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- LLL-reduction (2)
- computational complexity (2)
- segments (2)
- Approximation algorithm (1)
- Blind Signature (1)
- Breaking knapsack cryptosystems (1)
- Closest Vector Problem (1)
- Commitment (1)
- Commitment schemes (1)
- Computational complexity (1)
- Informatik (52) (remove)
- Satisfiability is quasilinear complete in NQL (1978)
- Considered are the classes QL (quasilinear) and NQL (nondet quasllmear) of all those problems that can be solved by deterministic (nondetermlnlsttc, respectively) Turmg machines in time O(n(log n) ~) for some k Effloent algorithms have time bounds of th~s type, it is argued. Many of the "exhausUve search" type problems such as satlsflablhty and colorabdlty are complete in NQL with respect to reductions that take O(n(log n) k) steps This lmphes that QL = NQL iff satisfiabdlty is m QL CR CATEGORIES: 5.25
- The process complexity and effective random tests (1972)
- We propose a variant of the Kolmogorov concept of complexity which yields a common theory of finite and infinite random sequences. The process complexity does not oscillate. We establish some concepts of effective tests which are proved to be equivalent.
- Incremental cryptography and memory checkers (1997)
- We introduce the relationship between incremental cryptography and memory checkers. We present an incremental message authentication scheme based on the XOR MACs which supports insertion, deletion and other single block operations. Our scheme takes only a constant number of pseudorandom function evaluations for each update step and produces smaller authentication codes than the tree scheme presented in [BGG95]. Furthermore, it is secure against message substitution attacks, where the adversary is allowed to tamper messages before update steps, making it applicable to virus protection. From this scheme we derive memory checkers for data structures based on lists. Conversely, we use a lower bound for memory checkers to show that so-called message substitution detecting schemes produce signatures or authentication codes with size proportional to the message length.
- Pseudorandom function tribe ensembles based on one-way permutations: improvements and applications (1999)
- Pseudorandom function tribe ensembles are pseudorandom function ensembles that have an additional collision resistance property: almost all functions have disjoint ranges. We present an alternative to the construction of pseudorandom function tribe ensembles based on oneway permutations given by Canetti, Micciancio and Reingold [CMR98]. Our approach yields two different but related solutions: One construction is somewhat theoretic, but conceptually simple and therefore gives an easier proof that one-way permutations suffice to construct pseudorandom function tribe ensembles. The other, slightly more complicated solution provides a practical construction; it starts with an arbitrary pseudorandom function ensemble and assimilates the one-way permutation to this ensemble. Therefore, the second solution inherits important characteristics of the underlying pseudorandom function ensemble: it is almost as effcient and if the starting pseudorandom function ensemble is efficiently invertible (given the secret key) then so is the derived tribe ensemble. We also show that the latter solution yields so-called committing private-key encryption schemes. i.e., where each ciphertext corresponds to exactly one plaintext independently of the choice of the secret key or the random bits used in the encryption process.
- Practical memory checkers for stacks, queues and deques (1997)
- A memory checker for a data structure provides a method to check that the output of the data structure operations is consistent with the input even if the data is stored on some insecure medium. In [8] we present a general solution for all data structures that are based on insert(i,v) and delete(j) commands. In particular this includes stacks, queues, deques (double-ended queues) and lists. Here, we describe more time and space efficient solutions for stacks, queues and deques. Each algorithm takes only a single function evaluation of a pseudorandomlike function like DES or a collision-free hash function like MD5 or SHA for each push/pop resp. enqueue/dequeue command making our methods applicable to smart cards.
- Efficient non-malleable commitment schemes (2000)
- We present efficient non-malleable commitment schemes based on standard assumptions such as RSA and Discrete-Log, and under the condition that the network provides publicly available RSA or Discrete-Log parameters generated by a trusted party. Our protocols require only three rounds and a few modular exponentiations. We also discuss the difference between the notion of non-malleable commitment schemes used by Dolev, Dwork and Naor [DDN00] and the one given by Di Crescenzo, Ishai and Ostrovsky [DIO98].
- Factoring via strong lattice reduction algorithm : technical report (1997)
- We address to the problem to factor a large composite number by lattice reduction algorithms. Schnorr has shown that under a reasonable number theoretic assumptions this problem can be reduced to a simultaneous diophantine approximation problem. The latter in turn can be solved by finding sufficiently many l_1--short vectors in a suitably defined lattice. Using lattice basis reduction algorithms Schnorr and Euchner applied Schnorrs reduction technique to 40--bit long integers. Their implementation needed several hours to compute a 5% fraction of the solution, i.e., 6 out of 125 congruences which are necessary to factorize the composite. In this report we describe a more efficient implementation using stronger lattice basis reduction techniques incorporating ideas of Schnorr, Hoerner and Ritter. For 60--bit long integers our algorithm yields a complete factorization in less than 3 hours.
- A cost-effective pay-per-multiplication comparison method for millionaires (2001)
- Based on the quadratic residuosity assumption we present a non-interactive crypto-computing protocol for the greater-than function, i.e., a non-interactive procedure between two parties such that only the relation of the parties' inputs is revealed. In comparison to previous solutions our protocol reduces the number of modular multiplications significantly. We also discuss applications to conditional oblivious transfer, private bidding and the millionaires' problem.
- The representation problem based on factoring (2002)
- We review the representation problem based on factoring and show that this problem gives rise to alternative solutions to a lot of cryptographic protocols in the literature. And, while the solutions so far usually either rely on the RSA problem or the intractability of factoring integers of a special form (e.g., Blum integers), the solutions here work with the most general factoring assumption. Protocols we discuss include identification schemes secure against parallel attacks, secure signatures, blind signatures and (non-malleable) commitments.
- Universally composable commitments (2001)
- We propose a new security measure for commitment protocols, called Universally Composable (UC) Commitment. The measure guarantees that commitment protocols behave like an \ideal commitment service," even when concurrently composed with an arbitrary set of protocols. This is a strong guarantee: it implies that security is maintained even when an unbounded number of copies of the scheme are running concurrently, it implies non-malleability (not only with respect to other copies of the same protocol but even with respect to other protocols), it provides resilience to selective decommitment, and more. Unfortunately two-party uc commitment protocols do not exist in the plain model. However, we construct two-party uc commitment protocols, based on general complexity assumptions, in the common reference string model where all parties have access to a common string taken from a predetermined distribution. The protocols are non-interactive, in the sense that both the commitment and the opening phases consist of a single message from the committer to the receiver.


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I've read several threads on this, and I can't get it to work. Basically, I have people here locally that order off my site, then come by and pick it up, so I want them to have free shipping.
I set up a a Destination that has selected United States: Nevada
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Then I went in under shipping methods, and added a method called Local Pickup. I clicked available. In the edit under my destination called Pahrump, NV, I put in the item dependancies, more than one item is zero dollars, and saved that.
I have an account set up with a Pahrump, NV address, and when they get to the checkout, it only shows my priority mail, the Local pickup doesn't show up. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?


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text: Thousands rally for higher education Boston Common came alive with drums, chants and rousing rhetoric as 5,000 public higher education advocates rallied in front of the State House, April 29, to demand that the legislature "Stand Up for Public Higher Education." The rally was sponsored by Higher Ed Unions United, a coalition which supports adequate funding for public campuses and funding of the higher education contracts still outstanding. Coalition members include MTA, AFSCME, IBPO, NAGE, MFT, SEIU 254, SEIU285, SEIU 509, Teamsters Local 25 and the United Auto Workers. Speakers at the rally included college presidents and student and union leaders. Speaking as president of the University Staff Association, Donna Johnson [below] exhorted legislators to "do your job and support public higher education" -- a chant that was taken up by the crowd. After the two-hour rally, many participants went to the State House to lobby their legislators. A hearing on the governor's higher education reorganization plan was held in the afternoon by the Joint Committee on Education.


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Unfortunately, I didn't catch the start of this battle. This was a goblin siege, and I saw a force coming from the south. I moved my troops out to the surface in anticipation and prepared to fight back.
