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Single Payer in Vermont
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Kevin Outterson, associate professor of Law and associate professor of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights at Boston University School of Law, discusses Vermont's efforts to introduce a single payer healthcare system.
The Green Mountain state is experimenting with a new single-payer health care system.
The new system will provide every Vermont resident with health care. Governor Peter Shumlin said the publicly-funded plan would address three major themes: health care as a human right; removing the burden of insurance from employers; and spending less on insurance companies and more on care.
Things won't change overnight. Outterson said what Vermont has done by passing the plan is to lay out a framework, the details of which will be designed over the coming two years. Next year a financing plan will be submitted to the legislature, and implementation will not start until 2014. Still, Outterson said today was a big step.
Financing the plan is likely to be through payroll taxes, and the key to success will be the ability to control costs.
If Vermont is able to control costs better than neighboring states, then they will be a magnet for employment. People won't mind exactly how they pay for it as long as the total cost is lower.
Currently about 75% of Vermonters get their health care through BlueCross, and BlueCross Vermont will likely be the contractor the state hires to handle implementation. A state board will determine what procedures will be covered, and Outterson said that board will be extremely accountable to Vermont's residents.
Vermont's a small state, and if the board of Green Mountain Healthcare doesn't remain responsive to the needs of Vermont citizens, they really know how to raise a ruckus. So I don't fear that somehow there is going to be a faceless board in Vermont. It's a state where a lot of people know everyone.
Ultimately, while the board could rule against a doctor's recommendation for a procedure, Outterson thinks that might be a good thing for patients currently being sold unnecessary treatments. He points to studies finding that doctors who offer a certain procedure in their office are far more likely to recommend that particular procedure.
There are a lot of conflicts of interest in medicine today. There was a study last year in Health Affairs that doctors who own MRI machines are much more likely to send you to the MRI… The radiation levels from an MRI are much greater than what you would get from living in Tokyo throughout this [current nuclear] disaster. [Addendum -- Outterson corrected this statement in a later comment on the story, see below.]
One potential hitch to the new plan may be in its ability to comply with the unfolding federal legislation. The federal Affordable Health Care Act requires all states to set up private health care exchanges for the uninsured with no public option. Outterson said Vermont is moving forward on setting up those private exchanges.
They would prefer to get permission from the federal government to skip that step and go directly to Green Mountain Health Care, and several other states have asked for that as well. Scott Brown, the Republican Senator in Massachusetts, has put a bill in to allow states to do just that, to implement a waiver before 2014.
Outterson said another for Vermont will be Medicare. Vermont would like Medicaid and Medicare to be a part of the Green Mountain Health Care system, but that will also require some flexibility on the part of the federal government.
I think it's in the best interest of the administration to try. If Vermont is able to make it work, other states will like it. If Vermont doesn't make it work then we can avoid trying this in the other forty-nine.
The doctor who spearheaded this effort, Dr. Deb Richter, originally tried to bring this legislation in New York. When she was unable to get traction in Albany, she moved to try instead in Vermont.
Outterson said the key to the plan catching on elsewhere will be its success or failure to control costs. Massachusetts is another possible model, with near-universal coverage there on a private model, much closer to the current federal plan. In the next five years, other states will be watching closely both Vermont and Massachusetts to see how these plans do.
If at the end of five years we can say Vermont care is cheaper, they have the lowest health insurance premiums in the country and their people are quite healthy and everyone is happy with it, that's going to be a powerful argument for the state.


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Incorporating clinically proven restorative materials and state-of-the-art technologies into the dental practice can help dentists elevate the level of care that they provide their patients. By using metal-free and highly aesthetic leucite ceramics that can be pressed to thin and conservative dimensions, and preparing the gingival architecture that is to surround these restorations using a soft tissue diode laser, dentists will be offering not only necessary treatments, but also desired services.
From a material standpoint, adhesively bonded all-ceramic veneers have a clinically proven track record,1,2 and pressed leucite-reinforced ceramics enables clinicians to realize conservative preparation designs whenever and wherever possible.3,4 Equally significant to selecting the right materials for highly aesthetic cases is the fact that proposed restorations can be fabricated to resemble the beauty of natural dentition.5 It is also important to note that the wear characteristics of pressed leucite all-ceramic materials closely mimic those of natural enamel, thus reducing the wear of the opposing dentition. In addition, the marginal integrity of these restorations (eg, at 70 µm) allows for supragingival preparations, without concern of marginal show-through or breakdown.
Before. Preoperative natural smile. Chief complaint: repeated fractures of tooth No. 9, and dissatisfaction with the overall color of teeth.
|After. Postoperative views showing that tooth No. 10 has been brought back into proper arch form to follow the lip line, and the patient was given a fuller, larger smile.
