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Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum and currently in the process of building my little homestead cabin. I'm actually currently in the process of planning a greenhouse, which I'd love some input on if you would be so kind as to head over to the greenhouse forum.
It's a 32x12ft building with 10ft sidewalls to make it feel a bit bigger. Currently, the shell is complete, but we(my father and uncle are helping) are currently in the process of finishing the interior. Once the electric and plumbing go in, we'll start on the walls and flooring. Here's a few photos of what I've got so far!
Just realizing that it will only allow one photo per post, so this is pre-porch railing the day it went up. The plan is to distress/whitewash the cabin to make it look a bit more dated. I'll also be replacing the front door shortly with something a little more appropriate, hah.
Here it is post-porch railing
This is a basic floor plan I had made for it. I think I'm just going to make the Utility/Bathroom into one room and the plan is in reverse from what it will actually be. As stated, the greenhouse is what I'm currently trying to figure out. I'd love it to be an open part of the home(how earth ships are often utilized), but am afraid of how moisture will effect the home's structure.


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Penguins' Vokoun has blood clot dissolved
Sep 21, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun will be out of the lineup, although there is no timetable on how long.
On Saturday, while the Penguins were in action against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Vokoun underwent a procedure to dissolve a blood clot in his pelvis, as per Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Molinari reported that Vokoun experienced pain and swelling in his thigh following Saturday's practice.
"The clot was dissolved by the procedure, and the doctors tell us that he (Vokoun) will remain in the hospital for several days," Penguins general manager Ray Shero told reporters.
In the meantime, Jeff Zatkoff will get his chance to fill in for Vokoun in his absence, said Shero.
Vokoun, 37, is in his second season with the Penguins. During the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, he took over from a struggling Marc-Andre Fleury in the opening round and was the Penguins goalie right through to the Eastern Conference final.
This is not the first time Vokoun has dealt with blood clots.
Earlier in his career, the Associated Press reported in a 2006 article that he underwent testing at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, was on blood thinners for three months and that the blood clots resulted from a childhood accident.
"(2006 was very disappointing that I didn't get to play, but I was more worried if I was ever going to be playing again, and if I'm going to be healthy and living," Vokoun told the National Post in May.
"At the moment, I didn't know what was wrong with me. I had massive blood clots behind my abdominal wall, which you know, when they found them, they didn't know if it was a tumor or whatever. I was more worried about that than if I would play again."
- footballfan - Sep 21, 2013 at 8:20 PM
That's some scary stuff!! Hope you heal quickly Tomas!!
- hosewater2 - Sep 21, 2013 at 9:34 PM
As a physician, but not a hematologist, I would venture that he'll need to be on Coumadin or Pradaxa for at least 3 months (bare minimum), and I doubt anyone would let a player play hockey, even as a goalie, while on either of those drugs.
- mclovinhockey - Sep 22, 2013 at 12:30 AM
Scary stuff. Get well soon!
- barkar942 - Sep 22, 2013 at 1:05 PM
The saddest thing about this is it is a potentially life threatening condition. Hopefully all works out well for him.
The second saddest thing is MAF regains his #1 position by default.
- holeecowman - Sep 22, 2013 at 1:46 PM
well that sucks but at least pens higher ups are looking at space cadet bryz as an option to back up the wilted flower
- blackhawksdynasty - Sep 22, 2013 at 2:13 PM
This isn't something to take lightly. Best wishes….here's hoping for the best possible outcome.
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The Defence Ministry has asked the elite United Services Club, located inside the military premises in South Mumbai, to employ workers with identity proof.
Situated in the heart of Navy Nagar, the Club has one of the three 18-hole golf courses in the city. The Army, Navy and the Air Force jointly run the Club.
The letter was dashed off to the Club after a surprise check was carried out by the Military Police in February. The Military Police found out that 25 contract workers had entered the premises without any valid identification proof. These labourers were hired by the Club for a private function.
"The Club rents out its premises to many private people for various functions. The contract labourers are hired for carrying out the various arrangements for these functions. During a surprise check, we found out that 25 of them were not having valid identification proof on them…" a Defence Ministry source said.
The entry to this "high security" area is only with prior permission and is restricted to civilians. The Military Police frequently undertake surprise checks to ensure that no anti-social elements enter the Naval premises.
The issue was then discussed at a station conference held on February 22. The CO MG&G Provost Unit (Military Police) brought to the notice of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) in Chief, Maharashtra, Goa & Gujarat (MG & G) Area Lt Gen P R Shankar that illegal labourers were hired by the club without proper scrutiny.
After the incident, the military police is probing the backgrounds of all the labourers and is also verifying their nationality. "While a few labourers spoke Bengali, we are verifying if they are foreign nationals. The labourers, however, have told us that they are from Bengal or Bihar," the source added.
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McDermott Will & Emery has announced that Jean-Marc Tirard, one of the best known private client lawyers in France, has joined as a partner in its international Private Client Practice Group, based in the Firm's London office.
Carol Harrington, global head of McDermott's Private Client Practice Group comments: "Developing an EU continental practice and enhancing our reputation as a top international private client firm in London is a key strategy for us. Having a renowned practitioner of Jean-Marc's calibre join the team in London will support this goal".
Henry Christensen, head of McDermott's international private clients practice, notes, "I have worked with Jean-Marc for years and am simply delighted to have him join us in London, where he will continue to represent his continental European clients, as well as expatriates who have moved to London, working closely with our established London team of private client lawyers."
Jean-Marc has advised French and non-French companies and private clients on French and international corporate and individual tax issues. He has negotiated with tax authorities and handled tax litigation for over three decades. Jean-Marc has advised on numerous high-profile corporate transactions and has extensive experience in tax and estate planning for French and non-French high net worth individuals. Originally specialising in French and international corporate tax through his unique knowledge of trusts in France, in the last 18 years his practice has developed into an international private client practice.
Jean-Marc began his career with the French tax administration before entering into private practice. He was in charge of the Paris tax department of Ernst & Whinney (Ernst & Young) for 10 years. In 1989, he joined Clifford Chance where he was the head of the Paris office tax practice before he co-founded Tirard Naudin (with Maryse Naudin) in 1997.
"It is with great pleasure that we welcome Jean-Marc to the team here in London. The growth of the London international Private Client team has been significant, trebling headcount since the group's inception and giving us greater ability to serve our clients wherever they may be located" added Hugh Nineham, Partner and Head of McDermott's London office.
Jean-Marc Tirard is rated as one of the leading French tax lawyers in various surveys (including Euromoney, International Tax Review and Chambers); cited as a leading tax lawyer in a number of publications including Best Lawyers in France, the Euromoney Guide to European Leading Tax Advisers, Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers and the Private Client Guide of Practice Law Company; named outstanding European Individual of the year by the CityWealth Magic Circle Awards 2009 and co-founded and was the former chairman of the French branch of STEP, The Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners, as well as the chairman of the Tax Commission of the French Committee and the former chairman of the Tax Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. Jean-Marc is also an International Fellow of ACTEC (the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel) and also an Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. McDermott has largest number of ACTEC members and Academy members of any other law firm.
Jean-Marc's appointment follows the arrival of Partner David Adler last month to the Private Client group in London. David's practice focuses on U.S. tax planning, wealth transfer, and trust and estate matters advising on the U.S. federal tax and compliance issues that arise for individuals and fiduciaries with a connection to multiple jurisdictions.
As part of the strategic plan to further expand its tax and private capital practice, Fladgate has announced the appointment of private client specialist, Matthew Bennett. Matthew joined in January from Wilsons, where he was head of the tax and trusts group and had been a partner since 2006.
Matthew specialises in advising business owners and entrepreneurs on the management of their wealth and personal affairs. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and has previously sat on the Camelot panel advising National Lottery winners.
Matthew's expertise is recognised by the Legal 500 and the Citywealth Guide and he was included in the 2012 Top 50 of the most influential private client practitioners, published by Private Client Practitioner magazine.
Private capital is a significant contributor to Fladgate's business, with the firm's income stream split approximately 50:50 between private wealth and institutional stakeholders. The firm's private capital client base comprises: individuals and families with significant personal assets, domiciled and non-domiciled; entrepreneurs and family businesses; international trust companies; fund managers; trustees of family and charitable trusts; and personal representatives of substantial estates.