What I didn't realize was that the force from the south (about 10 gobs) was only _half_ the invading siege. Another force came in from the west and arrived almost simultaneously.
I initially expected to get slaughtered pretty badly, and you can see a few dwarves dead on the battlefield; others returned to the barracks to heal from wounds.
Fortunately, the remaining dwarves (and the royal guard running out to the rescue) were able to put the fear of death into the rest of the gobs who turned tail and ran.
One thing you also don't get to see (movie cut off too soon) is that two more gobs were killed, just before making it off the edge of the map. Hooray for the military!
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Nice, the goblins ran away into that brown forest!
"Charge, my orcish brethren! Proud race of goblins spread blood, never surrender!"
"But sir, shouldn't we be running toward stumpy beard men?"
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A frustrated and disappointed AC Milan have congratulated Juventus after the Turin outfit's capture of a 28th Scudetto. Juve clinched the Serie A title last night after their win over Cagliari, allied to Milan's 4-2 defeat against city rivals Inter, handed them a four-point advantage with just one game remaining.
"It burns to lose the derby and to concede the Scudetto," Milan goalkeeper Marco Amelia told www.acmilan.com. "It has been a difficult season, we have endured arduous times and taken false steps. Compliments to Juve. Now we must focus on the future."
Milan never recovered from some serious blows to their squad. The biggest two setbacks were the loss of Italian striker Antonio Cassano for six months because of a heart condition, and the absence of Brazil forward Alexandre Pato for many games due to myriad muscular injuries.
Even so, I Rossoneri managed to pull seven points clear at the end of March and looked like a team that could go on to defend the title. Juve, the early-season pace-setters, then reclaimed the lead two weeks later. "Considering the problems that we have had, we have done well this season," Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said. "I want to thank my players."
"Juventus have had great year and they have deserved the league title because they have done so by taking many points," the Italian said. "I thought that with respect to last year, more points would be needed to win the Scudetto and that was the case."
Yesterday's triumph was Juve's 22nd of the campaign. I Bianconeri have collected 81 points in 37 games, four more than Milan, and are unbeaten so far. Juve are the only top team Milan have failed to beat this season.
Unlike Milan, Juventus were not involved in European competition this season and that allowed Antonio Conte's side to focus on the domestic front. In the 2012/13 campaign, both sides will compete in the UEFA Champions League and Allegri believes the additional competition will prove testing for Juve.
"Next season we will be again there fighting for the title," he said. "Moreover, next season unlike this one, Juve will be involved in the Champions League, a competition that has an impact on the domestic campaign. I am curious to see how they will react."
Milan, who hold a 16-point advantage over third-placed Udinese, entertain relegated Novara in their final game of the season.


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St. Peters Community & Arts Center, 1035 St. Peters Howell Rd., St. Peters, 636-397-6903.
Social Security: Nov. 11-13; Nov. 18-19.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Starting Feb. 10, Fridays-Sundays. Continues through Feb. 19.
Act, Inc. Theater Company
Call 314-725-9108 or visit www.act-inc-stlouis.org for more information.
The Servant of Two Masters: Starting Sept. 16, Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Continues through Sept. 25. Fontbonne University Fine Arts Theatre, 6800 Wydown, St. Louis.
After Midnight Theatre Company
HH Studio, 2500 Sutton, St. Louis, 314-647-9800. Call 314-487-5305 or visit www.midnightcompany.com for more information.
Skylight: Starting Sept. 9, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m. Continues through Sept. 18, $15.
Alpha Players Theatre Company
Florissant Civic Center, Parker Rd & Waterford Dr., Florissant, 314-921-5678. Visit www.alphaplayers.org for more information.
Fiddler on the Roof: Starting Sept. 30, Fridays, Saturdays; Sun., Oct. 9. Continues through Oct. 9.
The Man Who Came to Dinner: Starting Feb. 3, Fridays, Saturdays; Sun., Feb. 12. Continues through Feb. 12.
Auntie Mame: Starting May 19, Fridays, Saturdays; Sun., May 28. Continues through May 28.
Alton Little Theater
Alton Little Theater, 2450 N Henry St., Alton, Illinois, 618-462-6562. Visit www.altonlittletheater.org for more information.
Into the Woods: Sept. 23-Oct. 3.
Death in England: Nov. 11-20.
Proof: Jan. 20-29.
The Boys Next Door: March 10-19.
Over the River and Through the Woods: April 28-May 7.
Avalon Theatre Company
Call 314-351-6482 or visit www.avalontheatre.org for more information.
Boston Marriage: Oct. 6-23. Regional Arts Commission, 6128 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-863-5811, www.stlrac.org.
A Walk in the Woods: March 16-April 2. Union Memorial United Methodist Church, 1141 Belt Dr., St. Louis.
Broadway Center of the Arts Mainstage Season
Broadway Center of Arts, 124-126 E Main St., Belleville, Illinois. Call 618-233-0431 or visit www.broadwaycenterofarts.com for more information.
Wit: Starting Sept. 9, Fridays-Sundays. Continues through Sept. 18.
Luv: Starting Oct. 28, Fridays-Sundays. Continues through Nov. 6.
Holiday Follies: Starting Dec. 2, Fridays, Saturdays. Continues through Dec. 10.
Center of Creative Arts-Family Theatre Series
Center of Creative Arts, 524 Trinity Ave., University City. Call 314-725-6555 or visit www.cocastl.org for more information.
Comedy Pet Theatre: Oct. 7-9.
Cirkus Inferno: Nov. 11-13.
Ball in the House: Dec. 9-11.
Battleworks: Jan. 13-15.
Big Little Things: Feb. 10-12.
The Happy Prince: March 10-12.
CJ Productions
Call 636-227-8762 for more information.
It Ain't Pretty Bein' Easy: Vernon Goodman Sings the New Music & Lyrics of Christopher Jackson: Tue., Oct. 11. Dressel's, 419 N Euclid Ave., St. Louis, 314-361-1060.
"Normal" Is A Setting on my Dryer: A New Musical Revue: Location and dates TBA.
Clayton Community Theatre
Clayton High School, 1 Mark Twain Circle, Clayton, 314-726-6129. Call 314-854-6646 or visit www.placeseveryone.org for more information.
The Dining Room: Starting Nov. 25, Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Dec. 4.
The Hollow: Spring 2006.
The Miracle Worker: Summer 2006.
Curtain Call Repertory Theatre
Faust Park, 15185 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield, 636-532-7298. Call 636-346-7707 for more information.
Cabaret: Sept. 16-25, Fridays-Sundays.
Sideshow: Nov. 11-20, Fridays-Sundays.
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Feb. 24-March 5, Fridays-Sundays.
A Little Night Music: June 2-11, Fridays-Sundays.
Curtains Up Theater Company
Alton Little Theater, 2450 N Henry St., Alton, Illinois. Call 618-692-9934 or visit www.curtainsuptheater.com for more information.
A Christmas Story: Nov. 25-27.
DramaRama Theatre Company
Call 314-605-7788 or visit www.dramaramatheatre.com for more information.
Harriet & The Tortoise and the Hare: Nov. 2005.
Free To Be . . . You and Me: Feb. 2006.
Echo Theatre Company Play Reading Series
Soulard Coffee Garden, 910 Geyer St., St. Louis, 314-241-1464. Call 314-995-2123 or visit www.echotheatrecompany.org for more information.
Schoolgirl Figure: Tue., Sept. 6.
One Flea Spare: Tue., Oct. 4.
Shopping and Fucking: Tue., Nov. 1.
Mrs. Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge: Tue., Dec. 6.
The Book of Liz: Tue., Jan. 3.
Stone Cold Dead Serious: Tue., Feb. 7.
Stories: Tue., March 7.
The Glory of Living: Tue., April 4.
First Run Theatre
DeSmet Jesuit High School, 233 N New Ballas Rd., Creve Coeur. Call 314-680-8102 or visit www.firstruntheatre.com for more information.