In terms of state-of-the-art technology, a soft-tissue diode laser enables less invasive, more precise, and significantly more efficient completion of procedures associated with aesthetic and restorative dentistry.6 For example, in the case presented here, the soft tissue laser was indispensable for enhancing the aesthetics of the patient's smile in a minimally invasive way through gingival recontouring. Patients typically experience little postoperative discomfort when a soft tissue laser is used, since the lasers produce immediate hemostasis and only affect the targeted area.6
Currently, patients are looking for advancements in dentistry that will enhance their treatment outcomes and dental experience. According to a recent article by Lowe,7 an estimated 90% of cosmetic dentistry cases involve cosmetic gingival contouring that is completed using a soft-tissue diode laser.7 It is also interesting to note that the concept of aesthetic treatments that incorporate lasers is considered favorable by patients.7
This article describes the combined use of pressed ceramic veneers and a soft-tissue diode laser to address a patient's functional and aesthetic concerns. The restorative issues were addressed using a pressed leucite reinforced all-ceramic, and soft-tissue asymmetries/compromises were corrected prior to tooth preparation using the soft-tissue diode laser.
A 55-year-old female presented with Class II occlusion and chipped front. Her chief complaint was that tooth No. 9 had been repaired repeatedly in the past and continued breaking (Before). She also mentioned that she had never been satisfied with the overall color of her teeth, and she felt that tooth No. 10 was impinging upon her lower lip.
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
After a thorough examination, several functional and aesthetic areas requiring treatment were identified. These included the following:
Tooth No. 9 and the anterior teeth were flared and discolored.
Both lateral incisors were flared facially, while the buccal corridor was collapsed with hypocalcification in the cervical areas (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Close-up preoperative natural smile view showing fractured mesial-incisal edge on tooth No. 9 and yellowing of anterior teeth.
Figure 2. Deficient buccal corridors needed widening. New incisal edge positions, as well as canine guidance, would be re-established.
There was gingival asymmetry on teeth Nos. 6 to 11. In particular, upon smiling, tooth No. 7 demonstrated a prominent amount of gingival tissue display compared to the contralateral side.
The treatment plan included raising the tissue level on tooth No. 7 using a soft tissue diode laser and correcting the gingival asymmetry of teeth Nos. 6 to 11 where possible (Figure 2). Also, because tooth No. 7 was slightly rotated, and its gingival tissue appeared out of proportion, a soft-tissue diode laser would be used to balance the right and left sides. The buccal corridors would be widened and new incisal edge positions as well as canine guidance would be re-established.8 By improving the arch form, and establishing canine guidance for excursive movements, we would place the patient's teeth in a better functional position and lower the risk of future breakdown of the anterior teeth.
To accomplish the treatment plan, several options were discussed with the patient. She could have orthodontics to bring the teeth into proper occlusion, or she could have 10 pressed all-ceramic veneers placed on teeth Nos. 4 to 13.
In cases like this one, where the patient presents with anterior spacing concerns and/or rotated or malpositioned teeth, orthodontics is always proposed as the initial treatment of choice. This enables the clinicians to be more conservative in preparation designs. However, in this particular case, the patient was not interested in orthodontics due to her age. Furthermore, she wanted to change the shape and color of her existing dentition. As a result, the patient opted to have teeth Nos. 4 to 13 restored with veneers to improve not only their shape and her arch form, but also to create a more youthful looking and whiter smile that she desired. Because there would be sufficient tooth structure remaining after preparations were completed, the proposed porcelain materials could be used to develop her anterior guidance while correcting the spacing concerns.9
Clinical Protocol
Gingival recontouring on teeth Nos. 6 to 11 was performed using a soft-tissue diode laser (Odyssey [Ivoclar Vivadent]), being careful to maintain 3.0 mm of free gingival tissue (Figure 3).7 In this case, the initiated soft tissue laser fiber tip contacted the tissue to make an incision in Continuous Wave mode, beginning at 0.8 W. Lasing proceeded in order to raise tissue zenith and to refine the mesial papilla of tooth No. 7 (Figure 4).
|Figure 3. Before using the Odyssey (Ivoclar Vivadent) soft-tissue diode laser, tissue levels were sounded to bone using a periodontal probe. During the laser recontouring procedure, care was taken to maintain 3 mm of free gingival tissue.
Figure 4. View of patient after laser recontouring of tooth No. 7. Note the more balanced gingival symmetry from teeth Nos. 6 to 11. Note also how much longer/more prominent tooth No. 7 is compared to preoperative condition.
|Figure 5. Conservative preparations were completed in enamel for teeth Nos. 6 to 11. Decay was removed in the premolar area, and prepared for veneers accordingly.
