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Mini Tubbing Project Max Effort - Monster MeatWritten by on May 1, 2011 We Show You How To Mini-Tub Any Car!
Whether your pursuit of speed involves straight-line shots or curves that twist fore and aft, traction is the key to making the most out of your car's capabilities. As the old racer's saying goes, you can only be as fast as your tires will allow. One of the most basic tenants of improving traction is simply getting more rubber on the ground. Plus, you get the bonus that wide tires just make any car look tougher.
The trouble is that it's a balancing act squeezing modern wide wheels and tires under vintage quarter-panels. Most stock wheeltubs were designed when 235-series tires were considered really wide. With just the right offset most cars can take 9- or 10-inch-wide wheels with 275-305 series tires, but oftentimes in the pursuit of more width with stock wheelwells and lowered stance the question becomes how much tire rubbing you're willing to deal with over bumps and through corners. Our problem is that our plans call for much more section width than that; 312mm of magnificent meat to be precise.
To squeeze in that much rubber we've only got two options: flare the fenders, or mini-tub the wheelwells. For now, we're opting for the latter. Nowadays, there are a few companies that make high-quality prestamped mini-tubs that can cut dramatically down on the labor involved, like Detroit Speed and Engineering's Deep Tub kit available for Camaros and Novas. By all means, if you've got that option for your ride, save yourself some time and order the DSE kit. But what do you do if a set of deep tubs aren't available, or perhaps just aren't deep enough? You go back to the old ways of slicing and splicing.
That's our plan for Max Effort's rear wheelwells, and it works on the same principle as the premade mini tubs, i.e. we're just going to make the stock tub deeper by cutting away the inner floor and adding metal to the tub. Of course, there's more to consider than that, and with the help of Ryan Kertz at Kertz Fabrication we're going to show you some of the things to consider when mini-tubbing any car.
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Here's the sketch of our basic plan for creating Max Effort's deeper tubs from stock ones; we're going to cut just inside the pinch weld on the stock wheeltub and add in a strip of sheetmetal that overlaps the two sides slightly. Evenly spaced holes punched in the metal will allow us to make quick spot welds to hold everything together. This basic concept will work for any car.Though not always a necessity, we recommend removing the rearend and rear suspension before getting started to clear the way for easier access. That brings us to an important consideration that also needs to be addressed before you cut: What kind of rear suspension are you going to run and how much room does it need? In some cars the springs may be the deciding factor for how far you can cut if you're not ready to relocate them, which would have been the case for our Cougar. The CorteX Racing coilover suspension gives us much more freedom to tub.In the case of Mustangs and Cougars, removing the factory bumpstop mount is also required to take the inner wheeltub all the way to the framerail.Once the undercoating was stripped away, we exposed the recessed seam where the inner and outer wheelwells meet. We'll make our cut just inside of the seam to leave a nice flat lip to weld to.Whatever your cutting method of choice, the easy way to keep the cut consistent is to lay a strip of tape along your path.Inside the trunk, Joe Chatterton just cuts along the line where the wheelwell meets the trunk floor. Try to cut as directly on the line as possible to keep proportions correct, especially if you plan to reuse the tub. Otherwise you'll reduce its height.With the tub removed, note that the distance from the framerail to the cut isn't equal all the way around, but that we do gain 2 inches or more at all points. We could go further and notch the framerails (as is necessary on some cars to fit 335s, such as second-gen Camaros) but that will be enough inboard real estate for our goal.Before moving forward, Kertz uses a large C-clamp to press the now loose trunk floor to the framerail to weld them together and create a single, stronger point for the new tubs to mount.
We're taking the easy way out with a set of stock '67 Mustang replacement inner wheelwell stampings from National Parts Depot, since we were in a time crunch and they're available cheap. The same results can be had by reusing your stock tubs if replacements aren't an option. Also, keep in mind that many specific application tubs can be made to work in other cars with a little trimming. Here, Kertz is trimming off the tab where the stock inner and outer would be spot-welded together.Rather than a solid bead of weld, we're going to rosette weld the pieces together so holes are punched along the edges of the tub. This will be more than strong enough, and save time and welding wire.Since Mustangs and Cougars are so similar, the tub fit quite nicely with little trimming and shaping. The passenger side required a little hammering to eliminate a bulge for the spare tire in Mustangs.To create the splice that will connect our inner and outer tubs, Kertz presses a sheet of paper to the gap.From the inside, Fillip Trojanek traces the cutline. The inside edge of our splice will lie along the recessed area where the inner and outer tubs used to meet.Rather than attempt to make a long and difficult-to-work-with single splice, Kertz opted to make two that will meet together at the top of the wheeltub.Since he chose the rosette route, Kertz was able to fully weld in the splice in short order. The leading edge where the tub meets the rocker was welded solid, however.
From inside, the tubs will have a stock-like shape and appearance once we lay a little seam sealer on the splice and paint everything a solid color-exactly the look we wanted. Wondering how we correctly reinstalled the trunk hinges for smooth operation? We're out of room here, but check out the web exclusive story on PopularHotRodding.com for the surprisingly simple answer!


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A Newport man remained in the Carteret County Jail Thursday following a first appearance in court on sexual assault charges.
Joseph Steven Jimenez, 41, of Roberson�s Mobile Home Park was arrested Wednesday by Carteret County deputies in connection with a sexual assault that occurred in Newport earlier this month, according to a Carteret County Sheriff�s Office news release.
Jimenez is accused of attempted second degree rape and sexual battery of a 32-year-old female known to him. He was also charged with assault on a female, the release said.
Jimenez was placed in the Carteret County Jail under a $50,000.00 bond.
A Newport man has been accused of attempted rape and sexual battery.
Joseph Steven Jimenez, 41, of Roberson's Mobile Home Park, was charged Wednesday by the Carteret County Sheriff's Office with attempted second degree rape, sexual battery and assault of a female.
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text: By Jeff HeadleyKeith County News The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3755 at Ogallala recently received its second significant national award when National Cmdr. William A. Thien announced the presentation of a Diamond Jubilee Award citation to the local post. The post will celebrate its 75th anniversary on Oct. 20. In 2012, the Perkins County post consolidated with the Ogallala post. "This is a very significant milestone for a VFW Post, " Thien said. "The Diamond Jubilee award recognized dedication, determination, hard work and a lot of patriotism. And, it recognizes 75 years of serving the needs of local veterans and their families; 75 years of service to the local community; and 75 years of contributing to the strength, power and influence of our national organization. "In presenting this award, I send my sincere thanks and appreciation to the members of VFW Post 3755," Thien said. In receiving the award, Post Cmdr. Gary Bush said, "It's a heck of an honor for the post and it's quite an honor to accept this award while serving as commander of the post." The award is the second national significance presented to the post in the past three months. In July, bush was named an All American post commander during the national VFW convention at Louisville, Ky. The All America recognition is the highest honor given by the national organization. Only 204 commanders received All American status. In recognition of the post's 75th anniversary, the Ogallala/Keith County Chamber of commerce will host a morning coffee from 8 until 9 a.m. Oct. 18. From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Oct. 20, the Keith County Area Leadership Development class will hold a fundraiser, with half of the proceeds going to the local VFW and the other half designated for care packages for local military men and women serving overseas. A silent auction also is planned as part of the pancake feed. Pancakes, sausage links, coffee and juice will be served for $5. Free will donations above that cost will be accepted. Although the pancake feed ends at 2 p.m., the local post will continue with an open house until 5 p.m. in order that residents may view scrapbooks and visit, Bush said. Bush said the organization always is seeking members. When the local VFW was first chartered on Oct. 20, 1938, it had 39 members who mustered up in the west part of the old VFW Hall to receive the organization's charter, Bush said. Currently, the group has 291 members. The group meets the first Tuesday of each month, except for the summer months of June through August, when no regular meetings are held. Those wanting to become members of the local VFW Post are asked to contact Bush at 308-284-0816. The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is a non-profit veterans' service organization composed of combat veterans and eligible military service members from the active, Guard and Reserve forces. Founded in 1899 and chartered by Congress in 1936, the VFW is the nation's largest organization of war veterans and its oldest major veterans' organization. Worldwide, the group has more than 2 million VFW and Auxiliary members in more than 7,000 posts. The VFW and auxiliaries are dedicated to veterans' service, legislative advocacy, and military and community service programs.


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Apparently Roger Federer's Aussie Open final loss and now infamous post-match moment has fired up the Fedophiles.
The 13-time Grand Slammer penned a new note to his fans via his website thanking them for their avalanche of support post-Oz:
Dear FansUh-oh. Could it be possible that the loss and his subsequent pool of tears put fire in their belly and has given him and his fanbase new life?!
