think DIAC look at it as the numbers to be moved. DIAC have given an undertaking to the community here that they will try not to hold people more than 72 hours. If they do not have the numbers to justify a charter flight in and they have got small number to move, they will move them on the commercial flight. But the number of times that have done that, I think is only three since July. I could be wrong, but it is a small number.
Ms BRODTMANN: Just on that comment that you made on DIAC making that commitment: how is that turnaround time working? Can you give us some sort of broad percentage in terms of the 72-hour rule?
Mr Grant : Take the flight last week, for example. We had four chartered DIAC flights in. We moved over 300 people. All of those would have been less than 72 hours here. The longest that they have held somebody currently is when last Friday they flew some people out and they had been here since Sunday. But that was a delay which was very unusual. For example, the flight coming in today will be taking out the people that arrived on Friday, plus some of the people that arrived today. Tomorrow's flight will be taking out the balance that arrived on Sunday.
Ms BRODTMANN: What is the demeanour of the people? You are obviously working with them closely. I understand from others that it is quite calm; there is no sense of threat in terms of loading these people.
Mr Grant : We are quite fortunate they are Sri Lankans. We are very heavily involved in transporting the Sri Lankans from the quarantine station to the airport. We normally move them in groups of 20. They are normally taken to an area outside the airport terminal where they will sit on the ground, and normally there is one female Serco officer controlling 20. At the moment, we have had no incidents. That seems to be a regular thing. When they are transported off island, the escorts are normally about one to six, and the escort group comes in on the aircraft. For escorting them out to the aircraft, in flight and taking them off the aircraft, the escort group is quite heavy. But actually on Cocos it is very light.
Ms BRODTMANN: We are talking all Sri Lankan men? Are there any women?
Mr Grant : Initially, it used to be young Sri Lankan men. Now there is a growing number of women, young girls, young boys. There is an increasing number of very small children. There was one baby born on one of the boats. It is definitely starting to change. We have a number of amputees now coming through, people in wheelchairs.
Ms BRODTMANN: How many? What is the proportion?
Mr Grant : So far, of that 2,500, I would have seen one in a wheelchair and two amputees.
Ms BRODTMANN: These are young men?
Mr Grant : Young men.
Ms BRODTMANN: Are we talking late teens or 20s?
Mr Grant : These would be people between their 20s and 30s, normally.
Ms BRODTMANN: Just going back to children: are the children under 10?
Mr Grant : Children can be babes in arms, just a few months old.
Ms BRODTMANN: Do you know the cause of the amputations?
Mr Grant : The amputations are what is referred to as traumatic amputations, caused by either landmines or explosive devices.
Ms BRODTMANN: Primarily legs or arms?
Mr Grant : They are always legs. The mines tend to take the legs off all the time.
Mr BRUCE SCOTT: Thank you, Mr Grant, for your submission. I notice that item 5 in your submission says:
Grant funding is targeted, supported by the community and fully utilized.
You say that you are going to be shortly applying for two grants?
Mr Grant : That is correct.
Mr BRUCE SCOTT: Can you describe what they relate to?
Mr Grant : There are two grants. Back in November of last year, we developed a strategic plan for the cooperative. Under a special program run by the Australian government, we had a consultant come up from the David Reid Group, who reviewed the strategic plan. The David Reid Group have said it will cost $92,000 to implement the strategic plan. One of the applications that we are putting in through the economic development consultative groups is to apply for some funding to offset the cost of that consultancy. The second one is to do with the Cocos Beach Motel, which we operate. That is a prime site. The co-op owns that freehold. It owns the buildings. We have been approached by a group who would like to joint-venture with the cooperative in redeveloping that site to make it more appealing to the tourist market. Once again, there are some feasibility studies and consultative studies to be done. The second grant application would be based upon that.
Mr BRUCE SCOTT: To do with a joint venture with the cooperative and a private—
Mr Grant : No; a joint venture with a private group.