St. Francis and the Sultan: Starting Jan. 13, Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Continues through Jan. 22.
Florissant Fine Arts Council
Florissant Civic Center, Parker Rd & Waterford Dr., Florissant. Call 314-921-5678 or visit www.florissantmo.com for more information.
St. Louis Family Theatre Series:
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Oct. 21-23.
Junie B. Jones: Sun., Nov. 20; Nov. 25-26.
Gold Rush!: Jan. 20-22.
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie and Other Story Books: Feb. 17-19.
Diary of Anne Frank: March 17-19.
Smoke on the Mountain: Sat., Sept. 17.
United States Air Force Band of Mid-America: Sat., Oct. 22.
Hudson Shad: Fri., Oct. 28.
Tony Kenny's Christmas Time in Ireland: Sat., Dec. 17; Sun., Dec. 18.
River City Ramblers: Wed., Jan. 18.
Three Redneck Tenors: Sat., Feb. 25.
The Spencer's Theatre of Illusion: Sun., March 12.
Mame: Wed., March 22.
Groucho, A Life in Revue: Fri., March 24.
Hawthorne Players
Florissant Civic Center, Parker Rd. & Waterford Dr., Florissant. Call 314-524-5201 or visit www.hawthorneplayers.com for more information.
High Society: Fridays-Sundays. Continues through Aug. 28.
The Front Page: Starting Nov. 4, Fridays, Saturdays. Continues through Nov. 13.
HotCity Theatre
Call 314-482-9125 or visit www.hotcitytheatre.org for more information.
Valhalla: Starting Sept. 8, Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Oct. 1. ArtLoft Theatre, 1529 Washington Ave., St. Louis.
Famous Monsters: Starting Oct. 13, Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Oct. 23. Theatre at St. John's, 5000 Washington Place, St. Louis.
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Favorite Musician: Pharrell Williams
Favorite Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Favorite Song: Sometimes I Rhyme Slow by Nice & Smooth
Favorite Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
Favorite Movie: He Got Game
Favorite TV Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Favorite Sport other than Football: Basketball
Favorite Sports Figure: Michael Jordan
Favorite Spot on Campus: Science Café
Favorite Way to Relax: Watching a Good Movie
Favorite Thing to do on Bus Trips: Listen to Music
One Word to Describe Coach Gilmore: Immovable
One Team I would Like to Add to the Schedule: Coastal Carolina
Favorite Road Trip: Harvard
Nobody Knows How Much I Like: Nantucket Nectars Pressed Apple Juice
Title of My Autobiography: From My Eyes to Yours
Craziest Ambition: Skydiving
Dream Job: Clothing Designer
Favorite Web Site: www.thehundreds.com
Most Influential People in My Life: My Mom & Dad
Best Word to Describe Me: Positive
Favorite Quote: "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." — Dr. Seuss
One Person from History I Would Like to Have Dinner with: Nelson Mandela
Most Famous Person I've Met: Dan Marino
This story originally appeared in the November 23 edition of the Holy Cross Game Day Program, for the contest between the Crusaders and Georgetown. To order a copy of the program, click here.


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For instance, the default group is configured to allow synchronization of configuration. This means thatwhenever a change occurs via the config admin to a specific PID, the change will pass to the distributedmemory of the default group and will also be broadcasted to all other default group nodes using the topic.
This happens for all PIDs but not for org.apache.karaf.cellar.node which is marked as blacklistedand will never be written or read from the distributed memory, nor will be broardcasted via the topic.
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- Willamette
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- Duke Ellington Week Features Concerts and Lectures
Current News
Duke Ellington Week Features Concerts and Lectures
Willamette University will honor Black History Month with concerts and lectures that celebrate jazz legend Duke Ellington.
Music Professor Greg Yasinitsky, coordinator of jazz studies at Washington State University, will speak about "Duke Ellington and the African-American Influence on Jazz" Thursday, Feb. 19, at 11:30 a.m. in Cone Chapel in Waller Hall on the Willamette campus. That evening at 6 p.m., Yasinitsky will speak about "Jazz, the Musical Embodiment of American Diversity" in the Hatfield Room of the Mark O. Hatfield Library. The lectures are free and open to the public.
The Willamette Master Chorus will present "Contemplating the Sacred," featuring the sacred music of Duke Ellington and jazz and gospel music from the African-American music tradition. The concerts are Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m. in Smith Auditorium.
General admission is $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Willamette students are admitted for $5. Purchase tickets at www.WillametteMasterChorus.org or Weathers Music (cash or check only) at 2825 Commercial St. SE, (503) 362-8708. Tickets may be purchased at the door if available. Call (503) 370-6929 for information.
In 1965 Duke Ellington brought his jazz orchestra into San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, where he premiered his First Sacred Concert. During the next nine years, Ellington performed his sacred concerts in churches and synagogues around the world. At the time many churchgoers complained about the inappropriateness of jazz in the chapel, to say nothing of tap dancers, but what was once considered divisive music now feels, in our own religiously disjointed era, universal. "The Mass is people talking to God," Ellington said. "The sacred concert we perform is people talking to people about God. There is a difference."
There is no way to actually re-create an Ellington sacred concert; the music was written for Ellington's orchestra, a unique group of virtuosic improvisers who could play with a single spirit as well as individuality. The Willamette Master Chorus, under the direction of Conductor Paul Klemme, will blend with the Willamette Singers into one vibrant musical body that fears no rhythm. They will perform selections from Ellington's sacred music, accompanied by the Willamette University Big Band.
Marilyn Keller, Portland's premier gospel and jazz singer, will be guest vocalist. Keller's talent crosses many musical genres, including gospel, jazz, pop, R&B, blues and even classical music. She currently performs as featured vocalist for the Black Swan Classic Jazz Band and Don Latarski and Rue de Blues, and leads the Gospel Jazz Service in Portland for up to 1,000 worshippers at the Augustana Lutheran Church.
As a special treat, tap dancers Danny Wold and Jane Moorhead will share their talents.
Duke Ellington Week is sponsored by the Willamette Master Chorus, with support from the Willamette Music Department, the Willamette Events Board and the Grace Goudy Distinguished Artists Series. The concerts are supported in part by the City of Salem's Transient Occupancy Tax Funds.


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Motivation gets us started; habit keeps us going.
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Hungry Girl is a great website for reviews of products in the supermarkets, with an emphasis on low-cal, low-fat items. They also give you a heads-up on new food items in the marketplace. There's a newsletter every day.
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Get rid of your salt shaker. There is no need to add salt and there are lots of Mrs. Dash-type flavourings around. I never use salt. There's salt in everything we buy - almost.
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When dining out, I frequently order only Appetizers and a Salad. That way, you have more control over what's on your plate and save consuming too many calories.
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"This new alliance will really expand our existing electronics recycling program and further Goodwill's mission at the same time," said Mike Rowan, CEO of Goodwill Industries of San Diego County. "Working with Dell will help us ensure we are implementing the latest environmentally sound recycling practices."
Primarily for educational purposes, over the course of a year their goal is to collect over 2 million pounds of computer equipment and recycle it, as opposed to dumping it. After Goodwill accepts the items, Dell's work is to value the items and have their partners break the machines down and resell the raw materials. Given the cost of PC recycling, if you happen to live in the San Diego area it's a great chance to unload.


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A 4-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself after he found a .25-caliber pistol last week has died, according to the Dorchester County Coroner's Office.
Coroner Chris Nisbet identified the boy as Jeffery Scott of Otranto Road in North Charleston. He died Friday afternoon at Medical University Hospital, where he was being treated following the May 12 incident.
Nisbet has ruled his death an accident.
Summerville Police Capt. Jon Rogers said detectives are still trying to determine who owned the gun. The case remains under investigation, and no criminal charges have been filed, he said.
The boy's 75-year-old grandmother, Margaret G. Wilson, called 911 around 4:40 p.m. on May 12 to report the shooting at 811 W. Richardson Ave.