I would like to thank you for the overwhelming amount of messages and letters you sent me this past week. Losing the Australian Open final certainly hurt, but it is important to move on and focus on the challenges lying ahead. I feel fine and fit and am eager to get back on court. I have enjoyed a few days off, which was great, and will soon be training again.
Thank you once again for supporting me and giving me such a lot of positive input! A lot of you have noticed that my website was slow after the final Down Under. The reason for that was the enormous amount of traffic – more than we had ever experienced before. New hardware for the server has been ordered and will be installed as soon as possible so that you can enjoy rogerfederer.com without hassles in the future!
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East Meadow's Chris Buschi wasn't looking for clearance when he took to the air on the end of a fourth-down run late in the fourth quarter of a Conference I football battle with Baldwin. But when the Jets senior quarterback landed at the Bruins 36, no one could argue with the decision. His scamper netted 12 yards — East Meadow needed nine for the first down — and extended what became the game-winning drive in a 9-7 Jets victory.
"[Chris] Buschi is going to give you every ounce of effort and will on every single play that he runs," East Meadow coach Vin Mascia said.
Junior fullback Billy Andrle (20 carries, 101 rushing yards), who later added runs of seven and 12 yards on the drive, scored the Jets only touchdown with less than a minute remaining on a three-yard run.
Bruins senior Johnathan Robinson returned the ensuing kickoff 24 yards to the Jets 42, but the game-ended when junior quarterback Tyler Warner's final pass attempt was picked off in the end zone by East Meadow senior Robbie Bergmann. "This was classic football," Mascia said. "It was 1970s football. Who was going to be able to stop the run [and win]?"
Warner led a 14-play, 76-yard drive in the fourth quarter that ended with a 4-yard touchdown run by senior Jovaun Tomlinson and gave the Bruins (3-2) a short-lived 7-3 lead. Warner had completions of 10 and 23 yards on the drive, the latter of which was a conversion on third-and-20 to junior Vinny Walker from his own 25. He also converted a third-and-1 from the East Meadow 7 on a keeper, squirting through the line for three yards one play before Tomlinson scored.
Tomlinson, who had runs of 11 and 12 yards on the scoring drive and 67 on 12 attempts overall, was held in check for much of the afternoon by the East Meadow defense. "Our line wasn't clicking," Baldwin coach Steve Carroll said. "They loaded up the box and sent people right away. We just couldn't get it done, but they fought until the end."
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BETHESDA, MD (WUSA) --- After the White House Friday released;eased a lengthy list of federal programs that will be slashed by coming across-the-board sequestration budget cuts, WUSA-9 asked Scripps Howard columnist Martin Schram about efforts by both Republicans and Democrats to blame the other side if there is no deal preventing those cuts from taking place on March First.
"It's the same old ridiculous Washington blame game. That's what we're seeing right now," Schram said.
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"When the White House blames the congress, the people are going to go along with that because what we've seen in the polls is that almost nobody respects the congress these days in the polls.
"If that happens, it's going to hurt the Republicans.icans more than the Democrats and deep down Speaker Boehner knows that," Schram said.
Because the cuts are so potentially damaging to the economy and to popular programs, Schram sees a desire to avoid them, but not a long-term plan to settle budget woes.
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As a reminder, all of the general session keynotes (and more!) can be found on the Livestream site.
This morning was kicked off with the band Naturally 7, who were amazing. During one of the speaker changes, they did "In The Air Tonight" and rocked the drum solo.
The opening video (which was pretty awesome) started with the fact that we have 8,000 attendees from 79 countries and then talked about how one of the things that is affecting all of us is that lower cost technologies are literally changing the planet we live on.
This is leading to a Smarter Planet where infrastructure is everywhere.
Our first customer speaker from WellPoint echoed this sentiment and both he and Scott Hebner (VP of Marketing for IBM Tivoli Software) how Visibility. Control. Automation™. (VCA) is critical to turning this "infrastructure is everywhere" reality into a successful future of innovation
Robert LeBlanc (Senior Vice President, IBM Software Middleware Group) continued this conversation about VCA.
He had a great line from one of our customers, "If you can't get excited about the change and challenges of this industry, I don't know what you're doing here."
The three things driving business imperatives are dexterity, reinventing customer relationships and uncovering new profit opportunities. Analytics followed by mobility, virtualization, cloud and then security are keys to driving these technology shifts.
Achieving desired business outcomes is about VCA.
One thing that you'll hear a lot about at Pulse is that cloud is about more than virtualization. You'll hear that message a lot, because it's true.
Technology for technology's sake doesn't work. It has to impact the business. Cloud computing has the potential to add that value. As does mobile.
Mobile + Cloud (which Danny Sabbah talked in detail about) will have the biggest impact on our customers. Two statistics that Robert gave were the fact that data has surpassed voice and that last year more smartphones shipped than PCs.
How do you manage and secure all of those devices? VCA. Specific to security, it's about security and compliance; people, data, applications and infrastructure.
And, of course, assets and facilities (smarter physical infrastructures) will play a critical role as everything becomes interconnected, intelligent and instrumented.
Robert closed out with an interesting comment - data for data's sake isn't important. It's what you do with it. It's ensuring Visibility. Control. Automation.
Applying analytics is one of the ways IBM does this across VCA:
- Visibility - to see and understand your business in real-time business
- Control - to transform and adapt while limiting risk & cost
- Automation - to achieve greater efficiency & agility by standardizing processes
Applying IT analytics to improve business outcomes. Taking an Open/integrated approach to service management and leveraging the cloud to unify the service value chain.
Next up was Dr. Danny Sabbah (General Manager, IBM Tivoli Software) and he put cloud and mobile into context.
Danny hit the ground running, talking about the three dominant transformations happening in technology; Smarter Physical Infrastructure. Mobility. Security.
The intersection of these three has caused a lot of complexity (and confusion) for our clients.
The way to tame that complexity is Visibility. Control. Automation.
The lines of business are doing what they need to so they can compete which means that our clients must simplify, standardize and automate to get this to work efficiently and add value back to the business.
It's about going beyond virtualization. It's about Mobile + Cloud. Together.
Tennis Australia built a smarter physical infrastructure capturing and using the data in real-time. This helped build out the relationship with their customers (in this case, tennis fans).
The video (included in the Livestream) with Tennis Australia is great and the nice thing about them is that what they did is applicable to any industry. In fact, the best comment they made in the video was that, "Providing information on all platforms is table stakes these days."
Danny let that sit for a minute. Table stakes. Meaning that you need to go beyond just offering up the data and provide value at levels that won't happen with just virtualization.
It's about mobile + cloud. The infrastructure must deliver value back to the business.
CIOs are the key to driving this innovation. Technology is about real outcomes and not just playing with the latest toys.
We must simplify, standardize and automate.
Danny mentioned the over 3,000 customers we have helped with this type of transformation and one of the best examples was helping an infrastructure delivery that used to take 40 days reduce to just 20 minutes.
Our customers (you) need to be resilient to velocity of change. Have security intelligence. Be able to have the choice/flexibility (mobile, hybrid) to be workload aware and utlitize analytics.
It's cloud done right. It's IBM SmartCloud Foundation.
Danny took the time to talk about the Worklight acquisition and more specifically the big announcements we made with the integration of Q1 Labs and QRadar into our security portfolio (see the press release from Feb 22).
He concluded with discussion around OSLC as a specifcation to simplify integrations and increase agility. Development and Operations (Dev/Ops) continuing to be an important aspect of how we turn isolation into integration! He also mentioned the IBM SmartCloud Control Desk (mentioned in the announcement letter from Feb 28).
Danny concluded by saying that if you wanted hype and marketing. Go somewhere else. This is about cloud done right.
And with that. We're off to the stream kickoffs and a full say of sessions.
Stay tuned for a wrap-up of tomorrow's general session keynotes, right here on the blog.
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|HHS sports practice schedules begin Monday
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Football, volleyball and softball practices can begin Monday, Aug. 17, according to Colorado High School Activities Association.
HHS coaches announce the opening week practice times, as teams prepare for the 2009 fall sports season.
Before local students can participate, they must turn in physical forms, participation fees, proof of insurance and signed random drug test forms.
Volleyball coach Sandra Rahe said the team's first practice will be Monday from 6-8 p.m. After-school practices will begin Tuesday, Aug. 18, the first day of school for students.
Football coach Rod Trumper plans two-a-days the first full week of practice. Monday, Aug. 17, practices will be from 6-8 a.m. (be there by 5:30 a.m.) and 7-8:30 p.m. The schedule starting Tuesday will be first practice from 6-7:30 a.m. and second practice after school.