One of the treatment goals was to correct the patient's arch form. Following the recontouring of the gingival tissues, teeth Nos. 6 to 11 were conservatively prepared in enamel (Figure 5). Any decay was removed from the premolar area, and those teeth were then prepared accordingly. In general, teeth Nos. 4, 5, 12, and 13, were prepared for veneers that would wrap over the buccal cusps.
Full-arch upper/lower impressions (Virtual Fast-Set [Ivoclar Vivadent]) were taken. A bite registration and bite stick registration were also taken. This information was sent to the dental laboratory, along with diagnostic photographs of the preparations and tooth shades (dentin [stump] and enamel shades).
|Figure 6. The incisal edge position—as well as the expansion of the buccal corridor—were verified and worked out in provisional restorations.
Provisional restorations (Luxatemp Bleach Shade [DMG America]) were then fabricated, with the desired shape, length, and contour of the desired definitive restorations being worked out at this stage (Figure 6).10-11 Models of the temporaries were also taken and sent to the laboratory to use as a template for fabricating the final restorations. The patient was asked to return in one week to make any needed adjustments, as well as to obtain photographs of the incisal edge position/lip position when her lip/mouth was not anesthetized.
|Figure 7. Final veneers on the working model to verify fit and shape, as prescribed and outlined by the provisional restorations, photographs, and dental laboratory prescription.
Figure 8. Alternate view of the definitive pressed all-ceramic veneers fitting perfectly on the model. Note the colors/contours of the incisal edges.
Figure 9. The preparations were cleaned with a chlorhexidine/pumice mixture (Consepsis Scrub [Ultradent Products]). The 37% phosphoric acid gel was placed on teeth for 10 seconds.
Figure 10. A desensitizer (Systemp Desensitizer [Ivoclar Vivadent]) was applied to the preparations and lightly air dried to help control and reduce sensitivity.
When the definitive restorations (IPS Empress Esthetic [Ivoclar Vivadent]) were returned from the laboratory, their fit and shape, as well as the color and contours of the incisal edges, were verified by trying them on the working model (Figures 7 and 8). At the seating appointment, the temporaries were removed and complete isolation was achieved (OptraDam [Ivoclar Vivadent]). The preparations were then cleaned with a chlorhexidine and pumice mixture (Consepsis Scrub [Ultradent Products]). Next the teeth were total etched with a 37% phosphoric acid gel for 10 seconds. The etchant was rinsed off with water and lightly dried, leaving the teeth slightly moist (Figure 9). A desensitizer (Systemp Desensitizer [Ivoclar Vivadent]) was then applied to the preparations and lightly air-dried. This serves to rehydrate the teeth and control/reduce postoperative sensitivity (Figure 10).
A liberal amount of bonding agent (ExciTE [Ivoclar Vivadent]) was then applied as directed to the preparations. A glossy appearance confirmed adequate and complete coverage (Figure 11). The bonding agent was left on for 10 seconds, lightly air-dried, and then light-cured.
Figure 11. A moderate amount of bonding agent (ExciTE [Ivoclar Vivadent]) was applied to all preparations.
Figure 12. Using the Variolink Try-In paste (Ivoclar Vivadent) in shade +1 Value, the veneers were tried in the mouth to check the color.
A try-in paste (Variolink Try-In [Ivoclar Vivadent], in a shade matching the proposed final cement shade, was placed on the veneers and tried in (Figure 12). It was determined that the correct cement shade should be +1 Value, which was used for the definitive seating of the restorations. The pressed all-ceramic veneers were then rinsed, silanated (Monobond-S [Ivoclar Vivadent]), followed by a thin coat of ExciTE.
Figure 13. A 0.016 fine diamond was used to smooth/clean excess cement at the veneer margins.
|Figure 14. Diamond polishing paste and polishing wheels (OptraFine [Ivoclar Vivadent]) in a slow speed handpiece were used for final polishing.
Figure 15. Postoperative view of the 10 pressed all-ceramic veneer restorations (Empress Esthetic [Ivoclar Vivadent]). Note excellent tissue health and that the gingival contours are more in harmony with the contra-lateral side. Also, note the wider buccal corridor.
|Figure 16. The natural smile. Overall aesthetics were improved with a brighter smile.
The veneers were seated one at a time. Each was lightly tack-cured to hold them in place while clean-up was accomplished. In order to smooth and clean any excess cement from around the margins, a 0.016 fine diamond (Maxima Diamond bur [Henry Schein]) was used (Figure 13). Removing as much cement as possible before final curing facilitates easy clean-up. The veneers were then polymerized completely and occlusal adjustments were then made where necessary.