She later told police that she had just returned home with the boy and was putting away groceries when she heard the lone gunshot.
Wilson rushed outside and found the boy lying in the front yard. He was bleeding from a wound to his head, the report stated.
The pistol rested nearby.
"I don't know where he got a gun from," Wilson told the 911 dispatcher. "Somebody, please come. Come quick."
The boy wasn't breathing, his grandmother told the dispatcher. Scott's eyes were closed.
No one else was home at the time, Rogers said. The boy was visiting.
Paramedics, firefighters and a deputy from the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office were already there when Summerville police officers showed up.
By then, the .25-caliber Taurus pistol had been placed on the dining room table, and the boy was lying on the floor.
A helicopter later flew him to a Charleston hospital.
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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2009 When Army Staff Sgt. John Bennett got shot by a sniper in Iraq in February 2005, his dreams of competition crumbled along with three vertebrae.
Looking back over that day in Hawijah, Iraq, the Montana Army National Guardsman feared he'd lost far more than a kidney, his spleen, colon, half of his pancreas and use of his legs.
"I was really worried about how my injuries would affect my life," he said.
Three years ago, just 11 months after leaving the hospital, Bennett put those concerns to rest when he attended his first National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Anchorage, Alaska. By the time the competition had finished, he'd earned two gold medals, in basketball and the 100-meter wheelchair race, as well as a bronze in bowling.
"I was really ecstatic that I could still get out there and compete," he said. "It gave me a chance to prove to myself that I could still do it."
Now back at the 29th National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Spokane, Wash., Bennett is helping to show other disabled veterans that they can do it, too.
He's among more than 500 disabled veterans, about half of them wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. "A ton of them are novices," he said, meaning first-timers to the wheelchair games participating in their first sporting event since becoming disabled.
The event is the world's largest annual wheelchair sports competition, bringing together veterans with spinal cord injuries, amputations or other mobility or neurological conditions to compete in 17 different events.
They've fanned out to venues across the city to compete in track, swimming, field, basketball, weightlifting, softball, quad rugby, air guns, nine-ball, bowling, table tennis, archery, hand cycling, trapshooting, a motorized rally, power soccer and wheelchair slalom, a timed obstacle course. Others are participating in a golf clinic.
"It's fabulous to see this many disabled veterans out here competing," Bennett said. "It's just incredible to see the number of people who come out and do this."
Another Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran participating for the second time is Steve McGuire, who was medically retired as a Navy petty officer second class after a motorcycle accident landed him in a wheelchair.
McGuire was just back from a deployment to the Gulf aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt when the July 2006 accident left him with multiple fractures to his spine and ribs. He spent 10 days in the hospital, then more than five months in rehabilitation.
As he was recovering, McGuire said he realized his future rested largely in his own hands. "I couldn't afford to not get moving and get my life moving," he said.
So he got into adaptive competition, joining the "East Coast Cripplers," Virginia's only wheelchair rugby team.
"It gave me confidence, knowing that even though I was disabled, I was still able," he said.
Last summer, McGuire attended his first National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Omaha, Neb. He netted a gold medal in basketball and two silvers: in the novice category for archery and for coaching the second-place rugby team.
Like Bennett, he's back for more this year in Spokane. He's part of a rugby team slated to compete in the gold-medal match today, and he's got bowling and archery competitions in the days ahead.
But equally exciting, he said, is the opportunity to bond with other disabled veterans, particularly those just learning to live with their disabilities. A peer counselor at his home Veterans Affairs clinic, McGuire uses himself as an example as he helps them look beyond perceived limitations.
"I definitely feel that I have gained more than I have lost," he said of his own disability. "I've gained perspective in life and learned to appreciate things I took for granted. I'm more motivated. Instead of just doing what I had to do, I'm striving to go beyond that."
McGuire praised the National Veterans Wheelchair Games as the perfect experience to help veterans help each other build self-confidence as they rehabilitate together. "It's a huge experience," he said.
Among the mentors at this year's games is Russell Braun, a 70-year-old Air Force veteran participating in his eighth wheelchair games.
"The games give the newly injured veterans the knowledge that they can do more than sit around the house," Braun said. "It gives them self confidence and incentive, and really opens up their lives a lot more."
As VA Secretary Eric Shinseki noted during the games' opening day July 13, the event enriches onlookers, too. "These games are not only great for the athletes, they're even better for us as spectators," he said as he helped tip off a demonstration basketball match that got the games under way.
Bennett, who coaches girls' basketball and regularly cheers on his own family during their athletic events, said it was a treat to be in center court rather than on the sidelines.
"It's great for them to be able to see dad compete and get out there and do something to test his skills against everyone else," he said.
The games will continue through July 18, followed by an awards ceremony.
The National Veterans Wheelchair Games are co-sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Paralyzed Veterans of America, with financial assistance from corporate, civic and veterans service organizations.
In addition to the wheelchair games, the VA co-sponsors three other national rehabilitative events: the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, the National Veterans Golden Age Games and the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival.
Last fall, the VA hosted a new summer sports clinic pilot program that introduces water and adventure sports such as sailing, surfing, kayaking, cycling, and track-and-field events to recently injured veterans.
Next year's National Veterans Wheelchair Games will be held in Denver in early July.
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okay, been training since a very young age, not just MA but also physical fitness. Definatly a gym junkie, have competed in many different types of tournaments. Now i have heard a lot about matt fury combat condtioning, some good, some bad, i tried doing the exercises for 6 weeks, now i think with sparring, weight training, this can be a very valuble tool in the MA whatever your style.
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2008 (Junior): Anderson played in all 12 games for the Aggies in 2008 at the wide receiver position. On the season, he tallied 50 catches for 617 yards and nine touchdowns. His nine touchdowns tied him for first on the team. His best game of the season came against New Mexico (9/17), where he caught four passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns. At UTEP (9/20), Anderson grabbed five passes for 70 yards and season-high three touchdown receptions. His nine receptions at Idaho (10/25) was a season-high. Anderson recorded six games with at least four receptions. Against Hawai'i (11/8), Anderson tallied seven receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown, followed by a seven-reception performance against Louisiana Tech (11/22).
Pasadena City College: Anderson played two seasons at PCC where he was a 2007 all-state wide receiver/returner and a 2006 second team All-Mission Conference selection. He caught 84 balls for 846 yards and nine touchdowns in two seasons as a receiver for Lancers. Anderson was excellent returning punts and kick-offs, as he averaged 14.5 yards per punt return with one touchdown and 29.2 yards per kick-off return with two touchdowns. He rushed the ball 10 times in two seasons with the Lancers for 59 yards and two touchdowns. In Anderson's final season at PCC, he caught 40 passes for 480 yards and six touchdowns, all good for second on the team. He was named a second team all-American selection in 2007. In his freshman year, Anderson had 44 receptions for 366 yards (8.3 yards per catch) with three touchdowns. He had a career long kick-off return of 88 yards in 2007, a long punt return of 77 yards and his longest reception went for 86 yards, also in 2007.
High School: Anderson earned first team all-district and first team all-League both his junior and senior seasons. He led the team in all-purpose yardage and receiving in both years.
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The present invention is implemented within a distributed network operating environment (such as a CDN) in which content providers offload given content for delivery from servers (e.g., CDN edge servers) managed by a service provider (such as a CDN operator). It is assumed that the given content is secured using a digital rights management (DRM) scheme. According to the invention, a distributed set of license server processes are provided to manage the issuance of content licenses. Each of the license server processes is operative to generate licenses by which a given end user client obtains given rights for given content, typically the content served from the machine. A distributed set of license server processes operates in a de-centralized manner and without access to third party business logic (e.g., a payment mechanism) or authentication information associated with end users requesting the given content.