Softball coach Ashley Clayton said the first practice will be Monday from 6-8:30 p.m. After school practices will begin Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Junior high football practice will begin after school Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Junior high volleyball girls will have an after school meeting Tuesday, Aug. 18. The team's first practice will be after school Thursday, Aug. 20.


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- 25" wide x 16" deep x 30" high
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1.4 "Goods" shall mean Goods supplied by the Seller to the Buyer (and where the context so permits shall include any supply of Services as hereinafter defined) and are as described on the invoices, quotation, work authorisation or any other forms as provided by the Seller to the Buyer.
1.5 "Services" shall mean all Services supplied by the Seller to the Buyer and includes any advice or recommendations (and where the context so permits shall include any supply of Goods as defined above).
1.6 "Price" shall mean the price payable for the Goods as agreed between the Seller and the Buyer in accordance with clause 5 of this contract.
2 The Commonwealth Trade Practices Act 1974 ("TPA") and Fair Trading Acts ("FTA")
2.1 Nothing in this agreement is intended to have the effect of contracting out of any applicable provisions of the TPA or the FTA in each of the States and Territories of Australia, except to the extent permitted by those Acts where applicable.
3 Acceptance
3.1 Any instructions received by the Seller from the Buyer for the supply of Goods and/or the Buyer's acceptance of
Goods supplied by the Seller shall constitute acceptance of the terms and conditions contained herein.
3.2 Where more than one Buyer has entered into this agreement, the Buyers shall be jointly and severally liable for all payments of the Price.
3.3 Upon acceptance of these terms and conditions by the Buyer the terms and conditions are binding and can only be amended with the written consent of the Seller.
3.4 The Buyer shall give the Seller not less than fourteen (14) days prior written notice of any proposed change of ownership of the Buyer or any change in the Buyer's name and/or any other change in the Buyer's details (including but not limited to, changes in the Buyer's address, facsimile number, or business practice). The Buyer shall be liable for any loss incurred by the Seller as a result of the Buyer's failure to comply with this clause.
3.5 There terms and conditions replace and supersede all other terms and conditions between the Seller and Buyer.
3.6 Upon acceptance of an offer by the Seller, a binding agreement shall arise between the Buyer and the Seller and these terms and conditions will be incorporated into such agreement. If any terms and conditions are contained in any order, offer, acceptance or invoice of the Buyer then it is specifically agreed between the Buyer and the Seller that such terms and conditions are null and void and shall not apply. All representations, statements, terms and conditions and warranties (whether implied by statute or otherwise) not embodied in this agreement are expressly excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
4 Delivery Of Goods
4.1 At the Seller's sole discretion delivery of the Goods shall take place when:
(a) the Buyer takes possession of the Goods at the Seller's address; or (b) the Buyer takes possession of the Goods at the Buyer's nominated address (in the event that the Goods are delivered by the Seller or the Seller's nominated carrier); or
(c) the Buyer's nominated carrier takes possession of the Goods in which event the carrier shall be deemed to be the Buyer's agent.
4.2 At the Seller's sole discretion the costs of delivery are:
(a) included in the Price; or
(b) in addition to the Price; or
(c) for the Buyer's account.
4.3 The Buyer shall make all arrangements necessary to take delivery of the Goods whenever they are tendered for delivery. In the event that the Buyer is unable to take delivery of the Goods as arranged then the Seller shall be entitled to charge a reasonable fee for redelivery.
4.4 Delivery of the Goods to a third party nominated by the Buyer is deemed to be delivery to the Buyer for the purposes of this agreement.
4.5 The Seller may deliver the Goods by separate installments. Each separate installment shall be invoiced and paid in accordance with the provisions in these terms and conditions.
4.6 The failure of the Seller to deliver shall not entitle either party to treat this contract as repudiated.
4.7 The Seller shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatever due to failure by the Seller to deliver the Goods (or any of them) promptly or at all due to circumstances beyond the control of the Seller.
4.8 Subject to clause 9.1, the Buyer must give written notice to the Seller within 7 days from the date of receipt of the
Goods. Goods which are alleged to be defective must then be placed aside for inspection by a representative of the Seller. If the Buyer fails to give such notice, the Goods shall be deemed to be accepted by the Buyer who shall be bound to accept and pay for the Goods. Claims of shortages in delivery or damage to goods may only be made within two business days from the date of delivery.
5 Risk
5.1 If the Seller retains ownership of the Goods nonetheless, all risk for the Goods passes to the Buyer on delivery.
5.2 If any of the Goods are damaged or destroyed following delivery but prior to ownership passing to the Buyer, the Seller is entitled to receive all insurance proceeds payable for the Goods. The production of these terms and conditions by the Seller is sufficient evidence of the Seller's rights to receive the insurance proceeds without the need for any person dealing with the Seller to make further enquiries.
6 Title
6.1 The Seller and Buyer agree that ownership of the Goods shall not pass until:
(a) the Buyer has paid the Seller all amounts owing for the particular Goods; and
(b) the Buyer has met all other obligations due by the Buyer to the Seller in respect of all contracts between the Seller and the Buyer.
6.2 Receipt by the Seller of any form of payment other than cash shall not be deemed to be payment until that form of payment has been honoured, cleared or recognised and until then the Seller's ownership or rights in respect of the Goods shall continue.
6.3 It is further agreed that:
(a) where practicable the Goods shall be kept separate and identifiable until the Seller shall have received payment and
all other obligations of the Buyer are met; and
(b) until such time as ownership of the Goods shall pass from the Seller to the Buyer the Seller may give notice in writing
to the Buyer to return the Goods or any of them to the Seller. Upon such notice the rights of the Buyer to obtain ownership or
any other interest in the Goods shall cease; and
(c) the Seller shall have the right of stopping the Goods in transit whether or not delivery has been made; and (d) if the Buyer fails to return the Goods to the Seller then the Seller or the Seller's agent may enter upon and into land and premises owned, occupied or used by the Buyer, or any premises as the invitee of the Buyer, where the Goods are situated and take possession of the Goods; and (e) the Buyer is only a bailee of the Goods and until such time as the Seller has received payment in full for the Goods then the Buyer shall hold any proceeds from the sale or disposal of the Goods, up to and including the amount the Buyer owes to the Seller for the Goods, on trust for the Seller; and
(f) the Buyer shall not deal with the money of the Seller in any way which may be adverse to the Seller; and
(g) the Buyer shall not charge the Goods in any way nor grant nor otherwise give any interest in the Goods while they
remain the property of the Seller; and
(h) the Seller can issue proceedings to recover the Price of the Goods sold notwithstanding that ownership of the Goods may not have passed to the Buyer; and
(i) until such time that ownership in the Goods passes to the Buyer, if the Goods are converted into other products, the
parties agree that the Seller will be the owner of the end products.
7 Description and Specification
7,1 Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the descriptions, illustrations, and material contained in any catalogue, price list, brochure, leaflet, specification sheet, technical data sheet, or other descriptive matter or advice provided by or on behalf of the Seller, the Buyer acknowledges and accepts that this descriptive matter or advice describes the general nature of the Goods only and does not form a part of any order or agreement or amount to a representation or warranty. The Seller reserves the right to modify the design of Goods without notice.
7.2 The Seller will not be liable for any defect in Goods arising from designs, drawings or specifications supplied to the Seller by the Buyer or its agents.
7.3 The Seller reserves the right to make any changes to designs, drawings or specifications supplied to the Seller which are required to comply or conform with any applicable safety or statutory requirements or which do not materially affect the quality or usage of the Goods by the Buyer.
7.4 The Seller does not warrant or guarantee that any Goods supplied by the Seller which are based in whole or in part upon any designs, drawings or specifications supplied to the Seller will achieve any standard or performance or be suitable for any specific purpose.
8 Fitment of Parts
8.1 It is the sole responsibility of the Buyer that the Goods are fit for purpose, and are fitted correctly as recommended by the manufacturer's instructions. The Seller shall not be liable whatsoever for any damage or loss caused by the fitment of incorrect parts.
9 Defects
9.1 The Buyer shall inspect the Goods on delivery and shall within fourteen (14) days of delivery (time being of the essence) notify the Seller of any alleged defect, shortage in quantity, damage or failure to comply with the description or quote. The Buyer shall afford the Seller an opportunity to inspect the Goods within a reasonable time following delivery if the Buyer believes the Goods are defective in any way. If the Buyer shall fail to comply with these provisions the Goods shall be presumed to be free from any defect or damage. For defective Goods, which the Seller has agreed in writing that the Buyer is entitled to reject, the Seller's liability is limited to either (at the Seller's discretion) replacing the Goods or repairing the Goods except where the Buyer has acquired Goods as a consumer within the meaning of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (CWlth) or the Fair Trading Acts of the relevant state or territories of Australia, and is therefore also entitled to, at the consumer's discretion either a refund of the purchase price of the Goods, or repair of the Goods, or replacement of the Goods.