Commenting on the appointment, Fladgate's chairman Charles Wander said: "Many of our private capital clients are first and second generation entrepreneurs who instruct us on their commercial affairs and also look to us for advice on tax, estate planning, cross-border succession and a range of other issues including disputes arising over family wealth and matters such as structuring the ownership of family businesses. Matthew's appointment, which takes the number of partners in the group to six, will add strength and depth to the range of services we are able to offer and we are delighted to welcome him to the firm."
Matthew added: "In addition to joining a thriving private capital practice, Fladgate's considerable expertise in complementary areas offers an exciting opportunity for me to further develop my client base."
- Advising the trustees of a UK family trust holding trading assets worth approximately £50m on their duties and responsibilities.
- Advising non-domiciled individuals regarding valuable London residential property, and implementing holding structures.
- Advising in connection with the migration of three Liechtenstein Foundations to Jersey.
- Acting in relation to the estate of a UK resident and domiciled property entrepreneur and advising the family on executors' trading responsibilities, reorganisation of the family company and the use of trusts to protect the family's wealth.
- Advising the majority shareholder of both a substantial private trading and an investment company on strategies for transferring his interests down the generations.
- Advising a non-resident individual on the use of the UK/Swiss double tax treaty.
Wiigin and Dana has made up 3 new partner in 2015, including Helen Heintz in the firm's Private Client Services Department.
Helen advises individuals, couples and families in connection with tax-efficient estate, gift and income tax planning. In addition, she negotiates and structures prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.
Helen also advises individual and corporate fiduciaries regarding all aspects of trust and estate administration, including taxation and fiduciary law. She routinely represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries before the New York Surrogate's Courts and Connecticut Probate Courts in a variety of matters including probate proceedings, fiduciary appointments and removal, guardianship proceedings, accounting proceedings and contested matters. In addition, Helen represents fiduciaries in Article 81 guardianship matters.
Helen received her B.A. in Political Science from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, New York. During law school, she served as Executive Notes and Comments Editor of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law.
Helen is admitted to practice in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Estates and Probate Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association, as well as the American Bar Association. Helen is also a member of the Trusts, Estates and Surrogate's Courts Committee of the New York City Bar Association
Boodle Hatfield has strengthened its Private Client and Tax team with the appointment of Baker & McKenzie partner Salpy Kouyoumjian.
Salpy, who joins the firm on 27 January, has a strong international client base with a particular focus in advising ultra high net worth individuals and families and trustees in Russia, CIS and the Middle East. She is fluent in Arabic, French and Armenian.
Salpy brings to Boodle Hatfield considerable experience in designing and establishing bespoke international asset-holding and wealth management structures including private trust companies, limited partnerships and family offices. She also has experience in advising entrepreneurs and senior executives on exit strategies for disposing of investments, share options and structuring and deferring UK tax in relation to both income tax and capital gains tax.
Commenting on her move Salpy said: "Boodle Hatfield is one of the world's leading private client law firms with a first class domestic and international client base. I am looking forward to continuing my career with the firm and supporting its continuing growth."
Sara Maccallum, Head of the Private Client and Tax and Senior Partner at Boodle Hatfield said: "We are delighted with Salpy's decision to join Boodle Hatfield. We continue to be focused on further expanding our international private client offering and her excellent skills and client-base will be a great asset to our international team."
Russell-Cooke has grown its private client practice with the hire of partner Andrew Godfrey.
Andrew joins from Penningtons Manches where he led the charity and Italian sectors in their London private client department. He advises families, individuals, charities and corporate entities on all aspects of private client law including estate planning, wills and administration, cross-border issues, tax planning and regularisation of tax affairs, as well as establishing charities and providing on-going advice.
His practice includes UK based clients and those with international affairs.
Representative experience includes:
– regularising clients tax affairs in cross-border situations, involving Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility and UK/Swiss Agreement;
– cross-border estate planning – succession and tax issues with a particular focus on Italy and the US;
– UK resident non-UK domiciled capital tax planning and remittance basis issues, for example restructuring of property holding companies further to ATED introduction;
– UK estate planning, including business property relief, agricultural property relief and heritage property relief;
– Wills;
– trust advice, involving large family trust structures, onshore and offshore;
– administration of estates;
lasting Powers of Attorney, living wills and healthcare proxies, including in cross-border situations.
Andrew is fluent in Italian, is the treasurer and committee member of the British Italian Law Association; and is also a member of ATT (Association of Tax Technicians), STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and the Charity Law Association.
Richard Frimston, partner and head of the private client group, commented "Andrew's expertise not only strengthens our cross-border offering but his experience and character will also ensure our professional and bespoke service to clients remains second to none".
Osborne Clarke has today launched a dedicated private wealth practice for high net worth individuals and families across the world.
The practice is led by new partners Stuart Janaway and Andrew Goodman, with further appointments to follow throughout 2015.
Andrew joins Osborne Clarke from Taylor Wessing, where he was a Partner in its Private Client Group. Stuart joins Osborne Clarke from a boutique private client firm, New Quadrant Partners, where he was a partner. They will serve the firm's UK and international clients across Osborne Clarke's offices.
The practice will provide the full range of private client advice, including international tax and estate planning, immigration, property advice and, when needed, litigation support. The team will work closely with other departments of the firm to provide seamless advice to clients on their personal, business and charitable concerns.
Commenting on their appointment, Stuart said: "Osborne Clarke has a terrific reputation for representing entrepreneurial and fast growing businesses. Managing the wealth they generate is an important part of the advice and support the firm provides. Both Andrew and I are excited by the opportunity to build a dedicated private client practice that reflects the entrepreneurial approach of the firm."
Ray Berg, UK Managing Partner, Osborne Clarke adds: "Stuart and Andrew's arrival at Osborne Clarke is the first step in creating a new, innovative private client offering that reflects the culture and approach of our firm. Andrew and Stuart both have first class reputations and are well-known and respected in the industry. We look forward to the contributions they will bring."
Andrew brings to Osborne Clarke considerable expertise and experience in advising UHNW individuals and their families. He regularly acts for multinational families with cross-border interests on investment structures and succession planning, as well as representing trustees in the UK, Jersey, Guernsey, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. Andrew also has extensive experience in philanthropy, establishing and advising family foundations and larger charities alike.
Stuart also acts for UHNW international families, trust companies, charities and private banks. He spent part of his career at AllianceBernstein, a large US investment management company, where he was head of its UK private client business, and has subsequently built a strong US private client base. He also has significant experience in advising on private investment funds and tax efficient investment structures.
Karl Woolley has joined Bircham Dyson Bell as a Partner with effect from today (12th Jan 2015).
Mr Woolley was previously with Pinsent Masons where he was Head of their Private Wealth practice. Prior to 2010 he held partnership positions with SJ Berwin and Addleshaw Goddard.
He is well known in the private client arena for facilitating transactions on behalf of clients, drawing on his substantial network of private bankers, investors and other private client practitioners to do so.
Genevieve Larson has joined Withers in San Francisco as a partner, with effect from November 2014.
She joins from Farella Braun + Martel, where she has worked for the past 6 years as a Family Wealth Attorney.
Genevieve counsels individual clients on estate planning, business succession planning, philanthropy and probate and trust administration. To implement plans tailored to meet the objectives of clients in disposing of assets in a tax efficient manner, she drafts sophisticated revocable trusts and irrevocable trusts. She also assists clients in succession planning for family owned business entities, including the implementation and maintenance of governance systems designed to meet the family objectives. In addition, her experience includes guiding fiduciaries through all aspects of probate and trust administration, including settlement of disputes and probate litigation.
Genevieve also counsels public charities and private foundations. She assists clients in establishing tax-exempt organizations and obtaining federal and state tax exemption. Her practice includes advising organizations on best practices in governance and operations, fundraising and tax compliance.
For many clients, Genevieve provides business and tax advice structured specifically to the markets in which her clients work. She has gained a deep understanding of the agriculture industry, and in particular, the wine and fruit and nut tree production. With clients located throughout California's vast agricultural hot beds of Napa, Sonoma, Sutter and Mendocino counties, her industry experience provides an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of successful businesses, and the importance of tax strategies and effective, open succession plans to the long-term health of a family-owned business.


