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A case study in scripted key management
A recent consulting engagement included a task to set up SSL channels between two queue managers. The standard operating procedure at this shop was to use interactive tools for nearly all administration tasks, and so my client had assumed that we would be using the iKeyman GUI for the creation of the keyrings and for all of the certificate tasks. They were a little reluctant when I suggested that we use scripts instead.
Their main objection was general unfamiliarity with scripting tools amongst the administration team. There was an underlying concern that a scripted solution would raise the minimum skill level needed to manage certificates. By comparison, the GUI was perceived as the easier and more expedient solution.
Beyond that, there was also a question of whether this was the best use of resources. I told my client up front that writing the scripts would take at least the same amount of time -- perhaps more -- as it would to walk their administrators through the same tasks using the GUI. The value of scripting is readily perceived in a large deployment, but with only two queue managers involved, the extra investment here was perceived as a waste of time.
Ultimately, it was business requirements that drove the decision. Since MD5
hashing has been broken, the client wisely stipulated that all keys must
be signed using SHA-1 instead. The GUI tools do not expose controls that
enable selection of the certificate signing algorithm, and they default to
MD5 signatures.
Changing that behavior in the GUI requires editing the iKeyman and Java™ configuration
files. By comparison, the command line tools include the
–sigalg option,
which makes selection of the signature algorithm a trivial task.
When we finally got started, the client's fears proved to be unfounded. The scripts are largely self-documenting and do not require sophisticated logic. They consist of nothing more than a commented list of commands with no branches or loops. Learning the scripts was just as easy for the administrators -- perhaps even easier than learning the GUI would have been. Also, our resource commitment was quite low since I already had some scripts from a previous assignment that were nearly perfect for what we needed.
We completed the SSL configuration in under three hours, and that included tailoring the scripts and training the staff on key management tasks. After about a month, the queue managers were migrated to new servers and rebuilt. The administrators were able to reuse the scripts we had created to set up SSL channels on the new queue managers in under an hour – unassisted -- using a process that is repeatable, consistent, and error-free. Our investment was recouped entirely with the first reuse.
In this installment of Mission:Messaging, I will walk you through the tasks to configure basic SSL channels with self-signed certificates, building two scripts as we go. Then, when it's time to set up IBM® WebSphere® MQ SSL channels in your shop, you should be able to get your first channel pair up and running in under an hour as well.
First, a word about certificate types
The process to configure SSL with CA-signed certificates is similar to that for self-signed certificates, but the security policies created differ dramatically.
When using self-signed certificates, a policy of Deny-All is created. Each certificate added to the key ring is an exception to this policy. Granting access requires adding a certificate. Revoking access requires deleting a certificate. With self-signed certificates the MQ administrator must take specific action to grant access for a given certificate. All access control decisions rest with the administrator.
With CA-signed certificates, the effective policy is Allow-All for each trusted CA (Certificate Authority). In other words, adding a CA to a keyring establishes a trust policy for every certificate that CA has ever signed or will sign in the future. Narrowing down the scope of that trust requires use of the channel's SSLPEER attribute to specify acceptable values for the Distinguished Name (DN) fields within the certificate. Revoking access requires a Certificate Revocation List, also known simply as a CRL. When a CA revokes a certificate, the action is published to a CRL. Customers of that CA mirror the CRL internally, where it can be checked by the queue manager when the channels start. If a channel start is attempted using a revoked certificate credential, the check of the local CRL copy will generate a hit and the connection will be refused.
With CA-signed certificates, the MQ administrator controls only the string matching template for Distinguished Names (DN) that are allowed to connect. Any new certificate issued by the CA with a matching DN value will be able to connect. The only control available to prevent this is the CRL. When using CA-signed certificates, maintaining CRL is considered mandatory because it is the only mechanism with which to exclude a certificate that has been compromised.
Many discussions of SSL characterize the choice of certificate types based on the cost or the process involved. Frequently, the approach is to prototype with self-signed certificates because they are free and easily generated, then switch to CA-signed certificates in later stages. The choice should really be made based on the desired security policy and whether the enterprise is prepared to set up and maintain a certificate revocation list. From a security perspective, it is generally better to start with a Deny-All policy and grant exceptions than to start with an Allow-All policy and build a blacklist. For these reasons, I prefer self-signed certificates and these are what will be discussed here.
Process overview
For the purpose of this article, consider two queue managers, which I will refer to as QMA and QMB. At a high level, building a new WebSphere MQ SSL configuration with self-signed certificates requires these steps:
- Create the default keyring for QMA.