10 Returns
10.1 Returns will only be accepted provided that:
(a) the Buyer has complied with the provisions of clause 9.1; and
(b) the Seller has agreed in writing to accept the return of the Goods; and
(c) the Goods are returned at the Buyer's cost within fourteen (14) days of the delivery date; and
(d) the Seller will not be liable for Goods which have not been stored or used in a proper manner; and
(e) the Goods are returned in the condition in which they were delivered and with all packaging material, brochures and instruction material in as new condition as is reasonably possible in the circumstances.
10.2 The Seller may (in its discretion) accept the return of Goods for credit but this may incur a handling fee of fifteen percent (15%) of the value of the returned Goods plus any freight. Should the Seller decide to accept the return of the goods from the Purchaser, the Purchaser must apply for and receive a "tracking" number from the Company and provide original invoice number before a credit will be considered. Goods made to order or purchased specifically on behalf of the Purchaser will not be credited.
11 Warranty
11.1 For Goods not manufactured by the Seller, the warranty shall be the current warranty provided by the manufacturer of the Goods. The Seller shall not be bound by nor be responsible for any term, condition, representation or warranty other than that which is given by the manufacturer of the Goods.
11.2 The Buyer acknowledges that any warranty for "Road-Rated" Goods will be void if used on a race circuit, or in any form of motor sport, or in any form of racing in general.
11.3 No warranty, either specified or implied, is given for any Goods specified as "Race", "Competition", or "Off-road".
11.4 The Seller gives no warranty as to the fitness of the Goods for any particular purpose or use and shall have no liability in that regard. Goods supplied under this agreement should only be used after the Goods have been properly tested by or on behalf of the Buyer. The risks involved and any cost of testing the Goods will be the Buyer's responsibility.
11.5 MRT Branded Product - The Seller warrants all road rated (excludes items marked "Race" or "for off-road use only") catalogued product under its various brands to the original Buyer against manufacturing defects, faulty materials and workmanship, when used for their designated purpose for a period or 1 year from the purchase date of retail sale or 20,000 kms from the date of fitment, whichever occurs first. Warranty is automatically voided for all products if they are used on a race circuit or in any form of racing in general. Any products catalogued or marked as "Race" or "Off-road use only" are not suitable for conventional road use and are not covered by this or any other warranty whether specified or implied. The Seller's obligation under this warranty is limited to the replacement of the defective unit. The cost of removal of the defective unit and the installation of a replacement unit are not included.
11.6 Other Brands - The Seller warrants all road rated (excludes items marked "Race" or "for off-road use only") catalogued product under its various brands to the original Buyer against manufacturing defects, faulty materials and workmanship, when used for their designated purpose for a period or 1 year from the purchase date of retail sale or 20,000 kms from the date of fitment, whichever occurs first. Warranty is automatically voided for all products if they are used on a race circuit or in any form of racing in general. Any products catalogued or marked as "Race", "Competition" or "Off-road use only" are not suitable for conventional road use and are not covered by this or any other warranty whether specified or implied. The Seller's obligation under this warranty is limited to the replacement of the defective unit. Claims for consequential damage or labour cost must be accompanied with the goods and is at the discretion of Seller.
12 Intellectual Property
12.1 Where the Seller has designed, drawn or written Goods for the Buyer, then the copyright in those designs and drawings and documents shall remain vested in the Seller, and shall only be used by the Buyer at the Seller's discretion.
12.2 The Buyer warrants that all designs or instructions to the Seller will not cause the Seller to infringe any patent, registered design or trademark in the execution of the Buyer's order and the Buyer agrees to indemnify the Seller against any action taken by a third party against the Seller in respect of any such infringement.
12.3 The Buyer agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the Seller, its servants and agents against all actions, liabilities, claims, demands, costs, expenses and damages which the Seller, its servants or agents may incur, sustain or be subjected to in consequence of it, having at the request of the Buyer, applied a design or any other markings on the Goods.
12.4 Where the Buyer provides information regarding Goods which are to be used for products which require particular identification pursuant to any law or regulation of a competent Government Authority, compliance with any such law or regulation is the sole responsibility of the Buyer who agrees to indemnify the Seller against all liability, claims, costs and expenses of any nature arising from any infringement or non-compliance. No liability is accepted nor warranty given concerning the readability or suitability of symbols, codes or wording on the Goods.
13 Limitation of Liability
13.1 Subject to the provisions of the Trade Practices Act, the Seller will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential loss or damage or claims, costs or expenses, suffered or incurred by the Buyer or any third party however so caused (for the avoidance of doubt this includes but is not limited to any matter arising out of any use or fitting of the goods.) The Seller is not liable for any payments in connection with or claims arising from any misuse, negligence, mishandling, incorrect or improper storage of goods or any consequential damages which flow from them. In particular, the Seller shall not be liable for:
(a) defects or damage caused in whole or in part by misuse, abuse, neglect, error, electrical or other overload, improper installation, repair, alteration or accident;
(b) transport, installation, removal, labour or other costs;
(c) modifications or changes to the Goods not authorised in writing by the Seller or any other unauthorised acts by the Buyer or a third party;
(d) Goods not manufactured by the Seller (although the Seller will endeavour to pass on to the Buyer the benefit of any claim made by the Seller and accepted by the manufacturer of such Goods under any warranty given by that manufacturer); and (e) technical advice or assistance given or tendered by the Seller to the Buyer whether or not in connection with the manufacture or supply of the Goods.
The Seller's liability shall in all circumstances be limited to:-
(a) the replacement of the Goods; or
(b) the supply of equivalent Goods; or (c) payment of the cost of replacing the Goods or acquiring equivalent Goods; or
(d) the repair of the Goods or payment of the cost of having the Goods repaired; as the Seller may select in its absolute discretion.
14 Cancellation
14.1 The Seller may cancel any contract to which these terms and conditions apply or cancel delivery of Goods at any time before the Goods are delivered by giving written notice to the Buyer. On giving such notice the Seller shall repay to the Buyer any sums paid in respect of the Price. The Seller shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatever arising from such cancellation.
14.2 In the event that the Buyer cancels delivery of Goods the Buyer shall be liable for any loss incurred by the Seller (including, but not limited to, any loss of profits) up to the time of cancellation.
15 Force Majeure
15.1 The Seller will make all reasonable efforts to supply the Goods, but failure to do so for any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Seller including, but not limited to, an Act of God, war, strikes, lock-outs, fire, flood or drought, or owing to the Seller's inability to procure materials or supplies except at increased prices due to any of the foregoing causes, shall not constitute a breach of contract by the Seller and its obligation to supply the Goods will be suspended. In those circumstances, the Seller may at any time cancel this agreement or any unfulfilled part, or renew it upon cessation of the reason which previously made it unable to supply the Goods.
16 General
16.1 If any provision of these terms and conditions shall be invalid, void, illegal or unenforceable the validity, existence, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected, prejudiced or impaired.
16.2 These terms and conditions and any contract to which they apply shall be governed by the laws of New South Wales and are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
16.3 The Seller shall be under no liability whatever to the Buyer for any indirect loss and/or expense (including loss of profit) suffered by the Buyer arising out of a breach by the Seller of these terms and conditions.
16.4 In the event of any breach of this contract by the Seller the remedies of the Buyer shall be limited to damages which under no circumstances shall exceed the Price of the Goods.
16.5 The Buyer shall not be entitled to set off against or deduct from the Price any sums owed or claimed to be owed to the Buyer by the Seller.
16.6 The Seller may license or sub-contract all or any part of its rights and obligations without the Buyer's consent.
16.7 The Buyer agrees that the Seller may review these terms and conditions at any time. If, following any such review there is to be any change to these terms and conditions, then that change will take effect from the date on which the Seller notifies the Buyer of such change.
16.8 Neither party shall be liable for any default due to any act of God, war, terrorism, strike, lock-out, industrial action, fire, flood, drought, storm or other event beyond the reasonable control of either party.
16.9 The failure by the Seller to enforce any provision of these terms and conditions shall not be treated as a waiver of that provision, nor shall it affect the Seller's right to subsequently enforce that provision.
16.10 All equipment and other items used in the manufacture of the Goods shall, in the absence of a written agreement to the contrary, remain the exclusive property of the Seller notwithstanding any contribution by the Buyer in respect of the cost of their production, use or maintenance.