1. Apparatus operative in a distributed network in which content providers offload given content for delivery from servers managed by a content delivery network service provider, wherein the given content is secured by a digital rights management scheme comprising:
a set of processors located across the distributed network; and
computer memory associated with each processor and holding computer program instructions that when executed by the processor comprise a license server processor that is operative to receive and verify a token generated according to a secret shared only by a given content provider and the content delivery network service provider to thereby generate a license by which an end user client obtains rights for given content of the given content provider, the license including a decryption key;
wherein the license server processors executed on the set of processors located across the distributed network comprise a distributed set of license server processors that operate autonomously from one another to enable decryption keys to be generated and managed from individual license server processors in a de-centralized manner and without access to authentication information associated with end users requesting the given content.
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8. Apparatus operative in a distributed network in which content providers offload given content for delivery from servers managed by a content delivery network service provider, wherein authorization to access the given content is obtained through business logic and the given content is secured by a rights management (DRM) scheme, comprising:
a set of processors located across the distributed network; and
computer memory associated with each processor and holding computer program instructions that when executed by the processor comprise a license server processor that is operative to receive and verify a token generated according to a secret shared only by a given content provider and the content delivers network service provider to thereby generate a DRM license by which an end user client obtains rights for given content of the given content provider;
wherein the license server processors executed on the set of processors located across the distributed network comprise a distributed set of license sever processors that operate autonomously from one another to enable DRM licenses to be generated and managed from individual license server processors in a de-centralized manner and without access to the business logic or any authentication information associated with end users requesting the given content.
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This application is based on and claims priority from Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/578,670, filed Jun. 10, 2004.
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to techniques for content delivery.
2. Description of the Related Art
It is known in the art for a content provider to outsource its content delivery requirements to a content delivery network (a "CDN"). A content delivery network is a collection of content servers and associated control mechanisms that offload work from Web site origin servers by delivering content on their behalf to end users. A well-managed CDN achieves this goal by serving some or all of the contents of a site's Web pages, thereby reducing the customer's infrastructure costs while enhancing an end user's browsing experience from the site. For optimal performance, the CDN service provider may maintain an objective, detailed, real-time view of the Internet's topology, reliability, and latency, and this view may then be used to power a dynamic DNS-based system to direct end users to the best CDN server to handle a particular request.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to the technology used for the protection of digital media content, typically audio or audiovisual works. DRM works by encrypting the content before distribution, and by limiting access to only those end-users who have acquired a proper license to play the content. The DRM license enforcement is done at the player/client, and therefore, the integrity of the client-side (of DRM) is critical for the scheme to work. Microsoft, Real and Apple have developed proprietary DRM technologies for their audio and audiovisual content distribution. Apple's DRM technology is used in its iTunes music service. Microsoft and Real Networks support DRM protection for both on-demand and live media content. There are some standardization efforts around DRM (MPEG4/ISMA and Open Mobile Alliance), but these standards are still in the specification stage.
An end-to-end DRM system typically comprises three (3) parts: encryption, business-logic and license-delivery. DRM starts with the encryption of the content. Once the content is encrypted, a key is required to unlock the content. The encrypted content can be delivered through any number of delivery methods: HTTP, streaming, FTP, P2P, email, or the like. An end-user who desires to play the content visits an e-commerce web site and transacts with the business-logic process, usually involving one of registration, login, and/or payment; once this is done, the end-user is issued a license to play the content. The issued license typically comprises (i) a key (for decrypting the content), (ii) a set of rights (e.g. play exactly once, play for 30 days, or the like), and (iii) with the property that the license is valid only on the end-user machine to which it is issued. When an end-user attempts to play the DRM protected content, the player first checks the license cache on the machine, and if a license is found, the playback starts by decrypting the content. If a license is not found, the player attempts to get a license, typically from the storefront URL that is embedded in the content. Ultimately, it is the player/client that enforces the DRM. In a typical DRM scenario, a media file (e.g., a stream) is encrypted by a packager component using a key. Alternatively, the stream can be encrypted on the fly by an encoder. A streaming Server serves the encrypted stream to an end user browser's media player. As noted above, the player needs to get a license (which includes the key) from a license server to decrypt and play the content.
In the past, administration and management of the DRM license keys has taken place in a centralized manner, primarily to address security issues. It would highly desirable to be able to leverage the distributed nature of a content delivery network to facilitate a distributed (non-centralized) license delivery infrastructure. This present invention addresses this need.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a distributed architecture for digital rights management (DRM) license delivery.
It is a further object of the invention to leverage the distributed infrastructure of a content delivery network (CDN) to enable management and distribution of DRM license keys, preferably in a non-centralized (i.e., distributed manner).
It is another object of the invention to provide for a distributed architecture for license delivery wherein the entity (e.g., the CDN) that provides the license key distribution does not maintain or have access to identifying information for the anticipated users of the protected content.
Thus, the present invention envisions a distributed license delivery infrastructure that is separate from any centralized database in which is stored information about the end users that may desire to obtain the content protected by the license. An advantage of this solution is that is separates the business logic from any validation scheme, and hence allows content providers to implement flexible business rules that are appropriate for their business. In a preferred embodiment, the CDN service provider need not maintain a database of all the end-users of the CDN customers. The CDN provides license delivery but is not directly involved in authenticating the requesting end-user's identity, collecting payment or obtaining credit-card information; rather, the CDN simply authenticates the end-user's request (as opposed to the user) before issuing the license and, ultimately, delivering the stream. The invention thus separates the business-logic from license delivery in the context of a DRM-implemented CDN solution offering.
It is a further general object of the present invention to facilitate music distribution and subscription-based media services over a content delivery network (CDN).
Generalizing, the present invention is implemented within a distributed network operating environment (such as a CDN) in which content providers offload given content for delivery from servers (e.g., CDN edge servers) managed by a service provider (such as a CDN operator). It is assumed that the given content is secured using a digital rights management scheme. According to the invention, a distributed set of license server processes are provided to manage the issuance of content licenses. Each of the license server processes are operative to generate licenses by which a given end user client obtains given rights for given content. The distributed set of license server processes operate in a de-centralized manner and without access to authentication information associated with end users requesting the given content.
The foregoing has outlined some of the more pertinent features of the invention. These features should be construed to be merely illustrative. Many other beneficial results can be attained by applying the disclosed invention in a different manner or by modifying the invention as will be described.
It is known to deliver digital content (e.g., HTTP content, streaming media and applications) using an Internet content delivery network (CDN). A CDN is a network of geographically distributed content delivery nodes that are arranged for efficient delivery of content on behalf of third party content providers. Typically, a CDN is implemented as a combination of a content delivery infrastructure, a request-handling mechanism (preferably based in DNS), and a distribution infrastructure. The content delivery infrastructure usually comprises a set of "surrogate" origin servers that are located at strategic locations (e.g., Internet network access points, Internet Points of Presence, and the like) for delivering content to requesting end users. The request-handling mechanism (typically a set of name servers) allocates servers in the content delivery infrastructure to requesting clients in a way that, for web content delivery, minimizes a given client's response time and, for streaming media delivery, provides for the highest quality. The distribution infrastructure consists of on-demand or push-based mechanisms that move content from the origin server to the surrogates. An effective CDN serves frequently accessed content from a surrogate that is optimal for a given requesting client. In a typical CDN, a single service provider operates the request-handlers, the surrogates, and the content distributors. In addition, that service provider establishes business relationships with content publishers and acts on behalf of their origin server sites to provide a distributed delivery system.