Senator CROSSIN: I note in your letter to the committee that you talk about the new Western Australian laws governing cooperatives. You are indeed in a different jurisdiction but by proxy they become your de facto laws that provide governance. I want to ask about the suitability of those arrangements in the co-op's view.
Mr Grant : This is specifically the new cooperative act or just generally?
Senator CROSSIN: Both.
Mr Grant : The legal basis for the cooperative at the moment is the old 1905 Singapore ordinance, which was adopted as Commonwealth law here. It is totally and utterly outdated. The new act, which is the Co-operatives Act 2009 of WA, which is being applied as Commonwealth law here, is a very good act. It is going to bring the co-op right back into the mainstream, especially in areas like the role and responsibility of directors, the financial reporting requirements and shareholding requirements. It is going to be a major move forward for the cooperative. Also we will have a registrar, which will be the Western Australian Registrar of Cooperative Societies, who will be responsible for the cooperative. We will have a skilled person as the registrar in that particular area. Also it enables us to join the Cooperative Federation of WA, which is an umbrella organisation, which is extremely good.
In general, having the laws of WA applied as Commonwealth law here has been extremely good. Some of the laws obviously have not been extended because they are just not relevant but at least now we have a very good legal basis, which we never had before. In fact, the new administrator, Jon, was up here as the committee secretary for the report Islands in the Sun, which made the transition from the previous legislative base to the current legislative base. It is really important to have a modern body of law when you start talking to investors or people who want to do business development here. Without the body of law you are really stuck.
CHAIR: In the context of being a major business provider done through a cooperative approach, which clearly suits being able to embed the community interest into the businesses and services on the islands, what are the key challenges for you in both responding to community needs and working out what you can generate an income from?
Mr Grant : The first real challenge that is always there is remoteness. We are very dependent on the shipping cycle and the airfreighter. The real challenge is to be able to deliver services at a reasonable cost. That is your ultimate challenge. As the shire pointed out, in relation to insurance, Lumley has withdrawn from the market and currently SBA Gallagher are looking for alternatives but they have flagged already there will be major increases. Those increases are then passed onto the community. There is always the challenge of remaining profitable while at the same time not becoming too expensive so that people desert you—and they will desert you; for example, quite a lot of people on Home Island and on West Island shop on the internet. People are becoming far more switched on. Why go through the cooperative or another retailer here when you can have your relatives buy something on the mainland, go to the airfreight company and send it up? So there is this real challenge between remaining profitable and providing a service.
The other thing is the ageing population. The younger generation are saying, 'If we want to come back to Cocos, do you have housing for us and do you have jobs for us?' That is another challenge because, unless we have a workforce that comes through that is well trained and well educated, it impacts upon your business all of the time.
CHAIR: We wish you well for the rest of the day. Hopefully, we will manage to meet with you again and have some further discussions later on. If there anything in particular any of you want to put on the record specifically, you are more than welcome.
CHAIR: Is there anything you want to bring to our attention?
Mrs Abdullah : I just want to mention the importance of maintaining some of the major contracts within the co-op and the island workforce. I am sure there are lots of people who can put in tenders for these contracts. Luckily we have recently got the ferry contract and the bus contract. The stevedoring contract is coming up and there will be other people tendering for it.
CHAIR: Clearly as a co-op you are embedded in the local community and local employment. When contracts are out for tender and it might suit the government to contract that out to someone outside because it is cheaper and they can make more money, how does that create a false economy in terms of employment on the island and those kinds of issues?
Mrs Abdullah : I think it is very important to have the ownership. That increases self-esteem and efficacy among the people in the community. People will be outsourcing jobs. Sure they will be providing the service but the people can be encouraged to do the work here, rather than having all the money go offshore.
CHAIR: They are points worth making. They are certainly consistent with the experience of other businesses, whether they be co-ops or small businesses in many remote communities around Australia. When outside tenderers come in they potentially can have a very dislocating impact on the sustainability of whole range of other services on the ground. Who supports your analysis of those issues when you are negotiating with government about those questions?