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Repairing A-Body Door Striker - StrikerWritten by on January 1, 2001 Fixing An A-Body Door Striker
Work on enough A-Bodies, and sooner or later you'll run across a broken doorjamb at the striker pin. Why is it that this problem seems to crop up in A-Bodies more than on other Mopars? The way the striker pin is attached is different than it is on later B- and E-Body cars. In both cases, the hole in the jamb is backed up by a floating captive plate that the striker pin screws into. The difference is that later B- and all E-Bodies have a serious chunk of metal that the plate is attached to, while on As, the floating plate is simply hung on the jamb's thin sheetmetal. One thing is for sure, there's only two types of A-Bodies, those with broken strikers and those that are going to break.
When I purchased my '70 Dart 340 project car, sure enough, the striker was busted. On this car, the pin was already solidly (and roughly) arc welded to the jamb and backing plate, defeating the stock provision for adjustability. This was the car that got me hip to the problem. Cruising the salvage yards for A-Body pieces, I began noticing the same condition-door jambs either cracked or shored-up with hacked repairs. At least my clean daily-driver '69 Dart's jamb was intact. Purchased several years back as a low-mileage original, this thing was as solid as they get. Driving down the freeway a few months back I heard an uncharacteristic rattling vibration over my shoulder, either from the door or quarter. A quick open and shut of the door, and it was still there.
Closer inspection revealed that the once-solid striker was now wobbly. Blighted. Thirty years of catching the door worked the metal under the striker pin's large washer to fatigue. Finally it broke loose like a coat hanger bent back and forth. At this point there was nothing to do but pull out the tools and fix it. A broken doorjamb isn't a cosmetic ding that can be puttied and painted, it's structural. Think about it. If even the factory metal eventually gave up, anything but a top-rate repair hasn't a chance of surviving. There are ways to reinforce the mechanics of it, adding an extra layer of sheetmetal, or a larger diameter washer under the striker pin-but none of these mods look stock. Rather than re-engineer it, we repaired it back to original condition, and hoped it lasts another 30 years.
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We've seen worse, much worse, but the driver's-side striker in this '69 Dart is wobbly. A few small cracks at the lower left are beginning to come out from under the striker, but the major failure is all the way around the striker's washer.Strip the paint in the repair area. A 3M Clean & Strip wheel in a drill or die grinder is one of the best tools for the job, quickly removing paint without thinning the metal like a grinder would.Here's the culprit: The sheetmetal skin of the jamb fatigued over the years, and cleanly broke loose behind the striker's washer. Now the striker is only attached to the backing plate (visible through the hole here), which isn't solidly secured to anything. In time the backing plate will pull through the jamb, creating long cracks in the process. The broken piece is marked from behind to show which side goes up, so it can be replaced in the same position.The broken piece is also stripped, and ground slightly all around its edge so it fits the hole without hanging up around its circumference. It's vital for a good repair that the pieces sit perfectly flush. The broken piece was slipped back into place and clamped to the backing plate with a long 7/16-inch bolt (440 headbolt) with a nut and washer. Since the backing plate floats, the long bolt allows a handle for getting perfect alignment of the broken piece while tack welding.A MIG welder is used to tack the broken section while using the long bolt as a handle to maneuver the sheetmetal edges into exact alignment. If the edges are misaligned even a little bit, the area will be impossible to grind smooth without thinning the already marginally-strong metal. It's also essential that the weld doesn't penetrate to the backing plate behind, or you've got real problems, since a plate welded to the jamb's sheetmetal can't float to let the striker adjust.This is the repair area after tacking, with the clamping bolt removed. The edges of the metal are in exact alignment. Notice the backing plate dropped to its bottom position once the bolt was removed. Make sure it remains free-floating.
The welding beads need to be ground back to level the area out. We like these small sanding discs on a die grinder, which gives control in tight areas. The idea is to cut back the beads, leaving the thickness of the surrounding metal intact. In this application, preserving the metal thickness is vital to strength and a sound, long lasting repair.After grinding, this was it. Perfectly flat metal with its original thickness intact, and an invisible weld seam. Some final sanding with a D/A sander preps the area for a dusting of primer and paint.The area was masked, shot with a coat of PPG DP-40 epoxy primer, lightly sanded with #600-grit paper, then hit with a of couple coats of PPG Delstar acrylic enamel paint. It looks good as new.


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Serve with a mixed green salad and glass of fat-free milk.
Prepare as directed except for baking. Wrap securely; freeze. When ready to bake, unwrap. Place strips of foil around edge to prevent over browning. Bake frozen pie in 425°F oven 1 hour 10 min. or until heated through.
Prepare using PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, or GOOD SEASONS Zesty Italian Dressing, or substituting turkey for the chicken.
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This is a family favorite! My kids request it on a regular basis. So quick and easy too!
This pie was so good, but a little dry. I would suggest adding a little more broth.
I Love anything with cream cheese but I didn't expect it to be this GREAT. It was the best pot pie I have ever made or tasted, Hands Down !!!
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Right Reverend Sir,
I know not whether to be more appalled by your matter, or your manner – and lack of manners.
That you made an appalling and vicious ass of yourself is not in question. Your puerile and jejune views are not so widely shared – outside middle-class Islington and the Labour Party to which you openly adhere – as you may suppose; yet that they are not so widely held is hardly the point.
It may well be the part of a priest and bishop to speak against past adultery, known to have occurred, even where, as in the case of the Heir Apparent, public repentance has been made and the Primate has accepted the penitence and absolved the penitent. The retailing of scandal without names or facts adduced, thereby traducing the Royal Family as a whole, is the part neither of a pastor nor of a gentleman, and you are at least the first of these, ex officio. The graceless and gratuitous mockery of the physical appearance of HRH the Prince of Wales was – my dear Bishop Noddy – contemptible in you. (As you are so evidently not a gentleman, I feel no constraint whatever in how I may choose to address you.) As a countryman of the present Cantuar might have said, you are, look you, an ass, and a fool, and a prating coxcomb.
Nor does you purported apology – in which you regretted, at bottom, having been caught out (regretting that hurt may have resulted and that the press at last noticed you after years of no doubt desperate attempts on your part), and in which you weaselled your way about in apologising, so far as you did apologise, for the hurt caused, and recognised that you might have been taken as being offensive – nor, I say, does this non-apology improve matters … you contemptible little shit. I may add that that last apostrophe to your address is a direct quotation from – but we shall come to that: wait for it.
The fact of the matter is this: that you have acted entirely in this affair from nakedly parti pris, political motives. Your diocesan information page gratuitously informs the world that you have been an Islington councillor and are a 'member of the Labour Party': which is hardly a matter of relevance, or ought not to be, to your present office. (It also, to my horror, asserts that you, also, are a Spurs supporter and an aficionado of real ale, two interests I am now ashamed to share with such a ghastly little man as you have shown yourself to be.)
I realise that any oaths you have taken are light upon what you are doubtless pleased to call your conscience; nevertheless, I remind you that you do not answer only to God and your immediate ecclesial superiors, nor are you entitled to express any opinion you may chance to hold – not so long as you enjoy the emoluments of your office. The sole reason anyone outside Islington has ever heard of you, ex-Cllr Broadbent, is that you are a bishop of the Church of England, or what's left of it. I cannot conceive by what means, if any, you reconcile your partisanship and 'republican' principles with the place and preferment to which alone you owe the oxygen of publicity, but please do realise, you horrid little man, that you are deeply intellectually dishonest.
You seem to believe that your role is political rather than pastoral: you certainly approach it as if you were in the House (an eminence I can hardly imagine your attaining upon your merits, if you have any, even as a Labour prospective Parliamentary candidate). Let me then speak to you accordingly. Had you achieved some minor office in the interest of a party in the House the programme and manifesto of which did not support an abolition of the Monarchy, you might privately hold such opinions on that subject as seemed good to you; but were you to express opinions that contradicted your party's policies and that were unsuited to whatever office you had been given, you should first have resigned that office and the party whip, and crossed the floor, or, had you not done, you should have received from the Whip's Office a reaction that should have made the combined efforts of Captain Margesson and the immortal, if fictional, Francis Urquhart seem a pat on the head. Surely even a man as self-evidently thick as you must see the analogy and take the moral.
Oh – and that passage I quoted above, you contemptible little shit? It is taken from a letter written at white heat from the Chief Whip to John Profumo MP, although not on the occasion you might imagine – and with far less cause.
Any man, if man you can be called, who greets the announcement that any two young persons are to marry with ill-wishes, scorn, and hopes of divorce in seven years, is an utter tick and wholly beyond the pale, and no politician's non-apology-apology can be accepted. Nothing less than your resignation will atone for the grave offences you have committed: I commend that course to you, at once: and may the earth sit heavy upon you, and quite soon.