- Delete the default CA certificates from the keyring.
- Generate a self-signed certificate for QMA.
- Extract the public key of the new certificate.
- Repeat steps 1 through 4 for QMB.
- Import the public key of QMB into the keyring for QMA.
- Issue REFRESH SECURITY TYPE(SSL) on QMA.
- Repeat steps 6 and 7 for QMB.
Steps 1 through 4 are required for any new queue manager and are a natural choice for a single script. Although steps 6 and 7 could be scripted, there are times when it is necessary to import many public keys into a keyring, and not necessarily a good idea to issue a REFRESH SECURITY after each one. So, step 6 will be a script unto itself. We will document the requirement to issue a REFRESH SECURITY command, which can be executed from the command line or from your favorite administrative tool as you see fit. But this is largely a matter of personal preference, so feel free to add REFRESH SECURITY as the last step of the second script if you like. Once we get into the scripts, there are a few additional details, which I'll cover as we go.
Common script headers
Although this article covers only a very small subset of key and certificate management tasks, the intent of scripting is to create reusable tools. For this reason, each script will contain a header in which you will set any variables necessary to execute the line commands.
Reusability also influences where you will be working with keyring files. For one-time use, it would be easier to build the keyrings in a local temporary directory, generate and exchange the certificates, and then move the finished keyring files to their final destinations. But you cannot generate a fresh keyring from scratch every time you want to add a certificate and, unless you have a secure deployment server and some really good automation, it is not practical to maintain a central repository of keyrings and push them out to your queue managers after performing maintenance. To be reusable, your script will need to manipulate the keyrings where they are actually used. This will require you to embed several file and path elements into your common script headers. Let's take a look at those now.
Because it is customary for the queue manager name to be included in the certificate's Common Name field, you will need a variable to hold it:
To complete the distinguished name of the certificate, a domain is usually required:
You will also need several organization and location fields. I have lumped these together in a single variable, called ORG:
The lower-case version of the queue manager name is required for the certificate label. This is what the queue manager looks for so it can locate the certificate it will present during an SSL negotiation:
You also need to know where the queue manager lives in the file system. WebSphere MQ will mangle certain characters in order to create platform-portable file names. For example, if a queue manager name contains a dot character, this is converted to an exclamation point. If your queue manager name contains any characters other than alpha-numeric, you will need to look in the file system to determine the mangled name and set that value here:
The script should be useable for non-standard installations, and in particular when the queue manager is implemented on a high-availability hardware cluster. The PATH2QMGR variable is used to hold this location.
The same variable on a Windows® system would have this value, assuming a default installation:
PATH2QMGR=C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ
The password to the keyring is stored in the script as a user-editable environment variable. Be sure not to leave the script lying around with the password saved. A good place from which to save and run the script is in the queue manager's SSL directory. This directory must be protected so that only the mqm (or platform equivalent) user ID can read the files. Since the key database password is stashed here, there is no additional exposure in storing the script here as well:
Password expiry is only used once but I like to create a variable for it and place the variable with the other user-edited fields. This calls out to the script operator the fact that a policy decision is captured here. The value is in days and I've specified a 10-year expiry for this example:
The command we will be using here is the GSKit C API command and not the Java implementation. This is because the C version exposes some options on the command line that are not available in the Java version. As an added benefit, the C executable is much faster because the Java version must build and tear down a JVM for each command invocation. The entire C-based script can run in the time it takes a single command to execute with the Java version. To make this work, the script just needs to know the path to the C binaries. For UNIX® systems, the default location is in /opt:
On Windows systems, the default is on the C: drive:
PATH=C:\Program Files\IBM\gsk7\bin:C:\Program Files\IBM\gsk7\lib:%PATH%
That was the last of the user-editable variables. Before running any commands though, you need to tell the script the name of the keyring file. That is built using a combination of the default WebSphere MQ settings and the variables entered in the previous steps. For UNIX and Windows, respectively, those variables are:
These locations are the default and should already be present in the queue manager's SSLKEYR attribute. If alternate locations are chosen, be sure to update the queue manager accordingly.
The settings above can be used for any certificate management script. Some of the command invocations will require different or additional parameters, but the implementation stays the same: put the user-editable variables together up front where they can be managed as a set.
Create the keyring and remove the default CA entries
The next step is to generate the keyring in its default state. This requires a single gsk7capicmd command invocation:
gsk7capicmd -keydb -create -db "$MQSSLDB" -pw $PASSWORD -type cms -expire $EXPIRY -stash -fips
- The first gsk7capicmd parameter is the type of operation to be performed. In this case, a key database operation.