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Content may be identified for delivery from the CDN using a content migrator or rewrite tool 106 operated, for example, at a participating content provider server. Tool 106 rewrites embedded object URLs to point to the CDNSP domain. A request for such content is resolved through a CDNSP-managed DNS to identify a "best" region, and then to identify an edge server within the region that is not overloaded and that is likely to host the requested content. Instead of using content provider-side migration (e.g., using the tool 106), a participating content provider may simply direct the CDNSP to serve an entire domain (or sub-domain) by a DNS directive (e.g., a CNAME). In either case, the CDNSP may provide object-specific metadata to the CDN content servers to determine how the CDN content servers will handle a request for an object being served by the CDN. Metadata, as used herein, refers to a set of control options and parameters for the object (e.g., coherence information, origin server identity information, load balancing information, customer code, other control codes, etc.), and such information may be provided to the CDN content servers via a configuration file, in HTTP headers, or in other ways. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of an object that is served from the CDN in this manner does not need to be modified by the content provider. When a request for the object is made, for example, by having an end user navigate to a site and select the URL, a customer's DNS system directs the name query (for whatever domain is in the URL) to the CDNSP DNS request routing mechanism. A representative CDN DNS request routing mechanism is described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 6,108,703, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. Once an edge server is identified, the browser passes the object request to the server, which applies the metadata supplied from a configuration file or HTTP response headers to determine how the object will be handled. The CDN may also include other infrastructure, such as a distributed data query and collection system that collects usage and other data from the edge servers, aggregates that data across a region or set of regions, and passes that data to other back-end systems to facilitate monitoring, logging, alerts, billing, management and other operational and administrative functions.
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The above described content delivery network is merely illustrative. The present invention may leverage any content delivery infrastructure.
By way of additional background, digital rights management (DRM) solutions are well-known in the art. One such known DRM system available from Microsoft Corporation includes a Digital Rights Manager that can be integrated into a content delivery network (CDN) according to the present invention. In this example, a Windows Media Rights Manager helps protect digital media (such as songs and videos) by packaging digital media files. The present invention is not limited to use with DRM solutions from any particular vendor, of course. Indeed, the present invention assume the existence of a third party DRM solution (available from a DRM solutions provider) and concerns how that solution (and, in particular, the license server(s)) may be implemented within the CDN, taking advantage of the CDN's distributed or de-centralized infrastructure.
In a typical DRM solution, a packaged media file is a version of the media file that has been encrypted and locked with a key. In the Microsoft DRM solution, keys are created and used in the Windows Media Rights Manager. In particular, the key used to encrypt the content is computed from a seed and a KeyID, namely: Seed+KeyID=Key. Typically, for purposes of the present invention, one seed will be chosen per content provider, and this seed is then used to encrypt all of content provider's content. The KeyID component is designed to vary by file. The content provider may use a different KeyID per file, or alternatively, it may choose to encrypt all of its files (or a collection of files) using a single KeyID. A license issued for a given KeyID will apply to all the files encrypted using the same KeyID. To generate a key, a license key seed and a key ID are needed. The license key seed is a value that is known only to the content owner and the DRM license server. The content owner creates a KeyID for each protected file. This value is included in the packaged file. When the license server needs to issue a license for a packaged file, a key can be recreated by retrieving the key ID from the packaged file. The Windows Media License Service uses the license key seed and the key ID from the packaged file to create a key. The key is included in the license sent to the end user's computer. Using the key included in the license, the player on the consumer's computer can open and play the protected file.
Before the CDN can begin issuing licenses for a customer's DRM protected content, several secrets must be provisioned and shared by the CDN and its customer. The following describes the process for two types of streaming media. The secrets are generally broken down into secrets required for packaging content (both for live and on-demand), and secrets required for token generation. In one embodiment, the CDN may provide the customer with an application, which will allow either the CDNSP or the customer to generate all required, shared secrets. These shared secrets must be kept secret and communicated to the other party over some secure channel. Provisioning for on-demand video typically will require generation of a DRM VOD XML file (sometimes referred to as a DRM VOD Specification) that the user loads into the CDN packager tool to package files using this set of shared secrets. Required tags would include Key_seed, an encryption seed, Header_private_key, a private key for signing a header, Header_public_key, a public key for signing a header, License_URL, a license acquisition URL, and Individualization, a required client individualization level. Additional tags (keys and certificates) may be implemented as well. The provisioning tool may rely on a DRM provider's SDK (e.g., Windows Media Format SDK) to generate seeds and keys. Provisioning for live video requires the generation of a DRM profile export file, which typically is a password-protected encrypted file that includes information necessary for an encoder to generate a DRM-protected live stream compatible with the CDNSP license server, together with an XML file (sometimes referred to as a DRM Live Specification) that includes a Key_seed tag and a Header_public_key tag and their associated values. The latter file may also include a Profile_import_password tag that defines a password for importing an associated DRM profile. Likewise, the provisioning tool may rely on the DRM provider's SDK to generate the DRM profile.
In a representative embodiment, there are two additional shared secrets needed for token generation and parsing. A token salt is required for MD5 digest calculation for the DRM token. A base64-encoded 128-bit Rijndael key may be used to encrypt an optionally included encryption Seed and public key. The customer and the CDN must share these values securely for successful secure license delivery. The Rijndael key is not necessary for all token generation scenarios.
Once the customer has decided to issue a license to an end-user, it must communicate the details of this desired license to the CDN license server. This information may be communicated in the URL used by the end-user client (e.g., an end user browser media player) to request a license, e.g., a token in the form of a query string. The following section will describe the format of the query string and the workflows that determine which optional components of the query string may be used. In a representative embodiment, there are two major provisioning/token generation workflows: shared secrets in metadata, and shared secrets in query string. In the first workflow, a customer uses a CDN DRM provisioning tool to generate a DRM VOD Specification (along with its associated DRM Profile) and/or an DRM Live Specification. The values in the generated specifications are securely communicated to the CDNSP are entered in the CDN's metadata transport system (reference number 116 in
Preferably, the CDN license server (a program, process, execution thread, or the like) responds to license requests with a valid DRM license only if the request has a valid token associated with it. As noted above, preferably the token is generated at the customer's site using CDN-supplied tools. A representative URL for a DRM license request to a CDN license server may take the form:
http://abc.wm.edgedrm.net/getLicense?<query string>, where <query string> is a series of name-value pairs taking the form "name=value", with successive name-value pairs are separated by ampersands. The required names recognized by the license server are set forth below in Table 1:
In a representative embodiment, customer specific information is stored in per-customer metadata. A representative metadata file would include the following information: license key seed (the shared secret between the CDNSP and the customer for content encryption), the token salt (a value shared between the CDNSP and the customer to compute the token digest), a public key (used for signing the license), a customer code (used to identify the customer to the CDN), a fail action URL (the customer's Web site URL, as license requests with invalid tokens would be re-directed here), a Rijndael key (used to decrypt the license key seed if supplied as part of the token), a priority value (used if the customer has multiple licenses for a single content item), Rights ID, and Specification ID. The content provider can specify a list of rights-profiles. A rights-profile describes a specific set of rights to be issued with a license. A customer would typically set up one or more of such rights profiles in metadata and indicate the Rights ID to be used for a given license in the token sent with the license request. As noted above, users have an option to specify the encryption seed and public key through the query string or they can associate an encryption Seed and public key to the specification identifier passed as part of the query string. The CDN license server uses the specification identifier to choose the matching shared secrets from metadata and uses the secrets to generate the license. Although not required, by specifying a different Specification ID the shared secrets can be rotated. This is useful mainly for rotating the token generation related secrets. The CDN customer may require that the files be played only on an application that has been "individualized" by specifying a minimum individualization version number (this number may be included in the ClientInfo string). If a consumer tries to play a media file that requires individualization using a player that has not been individualized, a license is not issued and the player prompts the consumer to get a security upgrade.