Worst regards,
GMW Wemyss


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Interpreter Injection
- 1 Objective
- 2 Platforms Affected
- 3 Relevant COBIT Topics
- 4 User Agent Injection
- 5 HTTP Response Splitting
- 6 SQL Injection
- 7 ORM Injection
- 8 LDAP Injection
- 9 XML Injection
- 10 Code Injection
- 11 Further Reading
- 12 PHP specific examples
To ensure that applications are secure from well-known parameter manipulation attacks against common interpreters.
Platforms Affected
Relevant COBIT Topics
DS11 – Manage Data – All sections should be reviewed
DS11.9 – Data processing integrity
DS11.20 – Continued integrity of stored data
User Agent Injection
User agent injection is a significant problem for web applications. We cannot control the user's desktop (nor would we want to), but it is part of the trust equation.
There are several challenges to trusting input and sending output from the user:
- The browser may be compromised with spyware or Trojans
Render engines and plug-ins can be abused by:
- As phishing attempts - pure HTML can be used to fake up a convincing site
- As trust violations - XUL and XAML are used to write the user interface - if they can be abused, nothing on the browser is trustworthy, including the URL, padlock and certificate details
- As malware injection paths - all software has bugs, and spyware is adept at abusing these bugs to install or run malicious software on the user's machine
- As information gatherers - stealing the user's cookies and details allows the attacker to resume the user's session elsewhere
Vectors of user agent injection
- Cross-site scripting using DHTML / JavaScript
- Flash / Shockwave
- Mocha (old Netscape)
- ActiveX (IE only)
- Plugins (such as Quicktime, Acrobat, or Windows Media Player)
- BHOs (often used by spyware and Trojans) – the user may not be aware of these babies
- HTML bugs (all browsers)
- XUL (Firefox) Chrome
- XAML (IE 7) Chrome – untested at the time of writing
Immediate Reflection
This is the most typical form of user agent injection as it is trivial to find and execute.
The victim is encouraged / forced to a vulnerable page, such as a link to cute kittens, a redirect page to "activate" an account, or a vulnerable form which contains an improperly sanitized field. Once the user is on the vulnerable destination, the embedded reflection attack launches the attacker's payload. There are limits to the size of embedded reflection attacks – most GET requests need to be less than 2 or 4 KB in size. However, this has proved ample in the past.
Nearly all phishing attempts would be considered immediate reflection attacks.
In this model, the injection occurs at a previous time and users are affected at a later date. The usual type of attack are blog comments, forum, and any relatively public site which can be obviated in some fashion.
DOM-based XSS Injection
DOM Based XSS (detailed in the Klein whitepaper in the Further References section) allows an attacker to use the Document Object Model (DOM) to introduce hostile code into vulnerable client-side JavaScript embedded in many pages. For more information, please refer to OWASP article on DOM Based XSS and Amit's DOM-based XSS Injections paper in the Further Reading section.
Protecting against DOM based attacks
From Klein's paper:
- Avoid client side document rewriting, redirection, or other sensitive actions, using client side data. Most of these effects can be achieved by using dynamic pages (server side).
- Analyzing and hardening the client side (Javascript) code. Reference to DOM objects that may be influenced by the user (attacker) should be inspected, including (but not limited to):
- document.URL
- document.URLUnencoded
- document.location (and many of its properties)
- document.referrer
- window.location (and many of its properties)
Note that a document object property or a window object property may be referenced syntactically in many ways - explicitly (e.g. window.location), implicitly (e.g. location), or via obtaining a handle to a window and using it (e.g. handle_to_some_window.location).
- Special attention should be given to scenarios wherein the DOM is modified, either explicitly or potentially, either via raw access to the HTML or via access to the DOM itself, e.g. (by no means an exhaustive list, there are probably various browser extensions):
Write raw HTML, e.g.:
- document.write(…)
- document.writeln(…)
- document.body.innerHtml=…
- Directly modifying the DOM (including DHTML events), e.g.:
- document.forms[0].action=… (and various other collections)
- document.attachEvent(…)
- document.create…(…)
- document.execCommand(…)
- document.body. … (accessing the DOM through the body object)
- window.attachEvent(…)
Replacing the document URL, e.g.:
- document.location=… (and assigning to location's href, host and hostname)
- document.location.hostname=…
- document.location.replace(…)
- document.location.assign(…)
- document.URL=…
- window.navigate(…)
Opening/modifying a window, e.g.:
- document.open(…)
- window.open(…)
- window.location.href=… (and assigning to location's href, host and hostname)
Directly executing script, e.g.:
- eval(…)
- window.execScript(…)
- window.setInterval(…)
- window.setTimeout(…)
How to protect yourself against reflected and stored XSS
Protecting against Reflected Attacks
Input validation should be used to remove suspicious characters, preferably by strong validation strategies; it is always better to ensure that data does not have illegal characters to start with.
In ASP.NET, you should add this line to your web.config:
<pages validateRequest="true" />
in the <system> </system> area.
Protecting against stored attacks
As data is often obtained from unclean sources, output validation is required.
ASP.NET: Change web.config – validateRequest to be true and use HTTPUtility.HTMLEncode() for body variables.
ColdFusion MX: Enable Global Script Protection in the ColdFusion Administrator and use escape or URLEncodeFormat() for GET parameters.
PHP: Use htmlentities(), htmlspecialchars(), for HTML output, and urlencode() for GET arguments.
JSP: Output validation is actually very simple for those using Java Server Pages - just use Struts, such as using <bean:write ... > and friends:
<html:submit styleClass="button" value="<bean:message key="button.submitText"/> "/>
out.println('<input type="submit" class="button" value="<%=buttonSubmitText%>" />');
The old JSP techniques such as <%= ... %> and out.print* do not provide any protection from XSS attacks. They should not be used, and any code including them should be rejected.
With a small caveat, you can use <%= ... %> as an argument to Struts tags:
<html:submit styleClass="button" value="<%=button.submitText%>"/> "/>
But it is still better to use the <bean:message ...> tag for this purpose. Do not use System.out.* for output, even for output to the console - console messages should be logged via the logging mechanism.
HTTP Response Splitting
This attack, described in a 2004 paper by Klein (see HTTP Response Splitting Whitepaper in the Further Reading section), uses a weakness in the HTTP protocol definition to inject hostile data into the user's browser. Klein describes the following classes of attacks:
- Web Cache Poisoning (defacement)
- Cross User attacks (single user, single page, temporary defacement)
- Hijacking pages
- Browser cache poisoning
How to determine if you are vulnerable
In HTTP, the headers and body are separated by a double carriage return line feed sequence. If the attacker can insert data into a header, such as the location header (used in redirects) or in the cookie, and if the application does not protect against CRLF Injection, it is quite likely that the application will be vulnerable to HTTP Response Splitting. The attack injects two responses (thus the name), where the first response is the attacker's payload, and the second response containing the rest of the user's actual output, is usually ignored by the web server.
How to protect yourself
Investigate all uses of HTTP headers, such as
- setting cookies
- using location (or redirect() functions)
- setting mime-types, content-type, file size, etc.
- or setting custom headers
If these contain unvalidated user input, the application is vulnerable when used with application frameworks that cannot detect this issue.
If the application has to use user-supplied input in HTTP headers, it should check for double "\n" or "\r\n" values in the input data and eliminate it.
Many application servers and frameworks have basic protection against HTTP response splitting, but it is not adequate to task, and you should not allow unvalidated user input in HTTP headers.
SQL Injection
SQL Injection can occur with every form of database access. However, some forms of SQL injection are harder to obviate than others:
- Parameterized stored procedures, particularly those with strongly typed parameters
- = Prepared statements
- = ORM (eg Hibernate)
- Dynamic queries
It is best to start at the top and work to the lowest form of SQL access to prevent injection issues.
Although old-fashioned dynamic SQL injection is still a favorite amongst PHP programs, it should be noted that the state of the art has advanced significantly:
- It is possible to perform blind (and complete) injection attacks (see the NGS papers in the references section of this chapter) using timing based attacks.
- It is possible to obviate certain forms of stored procedures, particularly when the stored procedure is just a wrapper.
The application should:
- All SQL statements should ensure that where a user is affecting data, that the data is selected or updated based upon the user's record.
- In code which calls whichever persistence layer, escape data as per that persistence layer's requirements to avoid SQL injections.
- Have at least one automated test to try to perform a SQL injection.
This will ensure the code has an extra layer of defense against SQL injections, and ensure that if this control fails, that the likelihood of the injection working is known.
ORM Injection
It is commonly thought that ORM layers, like Hibernate, are immune to SQL injection. This is not the case as Hibernate includes a subset of SQL called HQL, and allows "native" SQL queries. Often the ORM layer only minimally manipulates the inbound query before handing it off to the database for processing.