- The second parameter is always the action to be performed within the
operation type. Here, we intend to create a new key database which is
pointed to by the fully-qualified
- The database type is specified as
cmsbecause this is what the queue manager requires.
- The
–stashoption creates a stash file with the password. This is how the queue manager is able to access the key database without human intervention.
- Finally, the
–fipsoption is specified. This not only generates a key database compliant with Federal Information Processing Security standards, but it also insures that the libraries and algorithms used when the command runs are FIPS compliant. I do not know of any negative impact to specifying use of FIPS-compliant commands and they do have the potential benefit of having been independently certified. Until I hear of a good reason not to use them in all cases, my policy is to always specify FIPS.
When the keyring is first created, it will be loaded up with a number of default CA signer certificates. Currently, these include root certificates from Entrust, Verisign, Thawte and RSA. As we saw earlier, the presence of these root CA certificates creates an Allow-All policy for every certificate that CA has ever issued or will ever issue in the future. Since we are using only self-signed certificates, all of these root certificates represent inappropriate access grants to our queue managers. Accordingly, the next step is to delete all of the default CA certificates.
The list of certificates changes over time. The specific certificates used here are from a V6.0 queue manager. Depending on your version and fix pack, the list you see could differ slightly. To insure that all of the CA certificates have been deleted, you will include a command to display all certificates in the keyring toward the end of the script.
The command to delete a certificate looks like this:
gsk7capicmd -cert -delete -label "Entrust.net Global Secure Server Certification Authority" -db "$MQSSLDB" -pw $PASSWORD -fips
–label option identifies the certificate by a human-readable string.
The label must be unique within a keyring and it is set when a certificate
is created or imported. The same certificate could have different labels
in different keyrings. In this case, the label identifies the specific
certificate to be deleted.
I've only listed one example here. The full script listing contains twenty-four additional commands that remove root and intermediate certificates of the various vendors.
Generate the local queue manager's certificate
The next step is to generate the new certificate for the local queue
manager. The queue manager locates its certificate based on the label,
which must always be the fixed string
ibmwebspheremq followed by the
queue manager's name folded to lower case. In the example below, the label
is derived by concatenating the fixed portion of the label with the
$FOLDEDNAME variable set in the script header:
gsk7capicmd -cert -create -db "$MQSSLDB" -pw $PASSWORD -label "ibmwebspheremq$FOLDEDNAME" -dn "CN=$QMGRNAME.$DOMAIN,$ORG" -fips
This command introduces another new option, the Distinguished Name of the certificate, which is abbreviated as DN. The DN is a globally unique name representing the entity represented by the certificate. It is composed of several sub-fields, including:
- CN=common name
- O=organization
- OU=organization unit
- L=location
- ST=state, province
- C=country
It is important to note here that the scope of "globally unique" is per issuer. It is perfectly valid for two or more certificate authorities to issue certificates with the same DN component. In the case of a self-signed certificate, each certificate is its own root and the only enforcement of global uniqueness will be the controls you build around the human processes for issuing and managing certificates.
The common name for queue managers is customarily the queue manager name, followed by the domain in which it resides. For example, QMA.us.ibm.com would be a valid CN for our QMA queue manager. The certificate might contain multiple Organization Unit (OU) entries. Careful selection of the OU naming helps to construct meaningful SSLPEER values. For example, if one of the OU entries is PROD or DEV, then it will be possible to construct an SSLPEER that prevents interconnection between production and development queue managers. (The channel's SSLPEER attribute and Distinguished Names were discussed more fully in January's Mission:Messaging column, Planning for SSL on the WebSphere MQ network.)
Extracting the new certificate
In order for the new certificate to be useful in an SSL negotiation, the remote queue manager must have access to the certificate's public key. This is accomplished by extracting it to a file, copying the file to the remote node, and then importing it into the keyring residing there. Extracting the certificate will be the one of the last tasks in our current script, and then you will build a second script to import the certificate file into the remote keyring.
The command to extract the certificate is:
gsk7capicmd -cert -extract -db "$MQSSLDB" -pw $PASSWORD -label "ibmwebspheremq$FOLDEDNAME" -target $PATH2QMGR/$MANGLEDNAME/ssl/$FOLDEDNAME.crt -format ascii -fips
Here, you reuse the previous values for the keyring, certificate label, and
password. The
–target option identifies the location and name of the file
that will contain the extracted certificate. The .crt extension for the
file name matches the
–format ascii option and will enable you to import
the certificate later.