Mr Grant : If you take the two recent contracts, the ferry and bus contracts, we do not use outside people; we use our own staff. So for all the submissions, whether they are tenders, supporting documentation or requests for further information, it falls upon her own staff to provide that information.
Senator CROSSIN: Do you have any representatives at all on the economic development consultative committees? I can see names but I am not sure whether they are attached to the co-op.
Mr Grant : No. All the members of those committees are appointed by the minister.
Senator CROSSIN: Yes, I understand that. I just wondered whether anyone from your organisation was among that group.
Mr Grant : No.
Senator CROSSIN: I cannot recognise that there is. I just wanted you to confirm that. Does interaction occur between the co-op and the economic development consultative groups? Is it effective? Do you have anything to do with them?
Mr Grant : We talk to them regularly. For example, we have just recently had the Economic Development Summit on Cocos. Our people attended that. There is always feedback but the major feedback comes from either the administrator or the economic development officer, with whom we have regular contact—it would be weekly.
CHAIR: Thank you all. It is terrific to have those views on the record.


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PTR Security Alert: Cake Poker NetworkThis article serves as a companion article to the security advisory PTR has released which is viewable at: Cake Poker Uses Weak Encryption. It is intended to explain the severity and implications of this security risk to the broader non technical poker playing audience. UPDATE: Cake Poker has added an SSL layer to their encryption. We are currently looking into the implementation.
PTR Security has uncovered a serious vulnerability in the network encoding used for the Cake network. This encoding leaves player's accounts as well as hole cards vulnerable to being stolen by any third party who is in between the player and Cake's servers, as well as anyone who can snoop on their traffic. This means that players on wireless networks (especially unsecured ones) are at particular risk.
This security vulnerability is almost the same as the previous vulnerability we uncovered at the Cereus poker network, which has now been resolved, but there are a few significant differences which will be discussed in the "Special Notes" section.
We believe this vulnerability applies to every Cake network skin (our testing was limited to Cake poker and Doyle's room). We also were able to verify that this vulnerability applies to both the current Cake client and their new Beta client v2.0.
If you are going to skip the majority if this article please at least take a moment to read the sections "Risk Levels for Players" and "Suggestions for Players." These sections are minimum reading for anyone who plays on the Cake poker network.Jump to proof of concept
This section is the same as our previous security bulletin for the Cereus Poker Network, so you may skip this portion if you're already familiar with the Cereus network's (now fixed) encryption vulnerability.
When logging into a poker client on your PC what is actually happening behind the scenes is a connection is established to the servers owned and operated by the poker network. This connection is used to transmit all data between your PC and the servers, including sending your username and password, betting actions, and your hole cards.
This can be thought of as a conversation between your computer and the poker network, which might go something like:
PC: I'd like to play poker my username is bob and my password is 123456
Server: You are logged in
Server: A new hand has started at your Table 1
PC: Ok
Server: Your hole cards for Table 1 are Ac Jh
PC: Ok
On all poker networks this data is encrypted in a manner that would prevent any intercepted data from being used to gain access to your account, or steal your hole cards. This means essentially that the conversation is obscured to prevent eavesdropping, so that someone listening in cannot "hear" your password.
Almost every poker network uses some implementation of the SSL protocol, which is the same type of security mechanism that everyone from banks to government agencies use to secure their data. There are several freely available implementations of this protocol including the open source OpenSSL . SSL is the industry standard, and is generally regarded as best practice for encrypting network transmissions.
The problem is that the Cake Poker network does not use SSL to encrypt their communications; they use a custom form of encryption which is XOR-based. This form of encryption is known to be extremely weak, and in fact their particular implementation makes it particularly simple to decrypt network data due to an easily discoverable key.
In fact, the encryption that the Cake Network employs isn't so much encryption as it is encoding. To see how simple it is to decode this data, simply open up your windows calculator and set it on scientific mode. All that is really necessary to decode the data stream is the XOR button .