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I found it I had download it ie to install it. 2013-02-18T17:26:29-08:00ARREBhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/936029#answer-409120
I found it I had download it ie to install it.
I got this error and realised my time settings on the computer where messed up by a few years. Make 2013-02-14T05:18:09-08:00LiquidityChttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/936029#answer-407727
I got this error and realised my time settings on the computer where messed up by a few years. Make sure you check that aswell as it will flag alot of certificates as expired if this is the case.
I just ended up uninstalling the app. E Rewards never fixed it as far as I know. Not worth it. 2012-11-07T01:01:12-08:00Custnamhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/936029#answer-379660
I just ended up uninstalling the app. E Rewards never fixed it as far as I know. Not worth it.
Just went through this crazy ordeal. Did anyone ever hear back from E-rewards? 2012-11-06T20:27:43-08:00AxelSteelehttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/936029#answer-379636
Just went through this crazy ordeal. Did anyone ever hear back from E-rewards?
Glad to have helped. Im also waiting on a response from E-rewards 2012-09-02T14:49:32-07:00Custnamhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/936029#answer-365135
Glad to have helped. Im also waiting on a response from E-rewards
The e-Rewards app was the culprit! I had installed in on 8/30/12 and that's when my problems started2012-09-02T14:09:03-07:00rprimeauhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/936029#answer-365132
The e-Rewards app was the culprit! I had installed in on 8/30/12 and that's when my problems started happening. I did a system restore to 8/29, upgraded to the latest version of Firefox, restored my profile via MozBackup and everything is working again! I am sending a strongly worded complaint to e-Rewards. Thanks so much for the suggestion. I never would have suspected it.
I had this issue as well, and it ended up being caused by installing the E-Rewards Notify app. I had2012-09-02T06:25:37-07:00Custnamhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/936029#answer-365084
I had this issue as well, and it ended up being caused by installing the E-Rewards Notify app. I had to uninstall it, then restore my computer to an earlier time to fix the certificate signer back to "Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd". I have contacted E-Rewards to let them know, and to ask why this would happen.
Which security software (firewall, anti-virus) do you have? Some security software intercept secure 2012-09-02T05:02:41-07:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/936029#answer-365068
Which security software (firewall, anti-virus) do you have?

Some security software intercept secure connections and send their own certificate.

Some examples are ESET and Bitdefender.

See:

ESET setup -> advanced setup -> extend web and email tree -> SSL

SSL protocol: Do not scan SSL protocol

BitDefender -> Privacy settings -> disable Scan SSL

Hi rprimeau, if you already check SSL is disabled maybe useful : Skip Cert Error add-on also, if you2012-09-02T01:46:00-07:00ideatohttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/936029#answer-365042
Hi rprimeau,

if you already check SSL is disabled

maybe useful : Skip Cert Error add-on

also, if you are suspicious for malware, check with a few malware scan programs. You need to use all programs because each detects different malware. Make sure to update each program to get the latest version before doing a scan.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ - Trendmicro online

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/windows-xp.aspx

check also for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.