Tidying up
At this point, the work of the script is complete but the human operator needs to verify the results. You need to display the certificates in the keyring and ask the operator to check that no default CA certificates remain. This is required to catch changes that are made between releases of GSKit, which updates the inventory of default certificates:
gsk7capicmd -cert -list -db "$MQSSLDB" -pw $PASSWORD -fips
Second script: Adding certificates to the keyring
The final step is to exchange certificates between QMA and QMB. You will
build a second script that will read the .crt file created previously and
add it to the keyring of a queue manager. The preamble of the script will
reuse many of the variables you used earlier. The only difference will be
that the
$FOLDEDNAME variable now refers to the remote queue manager and
not the local one. The command to add the certificate to the keyring
gsk7capicmd -cert -add -db "$MQSSLDB" -pw $PASSWORD -label "ibmwebspheremq$FOLDEDNAME" -file $FOLDEDNAME.crt -format ascii –fips
Notice that the script expects the file name to match the lowercase name of the queue manager and to be in the current directory. It also uses the same standard label for the certificate, even though this is not a requirement. The only time that WebSphere MQ requires the label to be in a specific format is for the queue manager to locate its own certificate. I chose to use the same label to represent a particular certificate across all keyrings because the consistency helps administrators recognize and manage the certificates easier.
As with the first script, the contents of the keyring are displayed to verify the operation has completed successfully.
Wrapping up
The scripts provided with this article are examples of the minimum required to connect two queue managers. The design was such that the first script can be reused on any queue manager to create the keyring for the first time. The second script can be used repeatedly to add in certificates from any remote MQ node. The commands in these two scripts are sufficient to connect a network of any arbitrary size.
Of course, additional scripts can be easily built from these examples by substituting the appropriate commands. Some suggestions for you to try on your own include a script to delete a certificate, a standalone script to list the contents of a keyring, and a script to print the details of any certificate. Eventually, you might need a script to change the password of the key database, depending on the password expiry period used in your shop. Any of these can be created by making minor changes to one of the existing scripts.
The scripts I use are intentionally rather simple. Many of the fields in the scripts could be derived or parsed from the queue manager ini file or from the Windows registry with a little work. But as a consultant, I need tools that will run in the broadest range of environments possible, and which do not make too many assumptions. If you have the luxury of a permanent position, you might want to invest some time to make the scripts easier to use and more robust. Some enhancements you might consider adding would include logic to parse out things such as the location of the queue manager in the file system, or better error handling. The less the script user has to enter, the lower the probability of introducing human error. The better the diagnostics, the less chance of the operator missing an error message and continuing with a broken keyring. I'd be happy to host anything you come up with at t-rob.net, if you are inclined to share.
But whether you keep your scripts simple or enhance them, the automation will help you to implement SSL quickly, easily, and consistently.
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- GSKCapiCmd User's Guide (PDF)
- Information Center: Working with WebSphere MQ TLS and SSL support
- Mission: Messaging: Planning for SSL on the WebSphere MQ network
- Gibson Research Corporation: High security password generator
- T-Rob.net, home of The Deep Queue, a podcast about WebSphere MQ security
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The only victory over the last 10 games for the Brewers was a 1-0 gem by Garza on Saturday in Cincinnati, and he seemed on track for a repeat for seven innings. The Phillies didn't get a hit until Jimmy Rollins led off the seventh with a single and Garza buckled down that inning to escape a second-and-third, one-out jam.
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For this week's issue Van Biema went downtown to a Manhattan East Village backyard to interview sculptor Garnet Puett, who uses thousands of Italian honeybees to create the waxy buildup on his pieces (page 98). "Oddly beautiful sculpture," Van Biema says. "Half creepy and half gorgeous. It comes out looking like Salvador Dali." What particularly impressed Van Biema, who as a child was deathly afraid of bees, was that during the interview the sculptor was stung three times without flinching!
Also in this issue, Van Biema profiles novelist Dominick Dunne (page 77), an assignment that entailed only a mild excursion down to the novelist's lower Fifth Avenue digs. Van Biema found a onetime Hollywood producer who has survived career setbacks and the devastating killing of his only daughter to start afresh as a writer. "It's nice to see somebody who, no matter how much life has put him through, remains bright-eyed and interested," says Van Biema of Dunne. "He's got a lot of spirit and natural curiosity."