The requirement for this vulnerability to be exploited is network access. This means that if you are playing on an open wireless network, a cracked wireless network (something which is increasingly simple to do), or on a physical network which has been compromised – an attacker could dump the network traffic and exploit this vulnerability maliciously.
Stealing hole cards is very possible with this exploit; however, the larger concern is that of stolen bankrolls. In theory an attacker could identify a potential victim and park a car down the street, and if the victim plays on a wireless network, sniff their login information and then go home and dump the money off to other accounts. This is very unlikely to ever have happened, but it is possible.
A large misconception with the Cereus network vulnerability was that only players on a wireless network that was unencrypted were at risk. We saw many inaccurate security reports circulated which downplayed the severity of the issue. So this time we'd like to make it very clear that no matter what kind of network you play on you at risk on the Cake network. Any attacker that can position themselves between your computer (or listen to it such as with a wireless network) and the Cake servers in Curacao can theoretically steal your login information or hole cards.
The reason wireless networks are specifically targeted is that rather than having to insert yourself between the victim and the Cake servers, you can observe the data without any physical access.
Besides the technical implications there are many other industry implications that continue to be raised by these sorts of revelations. How can yet another poker network get licensed and audited, but nobody along the way notice that they aren't employing even the most basic security mechanisms? Is anyone actually watching out for us?
In our lab, using a dummy cracked wireless network, we've been able to steal usernames and passwords from multiple Cake network skins (to our knowledge this vulnerability applies to all cake skins). The username and password was made visible to us as the player clicked the login button, or as the "auto-login" occurred. This exploit is more serious than the Cereus network in which we were only able to get an MD5 hashed version of the password which then required a more sophisticated "injection" mechanism to hijack the account. In this exploit, we simply get the plain text username and password.
We've also successfully stolen hole cards as they were dealt, as shown in the demonstration video. This is basically the same exploit as the Cereus network.
All of our tests were done in a lab environment, using cheap commercial grade laptops. The source for all of the testing totals less than 500 lines. The wireless network cracking and snooping was done using freely available open source software.
Risk Levels for Players
The below chart attempts to quantify the level of risk a player has of being victimized in each type of networking scenario.
|Network Type
|Risk Level
|Public Unsecured Wireless
|Public Secured Wireless
|Public Wired
|Home Unsecured Wireless
|Home Secured Wireless
|Home Wired
- Unknown wireless network in college dorm called "Linksys"
- Public Unsecured Wireless
- Severe Risk
- Starbucks or airport wireless, requiring login
- Public Secured Wireless
- Moderate-High Risk
- School computer lab, plugged in
- Public Wired
- Moderate Risk
- Home wireless network called "Linksys" or "netgear" not requiring key or using WEP key (10, 26, or 58 digit hexadecimal number sometimes generated from a user passphrase)
- Home Unsecured Wireless
- Moderate Risk
- Home wireless network requiring WPA2 key
- Home Secured Wireless
- Moderate-Low Risk
- Home wired network
- Low risk
It is worth mentioning here that a player who can be specifically targeted is at an unquantifiable but elevated level of risk.
Suggestions for Players
As suggested previously there is no way to be 100% secure at the moment while playing on Cake poker. It is not possible to know that you're safe, even when plugged directly into your router.
The only guarantee of safety is to change your password, and stop playing on the Cake network until these issues have been fully resolved and verified by us. Until Cake has switched to OpenSSL, or the TwoFish encryption their webpage says they use, there is no way to be sure you are secured.
If you must continue to play in the mean time you should plug directly into your router or cable modem. If this is not an option you should make absolutely sure your wireless network is encrypted using WPA2 encryption.
Do NOT play on any unknown or public networks, especially wireless network. Also it may be wise to keep the fact that you play on the Cake network to yourself so as to avoid making yourself a target.
Suggestions for Cake Network
As we recommended to the Cereus poker network when their similar vulnerabilities were discovered, you must upgrade your network communications to use the industry standard OpenSSL library. It is freely available at http://www.openssl.org. When implementing the SSL changes you should be sure to validate your peer certificate so as to prevent an SSL man-in-the-middle attack. Failing that, you could implement the TwoFish algorithm mentioned on your website but this would be harder and more prone to vulnerabilities as custom implementations always are.