For final polishing, a diamond polishing paste and polishing wheels (OptraFine [Ivoclar Vivadent]) were used in a slow speed handpiece, progressing through the grits as directed (Figure 14). Upon examination of the definitive results, it was apparent that the pressed leucite-reinforced ceramic veneer restorations demonstrated a natural appearance and translucency in the incisal edge, and that the light reflecting off the central incisors was identical (Figure 15).
Our patient was asked to return in one week for final photographs and any necessary adjustments. Overall, her objective of achieving a whiter, brighter smile had been achieved (Figure 16).
Incorporating clinically proven restorative materials and state-of-the-art technologies into the dental practice can help doctors elevate the level of care. This article has demonstrated the combined use of pressed leucite-reinforced all-ceramic veneers and a soft-tissue diode laser to successfully address both the functional and aesthetic concerns of a patient (After).
- Fradeani M. Six-year follow-up with Empress veneers. Int J Periodontics Restor Dent. 1998;18:216-225.
- Fradeani M, Redemagni M, Corrado M. Porcelain laminate veneers: 6- to 12-year clinical evaluation—a retrospective study. Int J Periodontics Restor Dent. 2005;25:9-17.
- Christensen GJ. A void in U.S. restorative dentistry. J Am Dent Assoc. 1995;126:244-247.
- Nash RW. Porcelain veneers: a clinical perspective. Contemp Esthet Restor Practice. 2006;10:52-58.
- Hastings JH. Conservative restoration of function and aesthetics in a bulimic patient: a case report. Pract Periodontics Aesthet Dent. 1996;8:729-736.
- Stabholz A, Zeltser R, Sela M, et al. The use of lasers in dentistry: principles of operation and clinical applications. Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2003;24:935-948.
- Lowe E. Exploring the cosmetic dental applications of soft tissue diode lasers. J Cosmetic Dent. 2008;24:142-150.
- McIntyre F. Restoring esthetics and anterior guidance in worn anterior teeth. A conservative multidisciplinary approach. J Am Dent Assoc. 2000;131:1279-1283.
- Cho GC, Donovan TE, Chee WW. Clinical experiences with bonded porcelain laminate veneers. J Calif Dent Assoc. 1998;26:121-127.
- Hamlett KM, Rosenthal LW. Steps in creating a beautiful smile. J Cosmetic Dent. 2008;23:92-96.
- Rosenthal L. The art of tooth preparation and recontouring. Dent Today. 1997;16:48, 50, 52-55.
Disclosure: Dr. Meeks reports no conflicts of interest.

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Dec 8, 2012 at 8:00 am #1296860
I'm looking at purchasing a new 2 person shelter. My requirements and preferences are as follows:
1. Shelter shall hold 2 people (max person is 6' tall w/ medium build)
2. Shelter shall be capable of 3-season use (won't be used for winter camping)
3. Prefer a double-wall shelter for flexibility of pitching just inner or just outer fly as environmental conditions allow
4. Shelter shall have 2 doors for entry/exit
5. Shelter shall have at least one vestibule that can hold 2 50L backpacks and 2 pair of trail shoes
6. Shelter shall allow max person (6' tall adult) to be able to sit up without their head touching roof
7. Shelter total weight w/ all needed components shall be under 3lb
8. Prefer product that is made in USA
9. Shelter price shall be <$400
I very much appreciate you sharing your knowledge/feedback/advice.
Note: My use of "shall" indicates a requirement that must be met while my use of "prefer" is not necessarily a requirement.Dec 8, 2012 at 8:18 am #1934028
Charles PSpectator
@mediaurasLocale: Terra
Double Rainbow. Single wall, but meets all the other criteria. A very good shelter and Made in the USA!Dec 8, 2012 at 9:13 am #1934048
Mary DBPL Member
@hikinggrannyLocale: Gateway to Columbia River Gorge
The Tarptent Stratospire 2 meets all your requirements.
So does the combination of the Six Moon Designs Haven tarp and Haven net tent, which results in a double-wall tent with net inner.
For other ideas, check out this comparison sheet of lightweight 2 person tents from John Abela.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkDBpEtGkJYodGF3dE0zeW41bC0yZEUxQlZURm5vLXc#gid=0Dec 8, 2012 at 9:56 am #1934056
Thanks, the Tarptent Stratospire 2 and Six Moon Haven definitely meet my requirements. I'm wondering if any owners or users of these two shelters can provide any feedback on any weaknesses of these shelters?
For example, any durability type issues or concerns. Thanks in advance.
Also, anybody have any other shelter candidates besides the 3 that have been mentioned?Dec 8, 2012 at 10:43 am #1934065
robert vBPL Member
@mtnbob123Locale: Upstate South Carolina
Not listed as a two person tent but more than enough room for two average sized people or two friendly bigger people and plenty of headroom. It also has tons of length for stretching out or for putting your backpacks inside. It is a hybrid double wall shelter with some singlewall, but the ventilation is great with all the screen. The sil version is under $300 and less than 2 pounds, with two vestibules and two doors. Check it out!! I have loved using mine!!!Dec 8, 2012 at 3:42 pm #1934138
Tom KirchnerBPL Member
@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
"Double Rainbow. Single wall, but meets all the other criteria. A very good shelter and Made in the USA!"