Two traits that Van Biema, 29, shares. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Connecticut's Wesleyan University, he did a tour as an office boy for the Bonn bureau of the New York Times. "I kept bothering the correspondents to let me write," he recalls. "They said, 'Why don't you go bother the people over at TIME?' "
Van Biema's persistence paid off in a stringer's stint for TIME. "They needed someone who spoke decent German," he says. The language came easily. His father, Gerhard, left Hitler's Germany in the late '30s and is today vice president of a New Jersey chemical export company. His New York-born mother, Mary, is librarian at Mannes College of Music.
In the past three years Van Biema has interviewed both former national security adviser William Clark and the man who introduced Reese's Pieces candy. Says Van Biema: "I like going from a total human interest, oddball story to an article that's in the middle of the news. It's a heady feeling doing something small and cute one day and being in the middle of the press maelstrom the next." And fun to read, too, we might add.
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Shaquille O'Neal, Noted Police Miscreant, Wants to Be Lake County Undersheriff
Apparently Shaq Fu -- despite a personal life that reads like bad urban fiction -- hasn't given up on his dream of being a top cop somewhere in America. Over the weekend, the New York Times published a fluffy "thirty second" interview with Shaquille O'Neal, in which he said: "I'm going to be running for undersheriff in Lake County, Florida."
This was a very Shaq-ian announcement, mostly because, as our sister paper in Broward/Palm Beach points out, the Lake County undersheriff, or chief deputy, position, is filled by appointment, not election.
Maybe he just meant that he's angling for the position in the sleepy county near his Orlando home. Who knows? Shaq has a mesmerizing effect on police departments. We're pretty sure that if he wants to be undersheriff and the position is filled -- as it is in Lake County -- they'll give him another gig, like under-undersheriff, until the undersheriff is suddenly coerced into taking an early retirement.
If you read our feature -- "Shaqzilla!" -- on the retired basketball superstar's shenanigans involving battles with mistresses and nefarious schemes purportedly hatched with buddies in various police departments where he's worked, you'd understand why we're kind of down on Shaq as Dirty Harry.
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Shaq's own personal emails -- monosyllabic beauties filed in court in an explosive local lawsuit -- exposed that the guy was scheming through extramarital dalliances like a taller Tiger Woods. More importantly, he appeared to have used his police connections in frantically trying to dig up dirt on an enemy.
Nobody's perfect. But there has to be a better candidate -- perhaps shorter, sadly, or perhaps less famous and wealthy -- than Shaq for any top police post.
We'll leave you with the anecdote that was the most popular part of our chronicle of Shaq-as-cop:
In August 2006 in the sticks of Virginia, one pumpkin farmer got well-acquainted with Keystone Shaq's special brand of law enforcement. That's when a cavalcade of police cars screamed onto A.J. Nuckols's farm and disgorged barking cops in SWAT gear, including the tallest man he had ever seen.
Told he was suspected of possession of child porn, Nuckols was tossed against his Ford pickup. The giant officer reached into the truck's gun rack and hoisted the rifle like it was Pablo Escobar's coke spoon, booming victoriously, "We've got a gun!"
The farmer studied the behemoth.
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The officer grumbled, "No. My name's Tony."
Nuckols, it turns out, was innocent. Nine days later, the local sheriff, who admitted that O'Neal had accompanied the raid, attributed the blunder to faulty information from an Internet company.
The farmer angrily blames ass-kissing cops eager to give their superstar charge an adventure. "They didn't do any investigation," he says. "It was all a big show."
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Guests of La Posada Lodge & Casitas, an Ascend Hotel Collection Member have access to an outdoor pool, a fitness center, and a spa tub. A stay here includes free parking. The 24-hour front desk has multilingual staff ready to assist with luggage storage and securing valuables. Additional amenities include free WiFi in public areas, 2 meeting rooms, and a conference center.
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In addition to an outdoor pool, La Posada Lodge & Casitas, an Ascend Hotel Collection Member provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Event facilities measuring 3800 square feet (353 square meters) include a conference center. This Tucson hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and a garden. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
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GRINGO grill + cantina - Overlooking the golf course and pool, this restaurant specializes in Latin American cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered.
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An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
Children under 15 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision.