http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208280684

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The following code is intended to dump a long list of numbers from a csv into stat_by_symbol[symbol] so that I can call the list of numbers using each symbol as a key. For some reason, the code only seems to work for the first symbol. Can someone help me fix the code to work as intended? Many thanks.
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Latest Alerts
YARA Rules For Shellcode, (Mon, Mar 30th)
I had a guest diary entry about my XORSearch tool using shellcode detection rules from Frank Boldewins OfficeMalScanner. To detect malicious documents, Frank coded rules to detect shellcode and other indicators of executable code inside documents.
I also translated Franks detection rules to YARA rules. You can find them here, the file is maldoc.yara.
This is an example:rule maldoc_API_hashing{ meta: author = Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com) strings: $a1 = {AC 84 C0 74 07 C1 CF 0D 01 C7 EB F4 81 FF} $a2 = {AC 84 C0 74 07 C1 CF 07 01 C7 EB F4 81 FF} condition: any of them} (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
ISC StormCast for Monday, March 30th 2015 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=4417, (Sun, Mar 29th)
Malicious XML: Matryoshka Edition, (Sun, Mar 29th)
A couple of days ago I received another malicious document (078409755.doc B28EF236D901A96CFEFF9A70562C9155). Unlike the XML file I wrote about before, this one does not contain VBA macros:
But as you can see, it should contain an embedded object. The base64 code found inside the XML object decodes to an OLE file. The single stream present in this OLE file contains ZLIB compressed data (identifiable via byte 0x78). Decompressing this ZLIB stream reveals another OLE file. Which in turn contains an embedded OLE object that turns out to be a VBS script:
And the base64 string in this VBS script is a PowerShell command:
If you are interested to see how you can analyze this sample with oledump, you can take a look at this video I produced.(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Friday Digest - 27 MAR 2015, (Fri, Mar 27th)
JS Malware uptick
Weve been seeing an uptick in JS malware (TrojanDownloader:JS/Nemucod.K) loosely disguised as .doc files. The JavaScript is reasonably obfuscated but if executed does result in a trojand system. Payloads have been delivered as resumes, invoices, or shipping notices. Youll note payloads given nomenclature such as payload.doc.js.
Feel free to let us know if youve noticed similar, and send along samples via the diary submittal form for comparison (best submitted a password protected zip).
VirusTotal sample data:
Security Weekly
I was interviewed for Episode 411 of Paul Asadoorians Security Weekly. While I had to often speak in sadly generic and vague terms, a few key takeaways popped out in the conversation.
We all largely agreed that the best tooling and datasets mean nothing when protecting organzations without applied context.
Consider the fact that one of the best ways for a security team to properly design and implement tooling and monitoring is to leverage the network architect to better understand design and layout. This allows goals to be established. Rather than a mission that is based on implementing a tool, the mission should be goal based. What are you trying to protect, not what are trying to install. The premise of operational threat modeling really factors here too. The practice can help prioritize area of importance (avoid boiling the ocean) and allow better goals determination.
Great talking with Paul and team, I appreciate the opportunity.
On a related note, check out Episode 409 with Keren Elazari, go watch her TED talk, then get a copyof this months Scientific American which includesher article,How To Survive Cyberwar.
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Wiley is offering a free download (for a limited time) of The Database Hacker">GitHub DDoS
GitHub has been under a brutal DDoS attack for 24 hours +.
Keep an eye on https://twitter.com/githubstatus for updates.
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ISC StormCast for Friday, March 27th 2015 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=4415, (Fri, Mar 27th)
ISC StormCast for Thursday, March 26th 2015 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=4413, (Thu, Mar 26th)
Pin-up on your Smartphone!, (Thu, Mar 26th)
Yeah, okay, I admit that headline is cheap click bait. Originally, it said Certificate Pinning on Smartphones. If you are more interested in pin-ups on your smartphone, I fear youll have to look elsewhere :).
Recently, an email provider that I use changed their Internet-facing services completely. I hadnt seen any announcement that this would happen, and the provider likely thought that since the change was transparent to the customer, no announcement was needed. But Im probably a tad more paranoid than their normal customers, and am watching what my home WiFi/DSL is talking to on the Internet. On that day, some device in my home started speaking IMAPS with an IP address block that I had never seen before. Before I even checked which device it was, I pulled a quick traffic capture, to look at the SSL certificate exchange, where I did recognize the domain name, but not the Certificate Authority. Turns out, as part of the change, the provider had also changed their SSL certificates, and even including the certificate issuer (CA).
And my mobile phone, which happened to be the device doing the talking? It hadnt even blinked! And had happily synchronized my mail, and sent my IMAP login information across this session, all day long.
Since I travel often, and am potentially using my phone in less-than-honest locations and nations, it is quite evident that this setup is pretty exposed to a man in the middle attack (MitM). Ironically, the problem would be almost trivial to solve in software, all that is needed is to store the fingerprint of the server certificate locally on the phone, and to stop and warn the user whenever that fingerprint changes. This approach is called Certificate Pinning or Key continuity, and OWASP has a great write-up that explains how it works.
Problem is .. this is only marginally supported in most implementations, and what little support there is, is often limited to HTTPS (web). In other words, all those billions of smart phones which happily latch onto whatever known WiFi or mobile signal is to be had nearby, will just as happily connect to what they think is their mail server, and provide the credentials. And whoever ends up with these credentials, will have access for a while .. or when was the last time YOU changed your IMAP password?
If you wonder how this differs from any other man in the middle (MitM) attack ... well, with a MitM in the web browser, the user is actively involved in the connection, and at least stands *some* chance to detect what is going on. With the mobile phone polling for email though, this happens both automatically and very frequently, so even with the phone in the pocket, and a MitM that is only active for five minutes, a breach can occur. And with the pretty much monthly news that some trusted certificate authority mistakenly issued a certificate for someone elses service, well, my mobile phones childishly nave readiness to talk to strangers definitely isnt good news.
While certificate pinning would not completely eliminate this risk, it certainly would remove the most likely attack scenarios. Some smart phones have add-on apps that promise to help with pinning, but in my opinion, the option to pin the certificate on email send/receive is a feature that should come as standard part of the native email clients on all Smartphones. Which we probably should be calling Dumbphones or Navephones, until they actually do provide this functionality.
If your smartphone has native certificate pinning support on imap/pop/smtp with any provider (not just Chrome/GMail), or you managed to configure it in a way that it does, please share in the comments below.(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Nmap/Google Summer of Code, (Wed, Mar 25th)
The Nmap security scanner project is participating again in its 11th Google Summer of Code. We often get queries from students on how they can get into this field, and this is an excellent way to get experience while using your powers for good.
Details are available here: http://nmap.org/soc/(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
F-Secure: FSC-2015-2: PATH TRAVERSAL VULNERABILITY, (Wed, Mar 25th)
F-Secure has announced a security vulnerability affecting their corporate and consumer protection products. The details are available here:https://www.f-secure.com/en/web/labs_global/fsc-2015-2(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
PHP 5.5.23 is available, (Wed, Mar 25th)
From the fine folks at php.net:
The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.5.23. Several bugs have been fixed as well as CVE-2015-0231, CVE-2015-2305 and CVE-2015-2331. All PHP 5.5 users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, March 25th 2015 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=4411, (Wed, Mar 25th)
Repurposing Logs, (Tue, Mar 24th)