The following provides details regarding the CDN license server. In an illustrative embodiment, the license server is a process running at an edge server acting as the license server. The process listens on a given port (e.g., port 8083) and accepts DRM requests from end user browser media players (or the like). If necessary, a customer site preferably contacts a license server process with the DRM request on port 80, and this request is then tunneled to the license server process on the given port. The edge server license process listens on the given port and accepts requests such as HTTP GET or POST requests. As has been described, the process takes input from a user supplied token and customer metadata parameters (e.g., encryption key seed, which is used to protect the content, and token salt, which is used to protect the token) to generate a license. In operation, there are two major steps performed during this process: validating the supplied token, and license generation and delivery. The token validation process is illustrated in the flowchart of
As illustrated in
Although the license server process has been described as a single entity, this is not a requirement. One or more of the functions may be implemented in one or more execution threads, or multiple threads or processes may be implemented. Generalizing, any set of one or more processes, programs, threads, or the like that provide the token validation and license generation functions may be implemented in a given edge server. The license server may also include ancillary functions such as data logging, load reporting, and the like, to store and export operational data to other CDN processes. Moreover, it is not required that the license server process be distinct from the other edge server processes (e.g., metadata handling, object caching, or the like). Further, it is not required that each edge server in the CDN (or even in a given region) support the server license process. There may be a dedicated subset of server license machines running in the CDN, albeit in a distributed manner. According to the invention, however, it is not anticipated that there will be any centralized place where license keys for the CDN-sourced content are generated. As used herein, a "license server process" should be broadly construed as given software instructions, program sequences, code portions, and the like, executable by one or more processors. According to the invention, a set of such processes provide distributed license serving and operate in a de-centralized manner, preferably without access to authentication information associated with end users requesting the given content.
According to another feature of the present invention, in addition to having license rights specified in the Rights_ID (which are available in metadata in the CDN license server), the system may be adapted to handle dynamic rights tokens. In this variant, the CDN license server process manages different rights dynamically, per request, which affords much greater flexibility in handling rights per license and avoids metadata rights provisioning. Preferably, dynamic rights are generated by the tokenizer tool, using advanced options and inputs. The token generator typically executes on the customer's Web site as illustrated in
A representative example of how dynamic rights are established is illustrated by the dynamic rights object shown in
The present invention has numerous advantages. As noted above, the invention provides for a highly scalable, highly-available, distributed license server infrastructure, together with the customary advantages of a CDN, which is used for the delivery of the protected content. As noted above, in the preferred embodiment, the invention provides that business logic (payment processing, and the like) are separate from content protection. This separation is enforced by having business logic handled by the content provider (or some entity on its behalf) while having the security (license serving) handed by the CDN, which is also responsible for serving the protected content. This enables CDN customers to implement flexible business rules that are appropriate for their business model. Preferably, the CDN is not involved in keeping track of its customer's end user's identity in a database.
The present invention is not limited for use with any particular type of content, such as streaming media, but is useful for delivery of any protected content, including Web content, software downloads, and the like. Also, as used herein, "protected" content should be broadly construed to cover known or later developed methods for securing content against unauthorized activities at a given end user machine.
In addition, if desired, the CDN may implement a key management infrastructure to manage the license keys generated by the CDN license server processes.
Having described our in invention, what we claimed is as follows.
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Top 5 Ickiest Moments of Bones Season 6 (So Far)
Bones is well-known for featuring some of the grossest scenes on TV, which makes sense since it is a show about a forensic pathologist. But a few moments have probably made you wince more than others. Here are some of the ickiest moments of Season 6... so far.
5. It's called Bones for a reason (Episode 6,"The Shallow in The Deep")
Brennan pounds on Booth's door to wake him up. As Booth rises, his own bones, every last one of them, crack and snap and pop. Disgusting! Even worse, Booth and Bones then drive from his apartment to Sweets's office, where they walk in on Sweets and Daisy doing it on the couch. Nice for Sweets and Daisy, but it wasn't something we needed to see.
4. We really didn't need to see the maggots (Episode 3,"The Maggots in the Meathead")
When a bodybuilding guido who consumed too many stimulants dies, the maggots feeding on his remains jump from the body like they are training for the maggot Olympics. Suddenly, an already freaky crime scene becomes even more disgusting. Booth wisely opts to get some coffee while Bones checks out the quickly decomposing body.
3. Yes, that's facial hair... (Episode 4,"The Body and the Bounty")
When two people go dumpster diving on a date, they start eating fruit and other food items they unearth in the garbage. As if that isn't nausea-inducing enough, they come across rotting human remains, but not the whole body — just the head and hands. David Alan Grier guest stars in the episode as Professor Bunsen Jude "The Science Dude," a TV personality who wants Brennan to join him on his kids' show. She wants to work the case first, so she agrees to let Jude be her "squintern." When Brennan realizes that the hair they found in the dumpster was not from the victim's head but from his beard, Jude vomits. Even worse? Hodgins pins the hair up on a board so he can view it while he works on the remains. Just another day in the lab!
2. We'll pass on that cannoli (Episode 6,"The Shallow in The Deep")
When the team works on identifying the victims of the Amalia Rose, a slave ship that sank off the coast of Maryland, they find pink slime attached to one of the skulls. Hodgins works furiously to identify the organism, and when he finally does, he uses a cannoli and a straw to demonstrate how the slime works to further disintegrate a body. Describing the disgusting process of larvae eating bones and flesh, he sucks out the creamy center of the cannoli, likening it to bone marrow. The tasty treat is now forever ruined.
1. We've been cured of our chocolate addiction! (Episode 7, "The Babe in the Bar")
When workers at Walpert Chocolates cut into the world's largest chocolate bar in front of a crowd of eager children, their saws encounter more than just a nut in the middle of the ginormous confection. In a scene only the Bones writers could dream up, they hack right into a human body, and its decomposed insides spill onto the ground. When everyone glimpses the ribcage protruding from the bar, people start retching. It's full-on grossout guaranteed to turn you off chocolate for at least a week.


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KINGSTON, R.I. -- May 13, 2003 -- In the early stages of his engineering career, Tony Risica worked for several large, well-known corporations, including AT&T and Motorola. But his career quickly gained speed when he became involved in two small start-up companies, Sonus Networks and Arris Networks.
"You can often do a lot more at a smaller company than at a larger one," said the Franklin, Mass. resident who grew up in Westerly, "and you can gain a lot more, too. Being involved in starting a company obviously takes a great deal of hard work and long hours, but having the right product at the right time is key."
Risicas successes at Sonus and Arris convinced him of the importance of giving college students a taste of what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. As a result, this spring he made a $93,900 contribution to the University of Rhode Island, from where he graduated in 1978 with a degree in electrical engineering, to establish the Anthony J. Risica Endowed Lecture Series in Engineering Entrepreneurship.
"Typically, when most students graduate from college they dont go to a start-up company, but for some students it may be the best way to go at some point during their career," Risica said. "At a start-up, you have a better chance to have an impact and see your ideas turn into products. You are part of building a company where success depends on developing the right product and delivering it at the right time."
As a founder, vice president and chief system architect at Sonus Networks in Westford, Mass., Risica knows what hes talking about. The company provides switching equipment and software that enables voice to be delivered over data networks. He is responsible for establishing the technical direction and product architecture for the company, and formerly handled all software development.
Previously he was a senior manager at Cascade Communications after it acquired the start-up Arris Networks, where Risica was part of the founding engineering team.
When he decided to make a significant contribution to his alma mater, Risica learned that one of the greatest needs in URIs College of Engineering was a well-funded lecture series that would allow students to learn from important figures in the engineering world. Because of his belief in the importance of educating students about entrepreneurship, he decided his lecture series would focus in that area. Risica quickly committed to contributing 30,000 shares of Sonus Networks stock, which at the time was worth about $50,000. But when the stock transfer was completed, its value had risen to $93,900.
"Tonys support of the College of Engineering, and his efforts to ensure that our students learn about engineering entrepreneurship, will go a long way toward expanding the horizons of our students and opening career doors they might not have considered otherwise," said Robert Clough, senior development officer for the College of Engineering. "We are sincerely grateful for his generous contribution and commitment to his alma mater."
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Soaps Boards :: General Hospital Forum :: Lucas is gay *NO gay bashing on Soaps.com*
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I have been watching GH for over 40 years and I am now done. The writing is terrible and a waste of excellent acting talent on the show. Robin is back, then gone ,back again, and now is scheduled to be gone again and then will come back later. Do away with the character or recast. The gay storyline goes too far for my taste. New writers are definitely needed!!!
Quote alveyps: I have been watching GH for over 40 years and I am now done. The writing is terrible and a waste of excellent acting talent on the show. Robin is back, then gone ,back again, and now is scheduled to be gone again and then will come back later. Do away with the character or recast. The gay storyline goes too far for my taste. New writers are definitely needed!!!