+1 A very easy to set up, stable tent with ample head room. It is also quite storm worthy for a 3 season tent.Dec 8, 2012 at 4:50 pm #1934155
Richard ScruggsBPL Member
@jrscruggsLocale: Oregon
Big Sky Evolution 2P (website below) appears to meet your specs —
1. holds 2 people up to 6' 6" (see diagram linked at website below)
2. 3-season use
3. double-wall shelter
4. 2 doors for entry/exit
5. 2 vestibules that can each hold a 50L backpack and pair of trail shoes
6. 6' adult able to sit up without head touching roof
7. per description at the website linked below, total weight w/all needed components less than 3 lbs (not counting a footprint — but is that a "needed" item?)
8. probably not made in USA, but don't know for sure
9. price <$400
The other suggestions made above sound very good, too; however, we haven't used any of those tents but have used the Evolution 2P for the past three years.
Our Evolution weighs 3 lbs 8 oz, a half pound more than your 3 lb spec, but that includes a footprint (6.75 oz) along with 4 extra stakes (1.44 oz) for guying the fly more securely if needed. Plus we have the pole sleeve option (weightier?) rather than clips.Dec 8, 2012 at 8:45 pm #1934202
Stuart .BPL Member
@lotuseaterLocale: Colorado
I own the StratoSpire 2, and just recently picked up the StratoSpire 1 in addition because I've been so impressed with the design. It takes some practice to pitch the SS2, given the atypical geometry. If you buy one make sure you figure out how to pitch it before you take it into the backcountry. Site selection is important, as the generous interior plus two large vestibules make for a significant footprint. It pitches well on level ground, but can be a bit of a head-scratcher to get right on uneven surfaces. Wind-shedding is this tent's strength, in spite of the headroom afforded by the two trekking poles. The StratoSpire was designed first and foremost as a 2P shelter, with the SS1 derived from the SS2's design. To me that's a real positive; so many 2P tents are merely upsized versions of a solo, or attempts to downsize a 3P – and they can be horribly compromised. Perhaps it's my familiarity with the SS2, but I find it easier to pitch well than the SS1.Dec 8, 2012 at 9:33 pm #1934206
Ben WilesBPL Member
@benjitaLocale: Annandale, VA
I was able to pick one up at an REI garage sale for $150. It's been a joy to use. The tent is narrow but has plenty of space at the foot/head.Dec 8, 2012 at 9:33 pm #1934207
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
how to pitch the SS2 :
Unedited version of my second attempt…Dec 9, 2012 at 11:07 am #1934297
Thanks again for all the feedback. This of course is my quest to find the "Best UL 2 person Shelter, for me based on my requirements.
With your help, I've now narrowed it down to 2 shelters, the Tarptent Stratospire 2 and the Six Moon Designs Haven.
Both of these are double wall shelters and allow the use of trekking poles. Both keep the trekking poles outside of the interior netting. Since I always use trekking poles, I like the idea of not carrying an extra set of poles that have only a single use.Dec 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm #1934335
Eric BlumensaadtBPL Member
@danepackerLocale: Mojave Desert
I just ordered a TT Scarp 2 mainly for winter use W/ the optional crossing poles.
But it can be used 3 season W/O the weight of the crossing poles AND with an optional full mesh interior, making it a bit lighter.
So for 2 person, double wall tent versatility the Scarp 2 seems to be one of the very best out there.Dec 9, 2012 at 6:59 pm #1934382
Stuart .BPL Member
@lotuseaterLocale: Colorado
Agreed the Scarp is designed for greater snow load tolerance than the Stratospire, with the optional crossing poles. However, it's significantly heavier and has much less liveable interior space. The OP asked about 3 season 2P shelters, which is why I steered him toward the Stratospire. That's not to denigrate your recommendation or the Scarp itself; however that seems overkill for his desired use.Dec 10, 2012 at 3:41 pm #1934599
Eric BlumensaadtBPL Member
@danepackerLocale: Mojave Desert
I agree, for THREE season use Henry's Stratospire, using 2 walking sticks, is about the lightest 2 person, double wall tent for the volume.
I was just making the versatility point for 4 season use, if the OP had any inclination for that use. The Stratospire could never work with any real snow load.