- Golfing nearby
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Check-in time ends at 3 AM
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So MADD and a local police agency in California told students at El Camino High School that one of their classmates had been killed in a drunk driving accident, only to tell them an hour later that the student was alive and well, but that they wanted them to get the real feeling of what it would be like if a tragedy of that magnitude had actually occurred. Do you think this was ok? I think it is an awesome way to make an impact on young people. I remember when I was in elementary school the DARE program did something similar when one of the kids in our class was part of a mock death scene, where they faked a drug overdose and even took us to the hospital with him and had him on the table and pronounced him dead, I like to think that contributed to keeping me drug free throughout my youth. So what do you think?
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I think that is a great idea. Teenagers don't take drinking and driving seriously, and need a wake up call. Even if that "stunt" helps one person realize what it feels like to think that a fellow student is dead, they might think twice about drunk driving.
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PSN Gets its Own Summer of Arcade-Style Program, PLAY
Buy all four participating titles by September 19, get Payday: The Heist for free.
It's long been said that PlayStation Network games don't get the same sort of attention that Xbox Live Arcade games do, regardless of how good they are. Microsoft's Summer of Arcade promotion, going on now for the fourth year running, does a great job of heaping a tremendous amount of attention upon a select number of games -- it's no coincidence that last year's fivesome were among the top 15 best-selling Arcade games for 2010.
So the question has been raised more than once why Sony hasn't implemented something like it. At long last, it's announced a very similar program to Summer of Arcade that kicks off later this month called PlayStation Network PLAY. Besides its annoying capitalization, this is planned as an annual event, and like this year's Summer of Arcade, it's offering a bonus game to those who pick up all four participating games.
Each PLAY game purchased while the program is running will come with a free piece of downloadable content and, if you pre-order at least five days before release, an XMB theme. If you buy all four (and are 18 or older), you'll get a free copy of Payday: The Heist, which is planned for release on September 20 for $19.99. As an added bonus for PlayStation Plus members, each PLAY game can be purchased at 20% off.
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition is the first of the bunch on August 23 for $14.99. Its complimentary DLC unlocks Gill, sparing you the time and effort it would take to unlock him by beating the game with every character.
The Baconing, the latest DeathSpank game, follows on August 30, also for $14.99. Its DLC unlocks Roesha as a co-op character.
BloodRayne: Betrayal is next, on September 6, for -- you guessed it -- $14.99. Purchases come with a PlayStation Home avatar and an exclusive dynamic theme (which is separate from the static theme you get for pre-ordering by September 1).
And finally there is Renegade Ops on September 13, another $14.99 game. Its free DLC is the Vehicle and Character pack that includes two additional vehicles and special weapons.
Those who are interested in the extra PSN themes can start placing their pre-orders on August 9. In order to get Payday for free on September 20, you need to buy all four PLAY games by September 19.
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$14.99 for Street Fighter?Posted: Aug 09, 2011 12:00AM PST by Mr.LametoWatch
Or you can buy Street Fighter Anniversary Collection for PS2 for $9.95 New at eStarland.com.
Alright! BonusesPosted: Aug 08, 2011 12:00AM PST by Megatroid_CLAMP
I was already buying Bloodrayne and Street Fighter 3. If I get two more solid games I get another free game that's also looking solid? Sure, I'll go for it!
Whine less, PLAY more!Posted: Aug 08, 2011 12:00AM PST by SabraXas
Can't see the reasons for the whining and fanboying in regards to this Sony promotion. Hear me out:
We are getting more choices of games and purchasing methods. If this proves succesful in Sony's eyes, we'll be getting even more!
Who cares what the promotion is called?!! We are getting discounted GAMES! Let me repeat that: GAMES!! You can call the promotion SALE, BEER, or PANTS...I'll still be interested in the GAMES it offers.
So what if Sony is playing catch-up; it's good all around. PSNers get more game choices, and 360ers get to have MS amp up their own game in the competition with Sony, and give even better promotions than they've already had.
Now, let's hug-it out and celebrate the expanding universe of our addiction.
whoaPosted: Aug 07, 2011 12:00AM PST by smile_kill
it doesnt really matter who better if it sits me there playing games or browsing then am all for it
How patheticPosted: Aug 07, 2011 12:00AM PST by retropreserve
Sony is trying every trick in the book to stop appearing so weak, useless, and pathetic in the public eye. They need to just hang up their console controllers and call it a day. Stick to making audio equipment, laptops, and TVs. You're just not making it in the console world, boys.
um xboxPosted: Aug 07, 2011 12:00AM PST by WhYxGOvPRo
may be selling more but Sony has been killing xbox and Nintendo with their exclusives..Sony also has he best 1st person part support. so fuck off tool.