I agree most of the writing is terrible. But the storyline with the gay characters is one of the more realistic ones. In reality, people can't help being gay. It's as much ingrained in them as the attraction to the opposite sex is to heterosexuals. And the fact that they can't help their feelings, coupled with attitudes such as yours that they are disgusting and inferior, is one glaring reason why gay teens have such higher rates of suicide. There's blood on the hands of the anti- gay crowd IMO.
I don't think that all people who are turned off by seeing gay men and women being intimate are anti gay or that they think the gays are inferior or disgusting. From my personal view (being almost 59 years old), people over 35 did not grow up with day to day exposure to the gay and lesbian lifestyle like our society today has. It is going to take time for same sex intimacy to be in the open before some day it will just seem like that is the way it has always been. As time goes on things that were once unacceptable to show on television or talk about in public, for example, illegitimacy, nudity, curse words, and violence become a part of our everyday life and we get accustomed to them and the shock of seeing/hearing those things wears off. So it will be with gay/lesbian intimacy on prime time television and in public.
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Guess I'm old school, but, I'm sick of seeing gay guys kiss. Yuk. My all time favorite soap is turning my stomach. Don't hate me, can't help how I feel.
I wonder, if Lucas was a woman and Brad a Chinese heterosexual man and people talked about how disgusting a man of color and a white woman being together was, how much of this board would be calling them out on racism. It's the same concept. For example, of course many of the people especially in the 1960s and prior to that were products of their time, but that still doesn't excuse those peoples' racist attitudes. Those people had two choices: deal with the fact that non- white people were becoming more and more represented, particularly in media... or turn their heads. Because like it or not, black people aren't going away. The same dilemma is there for those who would rather not see gay people.
My 28 y/o son is a proud gay man and I am his proud mother. We are very happy that he found someone good to spend his life with, who gives a rat's aZZ if that person is a man, woman, black, white, or purple. It only matters that he is happy with a wonderful person. I agree that not all that are uncomfortable with seeing gay intimacy are gay haters, but I think those people need to take a moment and wonder why they are uncomfortable. We're all human beings and I for one am sick of how everyone has to be labeled as something. We should learn to let folks live their lives as long as they aren't hurting anyone emotionally or physically.
?) What is going on at GH why all this gay themes? enough. Dante with his tramp stamp. the new cop with the gugu eyes and now felix who is totally annoying and a pain. lucas and brad no more
When they met in the bar they did not seem to know each other they acted like strangers. Each telling the other about their adoptions and criminal fathers why would they act like that if they were past lovers. Also at the hospital when Lucas found out about the dTe with cix he did say something about still having a chance.
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The fact he is gay means nothing to me. The fact he jumps straight in bed with someone does.
Lucas was gay before he left the show many years ago and he's still gay.So the show can't pretend he's straight now.Plus been gay is just part of who Lucas is I do think Lucas and Brad may have hooked up too fast but i'm sure stuff like that happens in real life too in which 2 people meet and then hook up immediately.Plus maybe fans wouldn't have a problem with it if one of them was a woman because one night stands between a man and a woman happen on soaps all the time.Plus we don't know what Lucas's life was like in Seattle and maybe he jumps into something too fast.Plus Bobbie did say last year that she hoped Lucas would find love.So maybe Lucas has never truly been in love but did have relationships.However with Brad Lucas may want to see where it goes because it may not just be sex.
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Upon further review, Week 2 was a poor one for the NFL's replacement officials. Coaches and players around the league are losing patience and speaking out against the fill-in officials following a slew of questionable calls in Sunday's games.
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Ethiopian Airline has finally agreed to enter into a strategic partnership with the Malawi government in the operation of the country's new airline which will now be known as Malawian Airlines Limited.
This spells an end of Air Malawi as both an entity and abrand which has been associated with Malawi's air transportation since 1967.
Initially, it was planned that the new airline would be called Air Malawi 2012 Limited. Addressing members of the media in Blantyre yesterday, Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) Chief Executive Officer, Jimmy Lipunga, said the name has been changed to bring a completely new brand under the partnership.
"The Air Malawi brand was considered seriously damaged due to erratic services and a negative reputation it accumulated through frequent flight cancellations and bankruptcy records," said Lipunga.
He said there was another concern that using the name Air Malawi could expose the new airline to "predatory creditors" who would attempt to embarrass the new airline.
Lipunga said despite Malawi's wish to maintain the name Air Malawi, the country's negotiating team became sympathetic with the line of reasoning advanced by Ethiopian Airlines, hence their yielding to have the name changed.
He said, however, that despite changing the name, Malawi's pride had not been lost. "The proposed name is equally effective in stimulating Malawi's international image," he said.
He said the Malawi government would hold a majority ownership of 51 percent in Malawian Airlines Limited while Ethiopian Airlines would take the remaining 49 percent.
He said Ethiopian Airline would come back as soon as possible with an indication of when it plans to commence operations.
"Operations were supposed to commence on July 1, 2013 but the request made on the change of name was complex as the matter needed [Malawi] government approval. This took more time," said Lipunga.
He also said Ethiopian Airlines has a commitment to employ as many Malawians as possible at all levels of the new airline in the
spirit of true partnership. Lipunga said routes initially targeted include Johannesburg, Harare, Lusaka, Dar-es-Salaam and Luanda while domestically, Malawian Airlines would fly between Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu and Karonga.
According to the PPPC boss, in the medium term, the airlinewould explore intercontinental flights to new destinations such as Sao Paulo in Brazil to take advantage of increasing Brazilian interest within the Southern Africa.
Ethiopian Airlines was designated as a preferred strategic partner bidder on February 13, 2013 by the PPPC following a competitive bidding process after the liquidation of Air Malawi.-BNL
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August 1, 2015
A Dallas man with ties to the hacking group Anonymous has been declared mentally competent to stand trial on three separate federal indictments.
Barrett Lancaster Brown on Wednesday answered U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay's questions during a hearing to determine his mental competency. Brown's attorney, Doug Morris, said his client's mental state had greatly improved since he was detained last year.
Lindsay declared the 31-year-old Brown competent and set trial dates on the three indictments.
Brown has previously acted as a de facto spokesman for the group. He was first charged in October with making Internet threats and retaliating against law enforcement in YouTube videos he posted.
Two later indictments accuse Brown of making public an Internet link with access to stolen credit card information and concealing evidence.
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As early as fall 2014, parents in the Arlington school district will send their high school freshman to a Tarrant County College campus.
Geared toward first-generation college students, an Early College High School is expected to open at TCC's Southeast campus where students will receive instruction and textbooks for free.
The campus will enable students to simultaneously earn diplomas and associate degrees upon graduation, Superintendent Marcelo Cavazos told a sold-out crowd at an annual State of the District Address on Monday.
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Latest news Rakhi Sawant Contesting For Lok Sabha Elections!
Bollywood's item girl Rakhi Sawant is going to contest for Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai North-West constituency. She is contesting as an independent candidate."I have been virtually mobbed by people demanding that I should fight the election, so here I am," Rakhi Sawant told the media persons.
"I was offered a BJP ticket from Srirampur in West Bengal. But I am from Mumbai and known Hindi and Marathi. I don't know the local language of West Bengal, so why should I stand from there?" she said.
"Please give me one chance and see what I can do," Rakhi Sawant said. She had recently called a senior BJP party person to express her interest for Narendra Modi as Prime Ministrial candidate.
She will contest with Congress's former union minister and party general secretary Gurudas Kamat and Shiv Sena's Gajanan Kirtikar. Bollywood actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Mayank Gandhi of AAP, Kamaal R.
Khan of the Samajwadi Partyare the others who will be contesting along with Rakhi Sawant.
Rakhi Sawant left the film industry saying that she will fight against dignity and respect for women in society.
Let's just see if her glamour quotient helps her grab a seat in this LS elections and fight for her constituency.
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