(Just got the word that my Scarp 2 will be shipped today or tomorrow. "New Item Worship" will soon ensue.)Dec 10, 2012 at 3:50 pm #1934601
Mary DBPL Member
@hikinggrannyLocale: Gateway to Columbia River Gorge
As I recall, Franco had some pics of the Stratospire holding up in a fair amount of snow, looking like about 6 inches. It evidently will resist some snow (such as in spring and fall mountain storms), just not the big stuff.
I was amazed when I looked them up that both the Stratospire 2 and the Haven exactly met the OP's specs! I knew they were close, but not that close!Dec 10, 2012 at 3:51 pm #1934603
The Ss1 is a fine 3 season shelter, I noticed a massive difference in Wind restaunce using Black Diamond Flik look expedition poles compared to cheapo Walmart poles.
I was on a 3 nighter in Canada the Canadian Shield last weekend and it was a complete PITA to pitch on frozen uneven ground, my own fault as I should of brought my Soulo with me.
The Scarp is fine tent also but it not a 4 season tent.Dec 10, 2012 at 6:57 pm #1934653
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
I like your method Franco. I've always been meaning to try it, but I forgot about it in recent months. The idea makes a lot of sense.
I vote for the SS2 as well. I do find the setup a bit tricky if it's on undulating ground, but other than that it is outstanding. Quite spacious, 2 doors, big tall vestibules, double wall, 2.5 lbs etc.Dec 10, 2012 at 8:24 pm #1934662
Karen KennedyBPL Member
@karenkLocale: NE NSW - Australian subtropics
We have just completed a 10 week paddle down the Murray River in SE Australia (2200 km), and the SS2 was our shelter for 90% of the time (a few nights in cabins, one in hammocks, and a few in bivy bags).
This tent is awesome! It's spacious (much more so than my DR, which I have now sold), pitches well and quickly, and should be extremely stormworthy – we didn't have extreme weather to test this aspect out. Entry and exit is easy with double vestibules, ventilation is excellent – basically the design is superb.
The only problems we've had are due to user error – we poked a hole in fly with one of the spikes on the aftermarket carbon fibre poles we were using – easily fixed with SilNet. I've noticed a couple of tiny holes in the mesh which I'll sew up when we get home – could be from the mozzies chewing through eh Franco?
The only issue we had with the tent which I haven't sought advice about from Henry or Franco because it didn't end up being too difficult to live with, was that the zips on the net tent would stick when being opened from the inside. We got around that by reaching out and opening the zip using the external zip pull. This was only a minor PITA. Anyone else have this problem Franco or Henry?
But I can only endorse this tent wholeheartedly – it's excellent innovative design resulting in a tent that's a joy to use – and light to carry!Dec 11, 2012 at 3:33 am #1934692
Hi Karen,
Sounds like you had an amazing trip.
One things that annoyed me a bit is that the outer zip Is one way only so could not get enough ventilation in as the vents are very small.Dec 11, 2012 at 3:53 am #1934695
Karen KennedyBPL Member
@karenkLocale: NE NSW - Australian subtropics
I can see what you mean Stephen, but this part of the country has very low humidity so we only experienced significant condensation on one night that I can remember.
And the last half of the trip was approaching summer, so we were able to sleep with the outer doors open a lot of the time.
Awesome tent – I love it!Dec 11, 2012 at 2:44 pm #1934811
> One things that annoyed me a bit is that the outer zip Is one way only so could not get enough ventilation in as the vents are very small.
Both zippered ends have a shockcorded elastic loop precisely so that you can stake both door edges with a single stake and then unzip for ventilation while keeping the door edges close together.
-HDec 11, 2012 at 2:47 pm #1934814
> The only issue we had with the tent which I haven't sought advice about from Henry or Franco because it didn't end up being too difficult to live with, was that the zips on the net tent would stick when being opened from the inside. We got around that by reaching out and opening the zip using the external zip pull. This was only a minor PITA. Anyone else have this problem Franco or Henry?
Karen, can you send me a photo and/or contact me offline. I'm not sure I understand the problem although it sounds like maybe some mesh was too close to the slider and/or bound up when opening from inside,
-HDec 11, 2012 at 2:58 pm #1934816
Hi Henry,
That's fair enough, not an option though when it's raining heavily if the wind is changing direction, a double zipper would allow the top few inches to be open with minimal rain entry, I often leave the down wind door opened using your method.
Cheers,Dec 11, 2012 at 4:19 pm #1934831
> a double zipper would allow the top few inches to be open with minimal rain entry
I don't really follow this logic. Opening the zipper up high brings the opening closer to the interior compartment and higher chances for windy rain to actually impact your living space. Opening the zipper down low where the opening is very far from your living space allows for possible rain penetration where it doesn't matter.Dec 11, 2012 at 6:06 pm #1934862
It's a feature I have used in other tents in the past as sometimes the vents are not adequate or other obstacles such as long grass or forest litter don't allow air flow form the bottom fly, in the Scarp I could get around this by raising the fly a bit on the pole.