It's true! It's true!Posted: Aug 07, 2011 12:00AM PST by DoctorThermometer
Yes, sony is clearly weak and useless and pathetic. Which is why worldwide it has been neck and neck with Microsoft, who is also weak, useless and pathetic.
rightPosted: Aug 07, 2011 12:00AM PST by MOBIUSfuture
Yes Retropreserve. That's exactly what we need.... less competition. Nintendo is off on their own planet, so Sony retreating would leave Microsoft all alone. As much as you might prefer 360 personally, having MS or any one company without competition is bad news.
Not exclusive thoughPosted: Aug 06, 2011 12:00AM PST by BurialWarlock
While its great for sony to try they could of done it with exclusives. If i remember correctly all of the Xbox Summer of Arcade games are exclusive to xbox.
not reallyPosted: Aug 06, 2011 12:00AM PST by onslaughtree
some games come to 360 during SOAG, but then come to PSN at a later. IE- Galaga L/ Braid/ & Castle Crashers, were at some time Summer of arcade titles on 360 and are now on PSN.
Uncreative MarketingPosted: Aug 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by king_mob
First, the Vita, now PLAY. Next thing you know we'll be hearing about the Playsation: Fresh or PS: CLEAN. The Sony guys are idiot-savants when it comes to product titles.
FuegoPosted: Aug 06, 2011 12:00AM PST by Idiot-Savant
So they're mentally challenged people (hence idiot) who are really skilled (hence savant) at product titles? That goes against the tone of your statement...unless you were being sarcastic, but then why use the idiot line?
I don't like my name being tossed around so casually.
OT: I don't own a PS3, but I like this list all the same. Especially because (as far as I can tell) there's no MOVE titles included. I was debating the purchase of all SoA titles, but then Fruit Ninja cropped up. Getting the games I want is more important than incentives, but still annoying.
***Posted: Aug 07, 2011 12:00AM PST by king_mob
I was referring to the collective role of the people who make up the company as both innovative creators of technology (savant) and the names they give said products (idiot). Granted, the tasks are handloed by different departments. But considering, I was making a joke, lingering over it just seems... anal.
You shouldn't worry about your handle being misused. It's never going to be very flattering no matter what you do. The most you'll accomplish with a user ID like that is to convince people that you're big on self-deprecation, which given the self-importance emphasized in your post, doesn't appear to be one of your more pronounced qualities.
Seriously, what did you think I meant?
3rd Strike!Posted: Aug 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by Deathyin07
I loved this game so much and can't wait to play it online. I've been anticipating this for awhile.
i hate psnPosted: Aug 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by MrBowser
you buy a psn card for 20$ plus taxs 1$ and 50 cents.
then lets not forget the psn store everthing has taxs even fucking avatar pics.
they need to stop charging taxs on the psn store its stupid and greedy ass shit.
at least M$ doesnt charge u taxes in the marketplace only in the regular stores...for the meantime lol.
taxesPosted: Aug 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by blackrevenger
I just bought two of the xboxc promo games and they both charge tax.
LOLPosted: Aug 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by Juan__Doe
I don't know where you buy your PSN cards, but I don't pay taxes for mine. And, ever since PSN came back online in May, I haven't been charged taxes on my game and DLC purchases. I've heard gamers say that they weren't paying taxes on their purchases before the outage.
Sounds like PSN hates you.
Depends on where you livePosted: Aug 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by Scoob79
But that is something I never really thought about regarding MS Points vs. using real currency. I get taxed if I buy MS Points online I think. I never really bothered to check come to think of it. Either way, getting double taxed like that sucks.
Sony is not really the best at branding....Posted: Aug 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by wildarms22
...Vita....Really??!? And now Play. That one must have took a long time. Can you imagine the marketing meeting: "Come ON folks! We need something edgy, hip, Facebooky, Twittery...something that says "Fresh"" Intern in the back, while managing 5 apps on his iPhone says, "Dude, just call it what people will do. Play." Silence, then some 50-something year old middle manager starts a slow clap, the rest, not wanting to feel as if they missed something start clapping enthusiasticlly....and there you have it.
NopePosted: Aug 06, 2011 12:00AM PST by sgt_slag
The idea that anything ever gets decided in one meeting is naive as hell. They might be able to figure out who to appoint to run a committee to find candidates to nominate to form a proposal for a possible list of ideas for names for the new program. Having sat through thousands of said soul- sucking meetings, if someone was able to make a decision on anything in such a short timeframe, I'd wear a hat made of my own shit. And that intern would be released that afternoon and then have his suggestion added to the list.