If using Hibernate, do not use the depreciated session.find() method without using one of the query binding overloads. Using session.find() with direct user input allows the user input to be passed directly to the underlying SQL engine and will result in SQL injections on all supported RDBMS.
Payment payment = (Payment) session.find("from com.example.Payment as payment where payment.id = " + paymentIds.get(i));
The above Hibernate HQL will allow SQL injection from paymentIds, which are obtained from the user. A safer way to express this is:
int pId = paymentIds.get(i); TsPayment payment = (TsPayment) session.find("from com.example.Payment as payment where payment.id = ?", pId, StringType);
It is vital that input is properly escaped before use on a SQL database. Luckily, the current Oracle JDBC driver escapes input for prepared statements and parameterized stored procedures. However, if the driver changes, any code that assumes that input is safe will be at risk.
The application should:
- Ensure that all native queries are properly escaped or do not contain user input.
- Ensure that all ORM calls which translate into dynamic queries are re-written to be bound parameters.
- In code which calls whichever persistence layer, escape data as per that persistence layer's requirements to avoid SQL injections.
- Have at least one automated test to try to perform a SQL injection.
- This will ensure the code has an extra layer of defense against SQL injections, and ensure that if this control fails, that the likelihood of the injection working is known.
LDAP Injection
LDAP injections are relatively rare at the time of writing, but they are devastating if not protected against. LDAP injections are thankfully relatively easy to prevent: use positive validation to eliminate all but valid username and other dynamic inputs.
For example, if the following query is used:
String principal = "cn=" + getParameter("username") + ", ou=Users, o=example"; String password = getParameter("password"); env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple"); env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, principal); env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, password); // Create the initial context DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);
the LDAP server will be at risk from LDAP injection. It is vital that LDAP special characters are removed prior to any LDAP queries taking place:
// if the username contains LDAP specials, stop now if ( containsLDAPspecials(getParameter("username")) ) { throw new javax.naming.AuthenticationException(); } String principal = "cn=" + getParameter("username") + ", ou=Users, o=example"; String password = getParameter("password"); env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple"); env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, principal); env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, password); // Create the initial context DirContext ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);
XML Injection
Many systems now use XML for data transport and transformation. It is vital that XML injection is not possible.
Attack paths - blind XPath Injection
Amit Klein details a variation of the blind SQL injection technique, XPath Injection, in the paper in the references section below. The technique allows attackers to perform complete XPath based attacks, as the technique does not require prior knowledge of the XPath schema.
As XPath is used for everything from searching for nodes within an XML document right through to user authentication, searches and so on, this technique can be devastating if the system is vulnerable.
The technique Klein describes is also a useful extension for other blind injection-capable interpreters, such as many SQL dialects.
How to determine if you are vulnerable
- If you allow unvalidated input from untrusted sources, such as the user; AND
- If you use XML functions, such as constructing XML transactions, use XPath queries, or use XSLT template expansion with the tainted data, you are most likely vulnerable.
How to protect yourself
This requires the following characters to be removed (i.e. prohibited) or properly escaped:
- < > / ' = " to prevent straight parameter injection
- XPath queries should not contain any meta characters (such as ' = * ? // or similar)
- XSLT expansions should not contain any user input, or if they do, that you comprehensively test the existence of the file, and ensure that the files are within the bounds set by the Java 2 Security Policy
Code Injection
ASP.NET does not contain any functions to include injected code, but can do it through the use of CodeProvider classes along with reflection. See the "ASP.NET Eval" reference.
Any PHP code which uses eval() is at risk from code injection.
Java generally does not contain the ability to evaluate dynamic JSPs.
However, there are three exceptions to this:
- Dynamic JSP inclusion (<jsp:include ...>)
- Using a third party JSP eval taglibs.
- Portals and other community-based software often require the evaluation of dynamic code for templates and skinning. If the portal software requires dynamic includes and dynamic code execution, there is a risk of Java or JSP code injection.
To combat this, the primary defenses are to
- Always prefer static include ( <% include ... %> ).
- Not allow the inclusion of files outside of the server by using Java 2 Security policies.
- Establish firewall rules to prevent outbound Internet connectivity.
- Ensure that code does not interpret user data without prior validation.
In a theoretical example, the user may choose to use "Cats" as their primary theme. In this theoretical example, the code dynamically includes a file called "Cats.theme.jsp" using simple concatenation. However, if the user types in something else, they may be able to get Java code interpreted on the server. At that stage, the application server is no longer owned by the user. Generally, dynamic inclusion and dynamic code evaluation should be frowned upon.
Further Reading
- Klein, A., Blind XPath Injection
- Klein, A., DOM Based XSS Injection
- Adding XSS protection to .NET 1.0
- ASP.NET Eval
- Malicious code mitigation
- XSLT injection in Firefox
- XML Injection in libxml2 packages
- XML injection in PHP
- SQL Injection papers
PHP specific examples
Consider a guestbook application written in PHP. The visitor is presented with a form where he/she enters a message. This form is then posted to a page which saves the data to a database. When someone wishes to view the guestbook all messages are fetched from the database to be sent to the browser. For each message in the database the following code is executed:
// $aRow contains one row from a SQL-query echo ''; echo $aRow['sMessage']; echo '	'; ...
What we want to do here is to convert all characters that have special meaning to HTML into HTML entities. Luckily PHP provides a function for doing just that, this function is called htmlspecialchars() and converts the characters ", &, < and > into & " < and >. (PHP has another function called htmlentities() which converts all characters that have HTML entities equivalents, but htmlspecialchars suits our needs perfectly.)
// The correct way to do the above would be: echo ''; echo htmlspecialchars($aRow['sMessage']); echo '	'; ...
One might wonder why we do not do this right away when saving the message to the database. Well that is just begging for trouble, then we would have to keep track of where the data in every variable comes from, and we would have to treat input from GET, POST differently from data we fetch from a database. It is much better to be consistent and call htmlspecialchars() on the data right before we send it to the browser. This should be done on all unfiltered input before sending it to the browser.
Why htmlspecialchars is not always enough
Let's take a look at the following code:
// This page is meant to be called like: page.php?sImage=filename.jpg echo '';
The above code without htmlspecialchars would leave us completely vulnerable to XSS attacks but why is not htmlspecialchars enough?
Since we are already in a HTML tag we do not need < or > to be able to inject malicious code. Look at the following:
// We change the way we call the page: // page.php?sImage=javascript:alert(document.cookie); // Same code as before: echo ''; <!—
The above would result in:
-->
There is no generic solution here other than to only accept input we know is safe, trying to filter out bad input is hard and we are bound to miss something. Our final code would look like the following:
// We only accept input we know is safe (in this case a valid filename) if ( preg_match('/^[0-9a-z_]+\.[a-z]+$/i', $_GET['sImage']) ) { echo ';'; }
SQL injection
The term SQL Injection is used to describe the injection of commands into an existing SQL query. The Structured Query Language (SQL) is a textual language used to interact with database servers like MySQL, MS SQL and Oracle.
$iThreadId = $_POST['iThreadId']; // Build SQL query $sSql = "SELECT sTitle FROM threads WHERE iThreadId = " . $iThreadId;
To see what's wrong with to code above, let's take a look at the following HTML code:
<form method="post" action="insecure.php"> <input type="text" name="iThreadId" value="4; DROP TABLE users" /> <input type="submit" value="Don't click here" /> </form>
If we submit the above form to our insecure page, the string sent to the database server would look like the following, which is not very pleasant:
SELECT sTitle FROM threads WHERE iThreadId = 4; DROP TABLE users
There are several ways you can append SQL commands like this, some dependent of the database server. To take this further, this code is common in PHP applications:
$sSql = "SELECT iUserId FROM users" . " WHERE sUsername = '" . $_POST['sUsername'] . "' AND sPassword = '" . $_POST['sPassword'] . "'";
We can easily skip the password section here by entering "theusername'--" as the username or "' OR = '" as the password (without the double-quotes), resulting in:
// Note: -- is a line comment in MS SQL so everything after it will be skipped SELECT iUserId FROM users WHERE sUsername = 'theusername'--' AND sPassword = '' // Or: SELECT iUserId FROM users WHERE sUsername = 'theusername' AND sPassword = '' OR '' = ''
Here is where validation comes into play, in the first example above we must check that $iThreadId really is a number before we append it to the SQL-query.