Keeping an eye on your logs is critical (really, its number 14 on the SANS critical list of controls: https://www.sans.org/critical-security-controls/control/14 .) Earlier Rob VandenBrink shared some techniques to find nuggets hiding in your logs (https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Syslog+Skeet+Shooting+Targetting+Real+Problems+in+Event+Logs/19449/ .) Today Im going to share some tricks to squeeze every last bit out of your logs through repurposing logs. I mean repurposing log files, not this: https://www.pinterest.com/dawnreneedavis/repurposed-logs/ .
Logs are given their original purpose when programs determine when and how theyre going to record a log entry. Today I want to discuss unintended value, or how to get more out of your logs than the programmers intended, or how to recover value that is easily overlooked.
Lets start with an example. Suppose you work in a large siloed environment and you dont have access to the logs from every group. Youre in a security or investigative function, and have access to the AV logs. The obvious use of the logs is to record the alerts generated by the endpoints, or find machines that arent updating signatures properly or are have detection engines that are out of date. A bit that you might be overlooking is the value of the checkin message itself. Ive found it very useful to keep the checkins for a long period of time, which gives you a history of what IP and what user was logged into a machine when it regularly checks in. It doesnt have the resolution and accuracy that you would get from you AD authentication logs, or your DHCP logs, but you might not have easy access to those. This small investment in disk space, or simple database can give you quick snapshot views of machine and user mobility. You can easily see if this desktop consistently has this IP, or if this laptop moves around through your campus. You can get the same feel out of your user accounts too, without having to invasively dig through badge access logs.
This is the first technique that I want to share: extract a daily event out of your logs and store it over time. This creates an additional product that keeping a rolling history of logs cant provide.
Now consider what hidden and unexpected information might be hiding in your web proxy logs. Take a look at the W3C standard fields. If you reduce the displayed fields down to just timestamp, c-ip, r-host, and r-ip, youve got yourself a quick passive-DNS feed. Granted its just looking at web traffic, but a good chunk of your network mischief is traveling through that channel at least once.
Trick number two: look for unexpectedly-useful combinations of columns in your log entries.
On to number three: data reduction and indexing. Logs are big, and logs are noisy. While I recommend that you keep the raw logs for as long as you can, I understand that isnt possible and that you have to make tough choices on what you store and for how long. One way to squeeze out more time from your logs is to reduce the number of columns that you keep for your archives. Using the web proxy logs as an example, you might not be able to keep every log entry for 24 months, but keeping just the c-ip,r-host,r-ip columns can be very helpful when youre looking back through an old undiscovered compromise or are dealing with an information request like has any system on your network interacted with one of these IPs?
Years ago I would recommend further daily reduction and indexing of these files, but these days you probably have a splunk instance or an ELK stack (https://digital-forensics.sans.org/summit-archives/dfirprague14/Finding_the_Needle_in_the_Haystack_with_FLK_Christophe_Vandeplas.pdf) and you just dump logs in there and hope that magic happens. Theres value in examining and repurposing logs in these days of map reduce. The reduced files that you create from the logs are easy to drop into your hadoop cluster and build a hive table out of.
So, lets tie this all together. Youve received your list of IPs from your intelligence vendor and youre tasked with finding any activity on your network over the past 2 years. In your web proxy index you see that you had a hit 8 months ago. Now youve got an IP and and date, what machine had that IP then? Now you search through your AV checkin data and get machine name. But the AV checkin logs are daily, not logged by minute, so you search around for the IP history of that machine in the AV logs and hopefully you see it consistently checking in from that IP and not moving around a lot. If youre not so lucky, well, its time to open up request tickets to hopefully get at the DHCP logs from back then.
One last parting thought: do you have waste/useless logs? If you apply one or more of these techniques to it, can you find a way to process them into something useful?
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ISC StormCast for Tuesday, March 24th 2015 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=4409, (Tue, Mar 24th)
Interesting Home Depot Spam, (Mon, Mar 23rd)
We get a ridiculous amount of Spam at the Internet Storm Center. " />
At first glance it looks like yet another run of Home Depot Spam. Itisnt very sophisticated and isnt likely to fool many. The usual spelling mistakes and broken English.They didnt even bother to link in Home Depots logo.By the time I received it both of the URLs in the message were dead, so I wasnt able to measure what its intent was.
What makes it interesting then? If you look very carefully in the orange bar there is text. That text and the contents of the messagecontainwhat seems to be a rather good recipe for lettuce salad:
**************** tablespoons olive oil* 1 12tablespoons fresh lemon juice* 1tablespoon red wine vinegar* 2garlic cloves, minced* 1teaspoon dried oregano(Mediterranean is best)*** Salad------------------------------------------------------------* 1head lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces ((I use Romaine)* 3large plum tomatoes, seeded and coarsely chopped* 1English cucumber, peeled and coarsely chopped (the long, thin, almost seedless ones)* 1medium red onion, cut into thin rings and soaked for 10 minutes in a small bowl of ice water to make it less sharp* 1small green pepper, cut into thin rings* 34cup kalamata olive* 34cup crumbled feta cheeseWe think that you will enjoy this. 1. Seed the bell peppers and cut them into 1-inch chunks. Stem the cherry tomatoes and halve one-half of them, leaving the others whole.2. Peel and thickly slice the cucumbers, and thinly slice the red onions. Cut the feta cheese into 1-inch cubes. Crush and mince the garlic clove.3. In a large bowl, combine the bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, feta cheese, olives, anchovies and capers and toss together.4. In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, garlic, dill, oregano, salt and pepper. While whisking, slowly drizzle in the olive oil to make a thick dressing."> This is the most delicious salad - fresh and wonderful-tasting. FYI, lettuce can very much be a part of any greek salad - if you want it to. We like lettuce in my family and I often add it. It would not be authentic in a Horiatiki (village) salad, but who cares?
-- Rick Wanner MSISE - rwanner at isc dot sans dot edu - http://namedeplume.blogspot.com/ - Twitter:namedeplume (Protected)(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Watch for updated router firmware!, (Mon, Mar 23rd)
With the OpenSSLupdates this week I am sure you are all diligently testing and deploying to all your vulnerable servers. Something you may not have though of is that most">SOHO routers run some kind of *nix variant and will most likely make use of">. Be sure to watch for new firmware for those devices as well.
On Friday I livechatted withtwo of the larger manufacturers and neither had any timeline for deploying new firmware containing the OpenSSL patches and both said to watch for new releases of firmware.
-- Rick Wanner MSISE - rwanner at isc dot sans dot edu - http://namedeplume.blogspot.com/ - Twitter:namedeplume (Protected)(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
ISC StormCast for Monday, March 23rd 2015 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=4407, (Mon, Mar 23rd)
Have you seen my personal information? It has been lost. Again., (Sat, Mar 21st)
Who Develops Code for IT Support Scareware Websites?, (Fri, Mar 20th)
When investigating a website used as part of an IT support scam, I came across a web page that attempted to fool the visitor into thinking that the persons system was infected. The goal was to persuade the potential victim to call a Microsoft Certified Live Technician at the designated phone number for assistance on how to remove malicious pop-ups.
The scareware page resided at 247tech.help (don" />
The source code of this scammy page, which you can see on Pastebin, included the following HTML comment:Mirrored from clients.worldnetconsultants.com/Lander3/ by HTTrack Website Copier/3.x [XRCO2014], Thu, 08 Jan 2015 03:52:17 GMT
Such comments are automatically added using the non-malicious website-mirroring tool HTTrack Website Copier. This comment offered a pointer to the origin of the pages code.
The Lander3 page was available on the clients.worldnetconsultants.com server as of this writing. It showed a web page that was almost identical to the one captured above, except it lacked a pop-up and specified a different tech supportphone number: (855) 662-9616. Also, it contained pointers to YourTechSupport.org and YourTechSupport.com (dont go there), who may have been the client that paid to develop this code. You can see Lander3 source code on Pastebin.