No biggie, just my observation.
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Version .04 - January 6, 2000
There are a large number of variations of probes and attacks primarily directed against (presumably) SUN Solaris systems. In this chapter, we will discuss how to identify attacks that rely on access of the portmap program and that go directly to the service. Both are very common and quite dangerous as well. We will also discuss a bit about analysis of patterns in a large scale, information warfare style attack. We will ask you to look at data at a very sensitive time and try to imagine your job was to help make the call on what the world wide alert level should be. Finally we will revisit our friend nmap again, turns out a discussion of RPCs without a mention of nmap is a waste of time.
In a large number of attacks and probes, the signature is an access attempt against portmap. The first trace shown was detected using portsentry, a host based intrusion detection product with active defense. Portsentry uses an access list, the attacking computer in this case 172.20.20.1 will access TCP port 111, the expected location of portmap. Note that portsentry alerts to an attack and then in the second and third entry it reports on the action that it has taken, in this case it blocks the attacker's IP address (172.20.20.1) both with TCP Wrappers and also with the local ipchains firewall.
Active System Attack Alerts
Dec 26 09:27:41 ext portsentry[12857]: attackalert: SYN/Normal scan from
host: 172.20.20.1to TCP port: 111
Dec 26 09:27:41 ext portsentry[12857]: attackalert: Host 172.20.20.1 has
been blocked via wrappers with string: "ALL: 172.20.20.1 : DENY"
Dec 26 09:27:41 ext portsentry[12857]: attackalert: Host 172.20.20.1 has
been blocked via dropped route using command: "/sbin/ipchains -I input -s
172.20.20.1 -j DENY -l"
rpcinfo -p | grep 32772
100024 1 udp 32772 status
100002 2 tcp 32772 rusersd
100002 3 tcp 32772 rusersd
# man rusersd
rpc.rusersd(1M) Maintenance Commands rpc.rusersd(1M)
rpc.rusersd, rusersd - network username server
rpc.rusersd is a server that returns a list of users on
the host. The rpc.rusersd daemon may be started by inetd(1M)
or listen(1M).
467400212:467400212(0) win 32120 (DF) (ttl 47, id 4282)
4500 003c 10ba 4000 2f06 b889 c0a8 2a06
1001 5600 06e3 006f 1bdb f614 0000 0000
a002 7d78 73be 0000 0204 05b4 0402 080a
0deb ad2a 0000
463993015:463993015(0) win 32120 (DF) (ttl 47, id 4283)
4500 003c 10bb 4000 2f06 b887 c0a8 2a06
1001 5601 06e4 006f 1ba7 f8b7 0000 0000
a002 7d78 714d 0000 0204 05b4 0402 080a
0deb ad2a 0000
rpcinfo -p $1 >> $TMPFILE
From the script (running on attacker's (220.127.116.11) system
# ./rpcscan.sh zappa
Let's find some exploitable services eh?
From syslog
Jan 3 15:03:59 zappa portmap[6790]: connect from 126.96.36.199 to dump(): request from
unauthorized host
Dec 27 15:14:25 marlin rpcbind: refused connect from 172.20.20.1 to dump()
Dec 27 15:14:40 marlin rpcbind: refused connect from 172.20.20.1 to dump()
Dec 27 15:14:43 marlin rpcbind: refused connect from 172.20.20.1 to dump()
Dec 28 15:47:03 milo rpcbind: refused connect from 172.20.20.1 to dump()
Dec 28 18:51:09 milo rpcbind: refused connect from 172.20.20.3 to dump()
So then, we surmise these traces targeted at dump() are reconnaissance as opposed to a direct exploit attack. In the trace below we have the good fortune of having two views of the same event from a system log (daemon.log) and also from a network log (tcpdump). Having multiple sensor views gives us a better picture of what is happening. We open with a trace grepped from a logfile called daemon.log. This should be pretty familiar to us by now.
daemon.log:Dec 27 15:20:35 zappa
First the opening, we have the three way handshake complete with, SYN, SYN/ACK, Lone ACK. Please note that the port pairs here are 856 and 111, this could indicate the attacker is root (or a program running as root) on a Unix system.
15:20:35.513401 172.20.20.1.856
Fusing host and network logs
One of the things that we learned over the Christmas holidays of the millennium turnover, was that intrusion detection state of practice is not yet advanced enough to allow the analyst to rely on network traffic alone. The process of using both system and network logs to determine an accurate battle picture is called fusion by the U.S. Department of Defense, we think it is both a good term and a great concept. Please take some time as you work though through each example to ask yourself is it a system log, or a network log. As you continue to examine logs and become familiar with their content, a wonderful thing happens, you can read them without thinking about the source. You just know it is a system log, or a network log and what that means to the battle picture, you are fusing! At the end of the chapter we will remind you to review the material you have covered and make your own determination on whether fusing is something you need to pursue in your analysis journey.