if ( !is_numeric($iThreadId) ) { // Not a number, output error message and exit. ...'' }
The second example is a bit trickier since PHP has built in functionality to prevent this, if it is set. This directive is called magic_quotes_gpc, which like register_globals never should have been built into PHP, in my opinion that is, and I will explain why. To have characters like ' in a string we have to escape them, this is done differently depending on the database server:
// MySQL: SELECT iUserId FROM users WHERE sUsername = 'theusername\'--' AND sPassword = '' // MS SQL Server: SELECT iUserId FROM users WHERE sUsername = 'theusername''--' AND sPassword = ''
Now what magic_quotes_gpc does, if set, is to escape all input from GET, POST and COOKIE (gpc). This is done as in the first example above, that is with a backslash. So if you enter "theusername'--" into a form and submit it, $_POST['sUsername'] will contain "theusername\'--", which is perfectly safe to insert into the SQL-query, as long as the database server supports it (MS SQL Server doesn't). This is the first problem the second is that you need to strip the slashes if you're not using it to build a SQL-query. A general rule here is that we want our code to work regardless if magic_quotes_gpc is set or not. The following code will show a solution to the second example:
// Strip backslashes from GET, POST and COOKIE if magic_quotes_gpc is on if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { // GET if (is_array($_GET)) { // Loop through GET array foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) { $_GET[$key] = stripslashes($value); } } // POST if (is_array($_POST)) { // Loop through POST array foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) { $_POST[$key] = stripslashes($value); } } // COOKIE if (is_array($_COOKIE)) { // Loop through COOKIE array foreach ($_COOKIE as $key => $value) { $_COOKIE[$key] = stripslashes($value); } } } function sqlEncode($sText) { $retval = ''; if ($bIsMySql) { $retval = addslashes($sText); } else { // Is MS SQL Server $retval = str_replace("'", "''", $sText); } return $retval; } $sUsername = $_POST['sUsername']; $sPassword = $_POST['sPassword']; $sSql = "SELECT iUserId FROM users ". " WHERE sUsername = '" . sqlEncode($sUsername) . "'" . " AND sPassword = '". sqlEncode($sPassword)."'";
Preferably we put the if-statement and the sqlEncode function in an include. Now as you probably can imagine a malicious user can do a lot more than what I've shown you here, that is if we leave our scripts vulnerable to injection. I have seen examples of complete databases being extracted from vulnerabilities like the ones described above.
Code Injection
- include() and require() - Includes and evaluates a file as PHP code.
- eval() - Evaluates a string as PHP code.
- preg_replace() - The /e modifier makes this function treat the replacement parameter as PHP code.
Command injection
exec(), passthru(), system(), popen() and the backtick operator (`) - Executes its input as a shell command.
When passing user input to these functions, we need to prevent malicious users from tricking us into executing arbitrary commands. PHP has two functions which should be used for this purpose, they are escapeshellarg() and escapeshellcmd().


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So-Cal 'CudaWritten by on July 22, 2003 Contributors: Peter S. Liney Larry London's Driveway-built g-Machine
When your goal is to build the car you've always wanted to drive, you'll stop at nothing to get it done. Such was the case with Irvine, California's Larry London and this '70-vintage E-body 'Cuda. This custom project, done almost entirely in his father's driveway, has taken a little over three years for this Southern California native.
Wanting a modern g-Machine with the fervor of a vintage Trans-Am style racer would require research and a well-developed game plan. London wisely chose a high-winding small-block over the heavier grunt of a big-block, and the lighter weight of the LA-based 360 will offer much better balance to the chassis for cornering prowess.
The small-block Mopar would be based on a factory crate bottom end for reliability and simplicity, but the improved breathing provided by the top-end components would deliver near 350 ponies to the rear wheels. London assures us this powerplant has only begun development, and was intentionally left "mild" to make suspension tuning easier. Once the cornering prowess has been refined, expect more scream from under the Plum Crazy hood.
The PN P4876906 Mopar Performance short-block boasts the same stock cast iron heads it shipped with from mother Mopar, but Larry used MP's own porting templates to increase their flow. The MP cam opens the intake valves .501 inch with 288 degrees of duration. Exhaust finds its way out of the 360 with cam specs at .513-inch lift and 292 degrees of duration. Once past the valve, exhaust flows through a set of TTI Step headers, with primaries growing from 1-5/8 to 1-3/4 inch. The rest of the exhaust system checks in with 2.5-inch Dynomax pipe and mufflers.
To ensure precise fuel delivery under hard cornering, London chose a FAST Fuel Injection system with MP 4BBL Throttle body, Ford SVO 30lb injectors, and homemade fuel rails. He modified the base of his K&N air cleaner to better fit the powerplant. The EFI lives atop an MP M1 single-plane intake.
"I always knew that I wanted to do fuel injection and make it handle like it wasn't supposed to," London said with a smile.
The engine's power is delivered through a 2,600 rpm stall Continental converter before meeting the Pro-Built Automatics (Calimesa, CA) 727 slushbox. We know 727s for small-blocks are fairly rare, but necessary in this case as power transmits aft to the 8 3/4-inch rear axle.
Since he was doing it himself (along with his father Tony), London relied heavily on experience gained under a previous car--a '74 Cuda, which was his daily driver at the time.
"We had the '74 'Cuda built already, and we could look at for reference when we needed to see exactly how things went together" he said. The "newer" 'Cuda also served as a source for the '70. "There were times when we looked at parts from both cars, and used whichever was better."
One of the more challenging things London dealt with was fabricating the chassis connectors so that they molded into the frame. London knew a solid foundation would be required to wrest the purple fish through the corners, and with added power and handling prowess came a need for increased structural strength.
"We bought square tube for the subframe connectors. We had to lie on the ground while welding them in, and it wasn't as pretty as it could have been when we were done. We used an epoxy to cover up the areas were the welding and sanding went bad so the modified chassis would look as good as it worked, and better match the overall quality of the car."
The suspension is bsed on a mix of the best the factory and aftermarket have to offer. The solid chassis supports .960 torsion bars, factory 7/8 inch rollbar, boxed lower control arms, tublar upper A-arms a 3/4 inch leafspring relocation kit, 11/16-inch C-body, tierods and a Firm Feel Stage 1 steering box.
Polyurathane bushings were installed to firm up suspension feel and limit flex. The rear springs are Mopar's own "XHD" leafs. The optional factory 3/4-inch rear anti-sway bar is also in place.
Anchoring the suspension on all four corners are typical top-end g-maching components. As we've shown you on our pages, arming a Mopar E-body is getting easier all the time, but Larry was deep into the project long before products began showing up to market. However, London had an advantage most builders only dream of: a job at Brembo! While building the car at home in the evenings, he was working at Brembo Brakes during the day. His wheel and brake system are customized so that he could get the calipers as far out as possible, and is based on the popular and inexpensive '73-'76 A-body spindle.
"I took the wheel into work and we set it up to see exactly where the caliper was going to end up," London explained. "The first thing we did was design the bell to locate the rotor. Once assembled, I took it home and spec'ed it up. I just hung the calipers on there, and mocked them up with a block of wood to decide where we wanted it. We measured the important angles designed the adapter bracket." The car now has Brembo 4-piston calipers with 320x28mm 2-piece floating discs.
London is pleased with the tire and wheel combination, and we like it too. "Nobody believes me because they seem to fit so well." After months of research the final combination checks in with a set of four Centerline Starlite 17s. The fronts are 8 inches wide and wear Firestone Firehawks measuring 245/45ZR-17s. The 9.5 inch wide rear hoops sport 285/40ZR-17 Firehawks. The results are outstanding.
Many parts had to be custom fabricated in the quest to make this car happen. The fuel system is a great example of something all serious street machine builders should focus on and develop to suit their specific needs. The switch to EFI prompted the need. "We took a long length of Aeroquip steel line, cut it to size, and put the steel fittings on," he explained. "Most people use aluminum because it's lighter. It's not really that big of a difference in weight, but at least I know they're going to last a long time because they're industrial strength. The tranny lines are made of the same stuff too."
In order to captain this 'Cuda, London needed a cool cockpit. The interior boasts a Sony CD palyer, six Boston Acoustic speakers, a Phoenix Gold 4-channel amp and 5-band Kenwood equalizer mounted inside the ashtray well. His craftmanship can be further seen by the custom-built dash with Autometer Pro-Comp Ultra-Lite instruments. A Grant Signature Series steering wheel provides the helm for this car. Culver City Auto Trim helped upolster the stock black interior. The stock seats will soon be replaced by two Sparco Torinos.
Although this Mopar beauty looks good, London admitted there's more work to do. He plans on installing an MSD crank trigger for the ignition/injectors. He's also looking to add progressive throttle linkage.
"I also want to get a Gear Vendors overdrive unit, change the rear gear to 3.90:1, and really get the suspension dialed in."
So now three-plus years later, the determination London has about perfecting his dream car shows clearly, and there's no doubt we'll be seeing this 'Cuda carving up the streets of Southern California for a long time.
Mishel Thorpe