The clients.worldnetconsultants.com server contained a publicly-accessible listing of other projects, which included other variations on landing pages for YourTechSupport.org, inviting people to get a free secure diagnostic session (lander1 screenshot), detect, diagnose and troubleshoot all spyware problems (lander2 screenshot), perform a security check" />
The server also contained code for other websites, which seemed to be associated with legitimate, less shady companies.
By performing some Google searches, I came across pop3.yourtechsupport.org (dont go there), which was live at the time of this writing. Its look-and-feel matched the lander1 screenshot.
Google also pointed me to yourtechsupport.org/L3 (don">YOUR COMPUTER MAY NOT BE PROTECTED FROM ADWARE / SPYWARE
Call 844-325-8014 immediately for assistance on how to remove potential spyware. The call is toll-free.
I captured a screenshot of that page for those who wish to see it in its full glory.
The site www.worldnetconsultants.com describes Worldnet Consultants Inc. The company positionsitself as a leading web design company in USA for offshore web design, offshore web development, etc. The site lists office addresses in Forest Hills, NY and Gurgaon, India. This company appears to have developed the code used by yourtechsupport.org and 247tech.help. I saw no indications that the software development firm is malicioushowever, they dont seem to be particularly selective about their clientele.
If this topic interests you, you might also like these articles of mine:
- The Manipulative Nature and Mechanics of Visitor Survey Scams
- How Victims Are Redirected to IT Support Scareware Sites
- Conversation With a Tech Support Scammer
-- Lenny Zeltser
Lenny Zeltser focuses on safeguarding customers IT operations at NCR Corp. He also teaches how to analyze malware at SANS Institute. Lenny is active on Twitter and Google+. He also writes a security blog.(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
How Victims Are Redirected to IT Support Scareware Sites, (Fri, Mar 20th)
In the classic version of tech support scams, the fake technician initiated an unsolicited phone call to the victim. Now the awareness for this scheme has increased, scammers shifted tactics. Their latest approaches involve convincing the potential victim to be the one calling the impostor. Ive seen this accomplished in two ways:
- Scammers use bots to respond to Twitter users who mention PC problems or malware. The bots search for the appropriate keyboards and send messages that include a phone number of a tech support firm. I described this approach when exploring how scammers prescreen potential victims.
- Scammers set up scarewarewebsites that are designed to fool people into thinking their PC is infected, compelling visitors to call the fake tech support organization. Johannes Ullrich described a typo squatting variation of this technique in an earlier diary. Lets take a look a domain redirection variation of this scam below.
In the following example, the victim visited a link that was once associated with a legitimate website: 25yearsofprogramming.com. The owner of the domain appears to haveallowed its registration to expire in early 2014. At that point, the domain was transferred to Name Management Group, according to DomainTools Whois records. The record was assigned DNS servers under the domains cashparking.com, hastydns.com, dsredirection.com and eventually brainydns.com.
Name Management Group seems to own over 13,000 domains (according to DomainTools Whois records), including numerous domains that DomainTools classifies as malicious, such as 0357al.com, 18aol.com, 520host.com, 60dayworkout.us, 61kt.com, 7x24sex.net, 9tmedia.com, adobecrobat.info, adultfantasynetwork.com, allappsforpc.com, apkcracks.net, etc. (Dont visit these domains.)Landing on the Fake Malware Warning Site
Visiting the once-legitimate URL a few days ago landed the victim on a scammyscareware page, designed to persuade the person to contact Microsoft Certified Live Techniciansat the specified toll-free phone number. The site employed social engineering techniques employed by rogue antivirus tools. Such schemespresentvictims with fake virus warnings, designed to scare people into submission.
The site in our example also">This is a Windows system warning! This is a Windows system warning! If you are hearing this warning message, the security of your Windows system has been compromised. Your Windows computer and data might be at risk because of adwares, spywares and malicious pop-ups! Your bank details, credit card information, email accounts, Facebook account, private photos and other sensitive files may be compromised. Please call the number mentioned now to resolve this issue.
To see and hear what the victim experienced, play the video clip below or watch it on YouTube.
Here are the redirection steps that brought the victim to the scareware site mentioned above:http ://25yearsofprogramming.com/blog/2010/20100315.htm -https ://p2.dntrax.com/tr?id=f2d252736d65832f11811ad8cb43ceff00313e75.r -http ://247tech.help/crt/us_seg0303/m1/us_windos_3806/index.html
You can see the source code to the final page on Pasebin, if youre interested. According to the code, it was mirrored from clients.worldnetconsultants.com/Lander3 using the free non-malicious tool HTTrack Website Copier on 08 Jan 2015. (More on this interesting tidbit in my diary
Who Develops Code for IT Support Scareware Websites?)
If you visited the top page of the247tech.help website (dont go there), you would see a friendly, professional-lookingpage, gently inviting the visitor to Call Now for Instant Support by dialing 844-878-2550. Please don however, if youd like to hear a details account of what people experience when they do call, read my article">stark contrast to the">warnings-filled trap shown above, which redirection victims encountered.Other Redirection Possibilities
The website hosting 25yearsofprogramming.com at the time of this writingredirects visitors to various places, perhaps randomly, perhaps based on the persons geography or browser details. I encountered twoother redirection flows that led to scarewarewebsites set up for IT support scams.
One redirection flow employed p2.dntrax.com, as the example above, but took the victim to alert.windows.com.computers-supports.com (dont go there):http ://25yearsofprogramming.com/blog/2010/20100315.htm - https://p2.dntrax.com/tr?id=f2d252736d65832f11811ad8cb43ceff00313e75.r -http ://alert.windows.com.computers-supports.com/index-1.html?isp=Time%20Warner%20Cablebrowser=Internet%20Explorerbrowserversion=Internet%20Explorer%2011ip= 22.214.171.124os=Windowsosversion=Windows%208.1
You can see the source code of that page on Pastebin. Here in this example, the website didnt receive the victims IP and other details and therefore didn" />
Sometimes the victim was redirected using a longer trail to a different IT support scareware site (dont go there):http ://25yearsofprogramming.com/blog/2010/20100315.htm -http ://xml.revenuehits.com/click?i=cEuxzuX2fpc_0 -http ://zh.zeroredirect1.com/zcvisitor/fddce3a1-ccbb-11e4-ab5a-0a92e2e12617 -http ://claimyourfree.com/promo/base.php?c=734key=0cdc58908ab3a694320034e391aa520atarget=oscar-vox-zKU0jhQu -http ://fb.surveydonkeys.com/us/index.php?target=oscar-vox-zKU0jhQu -http ://ajax.surveydonkeys.com/imp/g38a0n?data=eyJicm93c2VyX3R6X29mZnNldCI6LTI0MCwiY2IiOjEwNTExNSwibHBfcmVmIjoiIiwibHBfdXJsIjoiaHR0cDovL2ZiLnN1cnZleWRvbmtleXMuY29tL3VzL2luZGV4LnBocD90YXJnZXQ9b3NjYXItdm94LXpLVTBqaFF1In0= -http ://securedgo.com/d3ed9240-61de-48c1-9a7b-b10dbafaa7d2 -http ://fb.surveydonkeys.com/us/windowswarning.php?os=Windowsosversion=Windows%208.1isp=Time%20Warner%20Cablebrowser=Internet%20Explorer" />
The design of this page matches closely the site">Johannes">">bed in the">typo squatting variation of this scenarioon December 15.The latest page employed the sound filegp-msg.mp3 to scare visitors.VirusTotal has a record of thisfile,which was first uploaded to VirusTotal on December 11, 2014.Who is Redirecting, Why and How?
We seem to be dealing with two different redirection engines and companies: p2.dntrax.com and xml.revenuehits.com after the initial 25yearsofprogramming.com redirect.
The domain dnstrax.com was registered by Team Internet AG, which is associated with over 44,000 domains, including several that DomainTools classifies as malicious: anonse24.de, natursteindichtstoff.de, seospecialists.de, etc. The domain revenuehits.com is registered to MYADWISE LTD, which is associated with about 50 domains.
The companies behind these servers, as well as the firm presently controlling 25yearsofprogramming.com are probably receiving referral fees for their roles in the redirection scheme.
Theres much to explore regarding the domain names, systems and companies involved in the schemes outlined above. If you have additional information about these entities, or would like to contribute towards this analysis, please leave a comment. If you decide to explore any of these systems, do so from an isolated laboratory environment.
Also, if you encounter a tech support scam, please register it with our database of such incidents.
-- Lenny Zeltser