Haha Awesome...Posted: Aug 08, 2011 12:00AM PST by Mandalorian_Wookie_Hunter
As I read your comment I could actually picture this meeting taking place.
Good idea but...Posted: Aug 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by burningwind26
They should definitely change the name of it.


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Coach Novak mentioned that Mathis' recruitment is started to pick up after he recovered from his injuries. "His injuries didn't stop him from helping us come out of an 0-2 start to get all the way to the WPIAL finals. It was a tough loss but I am proud of him and all the players on my team this season."
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"One of the things it would do, is it would at least pull us all together where we're not all at cross purposes," said Clarkston attorney Scott Broyles.
Broyles is the voice behind the movement and he said it's all about streamlining the government in the area.
"We're 22,000 people," said Broyles. "We've got real limited resources divided into three governmental units, we can't fund any of the basics very adequately."
The resolution may be up for vote in November but there's still a few hurdles to pass before anything is solidified. The first phase that will take place in November, asks voters if they want to draft a charter to combine all three governments. If the answer is yes, then 17 freeholders are elected at that same time. Then after the charter is drafted, it needs to be voted on by the people.
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The year 2013 was pretty forgettable for a good number of police personnel in the capital district. The punishment graph of cops soared, compared to previous years.
Around 100 policemen were suspended, both from City and Rural limits for irregularities and other issues, during the year. As many as 34 cops of the Rural police were suspended for various reasons, including getting caught for accepting bribe. Of these cops, 12 are yet to enter service till New Year's Eve. According to police officials, those suspended include constables, head constables, ASIs and grade SIs of various rural police stations.
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Besides these 34 policemen who were suspended from service, some senior officers were also punished for various reasons. "However, the exact figure is available only with the IG, who is the authority to issue suspension orders," said the officials at the SP office. In other words, the total number of policemen and officers suspended would be much more than the above-mentioned figure.
The City Police are also not far behind as records show that as many as 30 cops were suspended in 2013. The latest one to be suspended was grade SI Vijayakumar on December 24. These 30 policemen included CPOs, Grade ASIs, SIs and even SIs of various police stations in the city limits.
Several cases registered against them had led to the suspension of cops under the city limits. In one of the cases two policemen were placed under suspension in connection with the alleged lapses in handling a case relating to the attack on a family, including women. Crime sub-inspector Arjun and constable Rasool were those suspended.
In another incident, three police personnel, including a grade SI, attached to the Museum police station were suspended from service in connection with the attack on a mediaperson. Grade SI Iniyathil Ali Khan and civil police officers Anandakuttan and Sreekumar were suspended by the then Deputy Commissioner of Police Dr A Srinivas.
The Poonthura grade sub-inspector Vijayadas, who brutally attacked a CPM activist at Anayara, was also suspended by the DGP following a directive of the Home Minister.
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The easiest way to summit Mauna Loa ('Long Mountain') is via this trail. Drive up to the Mauna Loa Observatory at 11,150ft, then pick up the 6.4-mile walking trail for the remaining 2500ft to the top. It's a steep, exhausting, all-day adventure, but also an exceptional one that allows experienced hikers to conquer a 13,000ft mountain in one day. There are no visitor facilities or bathrooms at the observatory.
Begin hiking by 8am; you want to be off the mountain or descending if afternoon clouds roll in. The trail is marked by ahu (cairns), which disappear in the fog. If fog does roll in, stop hiking; find shelter in one of several small tubes and hollows along the route until you can see again, even if this means waiting till morning.
It is nearly 4 miles to the trail junction with the Mauna Loa Trail (an alternative multiday backpacking route to the summit). Allow three hours for this gradual ascent of nearly 2000ft. If it weren't for the altitude, this would be a breeze. Proceed slowly but steadily, keeping breaks short. If you feel the onset of altitude sickness, descend. About two hours along, you re-enter the national park, and the old lava flows appear in a rainbow of sapphire, turquoise, silver, ochre, orange, gold and magenta.
Once at the trail junction, the majesty of the summit's Mokuʻaweoweo Caldera overwhelms you. Day hikers have two choices: proceed another 2.6 miles and three hours along the Summit Trail to the tippy-top at 13,677ft (visible in the distance), or explore the caldera by following the 2.1-mile Mauna Loa Cabin Trail . If you can stand not summiting, the second option is extremely interesting, leading to even grander caldera views and a vertiginous peek into the awesome depths of Lua Poholo – a craterlike hole in the landscape.
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