Also, please immediately remove the incorrect security material concerning hackers from your website.
We, as always, offer our expertise in auditing security and verifying the fix once implemented.
Special Notes
In the introduction to this article mention was made to the fact that this vulnerability is similar to the Cereus poker network's vulnerability, but there were significant differences, in the follow sections we will review these differences.
Technical Differences
Practically, the major difference is that you can retrieve the plain text password from the network data stream. This is much easier to make use of since there is no "injection" of a stolen password hash that needs to occur to hijack the account like there was on Cereus. Simply take the stolen username and password and login at your convenience.
Technically there are a few differences. Cereus used a single hard coded encryption key which we were able to discover via a blunder in their algorithm. Cake at least uses an encryption key that changes all the time, it arrives at startup and then is mutated as the key is applied to packets.
The other technical difference is the way the key is discovered in the vulnerability. There are actually two ways to receive the key. The first, and hardest way, is to listen for when the key is sent in plain text over the network stream and then mutate the key after each decryption as Cake does. This requires that you have a complete network dump including the initial connection to the Cake servers. Basically you have to be "listening" from the very beginning.
The second and much simpler way to receive the key is to just brute force it. That's right; you can literally guess the key. It only takes a few milliseconds and is far more practical than the previous method. All of our testing was done using this second method, brute forcing the key.
Differences of Principle
The final differences are of an entirely non technical nature. In the case of the Cereus network's vulnerability it seemed that the problem was mostly due to ignorance, there was no intentional misleading of the public – indeed it is most likely that, as they claim, they were entirely unaware of the issue.
However, Cake has this paragraph posted on several of the skin's website concerning security from hackers:
All communications between the client program running on your computer and the Cake Poker server in Curacao are encrypted using the accepted industry standard 256-bit TwoFish encryption algorithm. The unique cards dealt to each player are delivered exclusively to that particular player's computer thus maintaining privacy and integrity of play. Packet-sniffing by other players cannot be used to gain any advantage. Each player's cards are sent exclusively to that particular player's computer. None of the other computers know what your hidden cards are, thus preventing an opponent from hacking their client software to determine your cards.
This paragraph contains inaccuracies and two blatant deceptions. A nit-picky type inaccuracy: TwoFish is in no way the accepted industry standard. The accepted standard is clearly and overwhelmingly SSL, specifically OpenSSL. Every major network uses some implementation of SSL, it is in fact the only accepted standard. Also, clearly packet-sniffing can be used for significant advantage.
Now as far as the deceptions:
- Cake does NOT use a TwoFish encryption algorithm. The TwoFish algorithm, although non-standard, is basically "secure." It is a symmetric cipher, which makes it fundamentally much more secure than the x-or encoding scheme that Cake uses. It cannot be brute forced in any sort of practical manner.
- Cake does NOT use a 256-bit algorithm. Their seed is sent in plain text and is a single 32 bit value.
It is also worthwhile to note that since they have created a beta client which, as far as we can tell, is written in an entirely new language in a ground-up manner they must be aware of the encoding mechanism in place. They had to have copied it from the old client, understood it, and then translated it into the new client. This implies that the deceit is not one of ignorance, at least at the programmer level. Likely the higher-ups are in fact naive of the issue, but someone, somewhere, was aware of this.
In summary, there is a critical network vulnerability in the Cake poker network's software which makes it possible to steal account information including username and passwords, and view hole cards. There is no 100% protection until the Cake poker network upgrades to OpenSSL. Cake has an erroneous security notice on their website which claims to implement a type of encryption that they do not have.
As before, we have no way of knowing if this vulnerability has been used to exploit actual players. PokerTableRatings.com created test accounts for all of our testing during our research phase. We do not have passwords to any unauthorized user accounts. Cake has been notified of the issue and we will continue to report as the situation develops.


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