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A method of molding a golf ball core utilizing a single cavity mold that moves on a continuous conveyor system wherein heated preps are automatically and individually taken directly from the extruder and robotically placed into a bottom mold half that is integral with and moves along a conveyor at a speed consistent with the output from the extruder. This eliminates the prep's inefficient loss of heat during storage that is associated with the batch process. The method provides preheating each top and bottom mold half in separate conveyor ovens to about 350° F. prior to the prep being loaded into the bottom mold half. After the prep is loaded, the top and bottom mold halves are assembled to create the single cavity mold. The single cavity mold compresses the prep into a spherical core shape by utilizing spring force and retainer plates to exert about 384 lbs of force. The core is then moved by conveyor into a convection oven wherein the core is cured to a temperature of about 350° F. The cores are then robotically removed from the mold and transferred to a site wherein an intermediate or cover layer is placed over it.
1. A method of molding a golf ball core, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a continuous motion conveyor system;
providing a single cavity top mold half and a single cavity bottom mold half, each integral with and in continual motion with the conveyor system;
heating each mold half in a separate conveyor oven;
providing a heated prep and placing the prep into the bottom mold half;
assembling the mold halves together with the prep to form a single cavity mold;
compressing the prep by utilizing spring force and retainer plates of the single cavity mold to form a spherical golf ball core;
curing the core in a conveyor convection oven; and
disassembling the mold and automatically removing the cured core.
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8. A method of using a single cavity mold to mold a golf ball core, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a continuous motion conveyor system;
providing the single cavity mold having a top mold half and a bottom mold half, each integral with and in continual motion with the conveyor system;
heating each mold half in a separate conveyor oven;
providing a heated prep and placing the prep into the bottom mold half;
assembling the mold halves together to form a single cavity mold containing the prep;
compressing the prep by utilizing spring force and retainer plates of the single cavity mold to form a spherical golf ball core;
curing the core in a conveyor convection oven; and
disassembling the mold and automatically removing the cured core.
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The invention relates to the molding of golf ball cores. More particularly, the invention relates to a continuous motion conveyor process of producing golf ball cores.
Regardless of the form of the ball, players generally seek a golf ball construction that has particular play characteristics of velocity and spin, which match their swing style and club preference. It is well know in the golf ball industry that both initial ball velocity and spin have both been determined to be substantially dependent on the compression of the core. Typically the optimal level of cross-linking of the core material is predetermined and adjusted by the level of cross-linking agent to arrive at the desired core compression. Once players select a ball construction, they want consistent play characteristics between individual balls. Thus, to maintain consistent play performance between individual balls of a particular construction, manufacturers must produce golf balls with very consistent level of core manufacture.
Golf ball cores are typically formed within a compression type mold, which is heated to accelerate the core stock cross-linking reaction. The magnitude of temperature of the mold affects the time rate of cross-linking of the core stock and therefore will affect the length of time the stock must reside in the mold (or cure time) to achieve complete or optimal level of cross-linking. The mold is typically comprised of multiple cavities to facilitate high volume manufacturing and is placed into the mold press in batch quantities. Cavity temperature and compression will vary in different locations within the core mold, for example cavity locations along the outside perimeter will be cooler than the cavity locations in the inner regions of the mold. Therefore, in order to achieve complete cross-linking for all cores in all cavity locations, the cure time must be adjusted for the coolest regions that will have the lowest rate of reaction of the core stock.
Typically, core material is heated and extruded to form an elongated slug which is cut into desired lengths of cylindrical preps and loaded into jigs. A jig allows large numbers of preps to be held in the position and orientation needed in order to be placed properly in a mold, wherein they correspond to the multiple cavities of a mold platen.
Inefficiency, particularly as to loss of heat, is a major drawback of conventional golf ball core forming techniques, in that the preps come from the extruder in a heated form and cool during storage. Another inherent problem is that human errors result in misaligned preps which in turn results in defective cores. In addition, the proximity of human operators to the mold press for prep loading and core unloading limits the temperature of the molds for operator safety.
One disadvantage of the process described above is that the procedure of loading the preps into the jig, such that all the preps are oriented properly, is a time consuming manual process. On occasion, this manual process can result in improper loading of a prep, which can lead to the mold defects described above. In addition, the preps can lose their proper alignment for a number of other reasons. Once loaded, for example, the mold may be moved or jarred so that preps may move before the mold is closed. Removal of the jig also may cause preps to become misaligned.
There is a need to manufacture cores more efficiently, conserving energy costs, increasing production speeds, reducing space requirements, improving quality control, reducing ergonomic issues, and generally making a better core at a lower cost. The present invention provides such a method of making cores.
The present invention provides for a method of molding a golf ball core wherein the traditional batch process is eliminated along with the ergonomic problems associated with it. The present invention employs a continuous running conveyor system wherein the heated preps are each automatically and individually taken directly from the extruder and robotically placed into a bottom mold half that moves along a conveyor at a speed consistent with the output from the extruder. This eliminates the prep's inefficient loss of heat during storage that is associated with the batch process.
The present invention provides for preheating each top and bottom mold half in separate conveyor ovens to about 350° F. prior to the prep being loaded into the bottom mold half. After the prep is loaded, the top and bottom mold halves are assembled to create a single cavity mold. The single cavity mold compresses the prep into a spherical core shape by utilizing spring force and retainer plates to exert about 384 lbs of force. The core is then moved by conveyor into a convection oven wherein the core is cured to a temperature of about 350° F. The cores are then robotically removed from the mold and transferred to a site wherein an intermediate or cover layer is placed over it.
The present invention provides a method of conveyor speed of about 200 preps per minute which is the speed of the extruder. The extruder prepares the preps by mixing thermoset polybutadiene, a trans-polyisoprene and a modified, non-ionic polyolefin, compatible with thermoset rubber materials.
Prior art molding of cores requires significant capital machinery and services. In addition to the process extruder, jig loading automation, jig trucks, jigs and heavy duty hydraulic ram core molding presses are required. Additionally, the ergonomic factors created by the operation are a significant source of concern due to weight and repetitive motion injury. Other issues relate to material handling difficulties associated with preps and molded cores creating slip and fall hazards in addition to lost product and efficiency. The large cavity format contributes towards ergonomic issues related to weight and reach. The jig loading of as many as 196 preps and removal of 196 molded cores is a constraint to any improvement of the operation. Also, many issues are created as flash and cores break away from the matrix forcing the operator to remove individual pieces from the mold. Additionally the "book mold" concept limits access to prep and cores. Lastly, large format tooling requires significant molding pressure to achieve the required unit pressure on each cavity. Therefore, it has been necessary to utilize large ram hydraulic presses to meet requirements.
The present invention employs a method 100, as depicted in
For the present invention, the single cavity molds 20 do not include a dimple pattern for the interior surface of the mold as in the "787 application. Upon the preps being loaded into the bottom mold halves 20 b, they are then transported to an assembly station 114, wherein the top mold halves 20 a are clamped onto the loaded bottom mold halves 20 b to create a single cavity mold 20. The single cavity mold 20 compresses the prep into a spherical core shape by utilizing spring force and retainer plates to exert about 384 lbs of force. The assembled single cavity molds 20 then travel on the conveyor through a "conveyor" convection oven 116 wherein the cure is completed at a temperature of about 350° F. Upon completion of the cure, the molds 20 travel to a disassembly station 118 upon which the mold halves 20 a, 20 b are therein separated, product is robotically removed and flash removed all in the automated fashion. The mold halves 20 a and 20 b then travel to a preheated staging station 110, wherein they are heated to about 350° F. in separate convection ovens, a bottom preheat oven 110 for the bottom mold halves and a top preheat oven 108 for the top mold halves 108. They are then sent to the "pick and place" station 112 to continue the process ad infinitum.
As previously stated, with the direct transfer of heated preps 106 from the extruder 104 to the mold, the present invention eliminates the need for bulk storage of the preps, thus conserving internal heat obtained in the extrusion, and eliminating the batch method for compression molding. Moreover, the invention eliminates misalignment of the preps by robotically transferring the preps from the extruder directly to a single cavity core molding press, thereby reducing rejects and improving overall quality of the cores. Operator injury is avoided by the elimination of jigs and the ergonomic issues associated with the labor of loading and unloading jigs. The use of a hydraulic ram press is eliminated, and the present invention utilizes extruder process heat in the preps to accelerate the core molding process. The replacement of the batch process multiple cavity mold with single cavity molds that are in motion with a conveyor insures more equalized pressure and more efficient use of heat. The present invention uses low cost steam heating ovens to cure product, since a temperature of 350° F. is sufficient and can be controlled very precisely in a single cavity mold in lieu of the heat instability in a mold containing 196 preps.
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During the assembling and disassembling of the mold halves 20 a and 20 b, alignment pins, a diamond shaped pin and a round pin, not shown here but are described in detail in FIGS. 8 and 10 of the co-pending '787 patent application, facilitate the quick connection and disconnection of the mold halves. The mold halves are combined without any mechanical tools. When the mold halves are assembled a force is applied to the mold causing Belleville washers 45 on the top portion of clamping pins 33 to compress the prep and with the application of heat in the curing oven, the core is formed. Upon completion of the core being cured, the compressive force is released, wherein the mold is opened and the core removed. The compressive force is held in place such that a minimum force of 384 lbs is attained and held. Upon the completion of the molding process, the mold is opened by applying a vertical force on the Belleville washers and then a horizontal force is applied to slide the retainers out from the locked position. The mold is opened and the core moves along to the next process step.
The composition and method of manufacture for golf balls and golf ball cores of this invention are further directed to solid cores used in two, three or four piece golf balls. In one embodiment, the golf ball core-forming composition of the present invention comprises a blend of a first, resilient, thermoset rubber material, preferably polybutadiene, a second, reinforcing, thermoset rubber material, preferably trans-polyisoprene and a modified, non-ionic polyolefin compatible with the thermoset rubber materials, preferably a copolymer of ethylene and an alkyl acrylate. The composition comprises from about 50% to about 99%, preferably from about 60% to about 90%, and more preferably from about 70% to about 85% of the first resilient thermoset rubber material; about 1 to about 40%, preferably about 10% to about 30%, and more preferably from about 15% to about 25% of the second reinforcing thermoset rubber material; and about 0.5% to about 10%, preferably about 1% to about 5%, and more preferably, about 1.5% to about 3.5% of a compatible modified, non-ionic polyolefin.
Resilient polymers suitable for use in the golf ball core formed according to this invention include polybutadiene, polyisoprene, styrene-butadiene, styrene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM), mixtures thereof, and the like. The resilient polymer component is preferably polyisoprene or polybutadiene ("PBD"), more preferably polybutadiene, and most preferably a 1,4-cis-polybutadiene. One example of a 1,4-cis-polybutadiene is CARIFLEX BR 1220, commercially available from H. MUEHLSTEIN & CO., INC. of Norwalk, Conn. The polybutadiene or other resilient polymer component may be produced with any suitable catalyst that results in a predominantly 1,4-cis content, and preferably with a catalyst that provides a high 1,4-cis content and a high molecular weight average. The resilient polymer component has a high molecular weight average, defined as being at least about 50,000 to 1,000,000, preferably from about 250,000 to 750,000, and more preferably from about 200,000 to 325,000. CARIFLEX BR 1220 has a molecular weight average of about 220,000. The 1,4-cis component of polybutadiene is generally the predominant portion of the resilient polymer component when polybutadiene is present. "Predominant" or "predominantly" is used herein to mean greater than 50 weight percent. The 1,4-cis component is preferably greater than about 90 weight percent, and more preferably greater than about 95 weight percent, of the polybutadiene component.
Suitable cross linking agents for use in the ball core in accordance with the invention, include one or more metallic salts of unsaturated fatty acids or monocarboxylic acids, such as zinc, calcium, or magnesium acrylate salts, and the like. Preferred acrylates include zinc acrylate, zinc diacrylate, and zinc methacrylate. Most preferably, zinc diacrylate ("ZDA") is selected as the cross linking agent. The cross linking agent must be present in an amount sufficient to cross-link the various chains of polymers in the polymer blend to themselves and to each other. The cross linking agent is generally present in the center in an amount from greater than about 10 phr to about 24 phr, preferably from about 12 phr to about 24 phr, and more preferably from about 15 phr to about 24 phr. As used herein when referring to the ball center, "phr" means parts per hundred based on the amount of the polymer blend. The desired elastic modulus for the mantle may be obtained by adjusting the amount of cross linking. This may be achieved, for example, by altering the type and amount of cross linking agent, which method is well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
Fillers are, typically, also added to the composition used in the core, to increase the density of the core to conform to U.S.G.A. golf ball standards. Fillers may also be used to modify the weight of the core for specialty balls used by players, e.g., a lower weight core is preferred for a player having a low swing speed. Fillers typically include processing aids or compounds selected to affect mixing properties, the specific gravity, the modulus, the tear strength, reinforcement, and the like. The fillers are generally inorganic, and suitable fillers include numerous metals and metal oxides, such as zinc oxide and tin oxide, and barium sulfate, zinc sulfate, calcium carbonate, barium carbonate, clay, tungsten, tungsten carbide, an array of silicas, and the like, and mixtures thereof. The fillers, when used, are typically present in an amount from about 5 to 80 phr, preferably from about 10 to 60 phr, and more preferably from about 40 to 50 phr, of the resilient polymer component in the center. Preferred fillers for use in the core include zinc oxide and a barium component, such as barium sulfate.
A free-radical initiator is preferably included in the core. The free-radical initiator may be any compound or combination of compounds present in an amount sufficient to initiate a cross linking reaction between a cross linking agent and the reinforcing and resilient polymer components of the polymer blend. The free-radical initiator is preferably a peroxide. Suitable free-radical initiators include, for example, di(2-t-butyl-peroxyisopropyl)benzene peroxide, 1,1-bis(t-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, dicumyl peroxide, di-t-butyl peroxide, 2,5-di-(t-butylperoxy)-2,5-dimethyl hexane, n-butyl-4,4-bis(t-butylperoxy)valerate on calcium silicate, lauroyl peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, t-butyl hydroperoxide, and the like, and mixtures thereof. The free-radical initiator is generally present in an amount of up to 12 phr, preferably from about 0.2 to 6 phr, and more preferably from about 0.4 to 8 phr, in the center. Suitable peroxides are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art and may be readily selected for use in the invention.
The above described resilient polymer component, cross linking agent, and free-radical initiator and optional filler, are combined to provide a golf ball core having a specific gravity from about 1.1 to 1.4, preferably from about 1.2 to 1.3, more preferably from about 1.23 to 1.27. The center of the ball may be solid, fluid-filled sphere or a wound center wherein the inner sphere is wrapped with elastic thread. The golf ball center is generally about 0.7 inches to 1.5 inches, preferably about 0.9 inches to 1.3 inches, and more preferably about 1.05 to 1.2 inches in diameter.
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