Now the body of the connection, at this point a TCP connection is established and data can be passed. Defensively speaking, this is way too close for comfort for my taste. Now we will see data pushed from the prober (172.20.20.1) to the system (zappa). Note that zappa also sends data to the prober, if you don't want to keep track of the sequence numbers, the quick and dirty thing to do is look for the numbers in the parentheses (44) and so forth. This isn't just the lazy way to read traces, it can be crucial in a triage situation. Seasoned analysts in large facilities that come under attack may need to practice triage. As the attack traces come the analyst has a few seconds to evaluate them for their severity. The ones that get knocked down by the firewall are of interest in such a situation simply to know the kinds of attacks directed against your site and are just glanced at. A trace like the one we are working on may require additional consideration, the connection did get established, what happened, do we need to pull the system logs? Let's continue reading the trace together.
15:20:35.567136 172.20.20.1.856 > zappa.111: P
1:45(44) ack 1
win 16060 (DF) (ttl 55, id 30363)
15:20:35.725410 zappa.111 > 172.20.20.1.856: . ack 45
win 33536 (DF) (ttl 60, id 5373)
15:20:35.889546 zappa.111 > 172.20.20.1.856: P 1:33(32) ack 45
win 33580 (DF) (ttl 60, id 5374)
15:20:35.930580 172.20.20.1.856 > zappa.111: F
45:45(0) ack 33 win 16060 (ttl 55, id 30446)
15:20:35.931557 zappa.111 > 172.20.20.1.856: . ack 46
win 33580 (DF) (ttl 60, id 5375)
15:20:35.932534 zappa.111 > 172.20.20.1.856: F 33:33(0) ack 46
win 33580 (DF) (ttl 60, id 5376)
15:20:35.968683 172.20.20.1.856 > zappa.111: . ack 34
win 16060 (DF) (ttl 55, id 30461)
Before we move on to direct access of programs, did you notice the IP ID values in the body and close of the connection? Can we make any observations about our attacker? It seems reasonable that that our attacker's machine is pretty busy, because the numbers skip, zappa on the other hand seems fairly dedicated to serving the prober, perhaps this is an automated process probing a number of systems.
So far in this chapter we have been concerned with RPC attacks that use portmapper to locate the procedures they wish to attack. Attackers also go after RPC programs directly. Now we will take a look at this, starting with the classic attack signature, 32772 and moving on to some patterns that are still not understood at this time, but that certainly indicate an attack.
In the trace below, a secured portmapper detects an attempt against port 32772.
Jan 1 19:04:51 scylla tcplogd: port 32772
connection attempt from M-^DM-^Z^D@^firstname.lastname@example.com
rpcinfo -p | grep 32772
100024 1 udp 32772 status
100002 2 tcp 32772 rusersd
100002 3 tcp 32772 rusersd
Dec 26 09:29:43 nms1 rpcbind: refused connect
from 172.20.20.14 to getport(100099)
Dec 26 09:29:21 192.168.3.5 rpcbind: refused connect
from 172.20.20.14 to getport(1000)
Dec 26 09:29:26 192.168.3.5 rpcbind: refused connect
from 172.20.20.14 to getport(1000)
Dec 26 09:29:30 192.168.4.8 rpcbind: refused connect
from 172.20.20.14 to getport(100099)
crash:/etc/rc2.d# rpcinfo
program version netid address service owner
[ ... lots removed ... ]
100099 2 192.168.1.2.autofs - superuser
Dec 26 09:27:34 marlin rpcbind: refused connect
from 10.12.20.6 to getport(1000)
Dec 26 09:27:39 marlin rpcbind: refused connect
from 10.12.20.6 to getport(1000)
Twistah McLain was kind enough to email me an attack script that probes RPCs, a section of which is shown below:
#all of these shiz are exploitable and i have 0 day for
#so i decided to make a rough scanner to sort through the rpcinfo krap
REPORT=" was found on tcp port "
function scan() {
echo "Let's find some exploitable services eh?"
In the following trace, we see there are even more variations of this directed against systems all over the world.
Dec 30 17:28:04 babble rpcbind: refused connect
from 18.104.22.168 to getport(100099)
Dec 30 17:18:00 darkstar rpcbind: connect
from loopback(\000\000\346\365) to unset()
Dec 30 17:18:00 darkstar rpcbind: connect
Dec 30 17:27:47 darkstar rpcbind: refused connect
from 188.8.131.52 to getport(100099)
Dec 31 07:42:34 darkstar rpcbind: refused connect
from 18.104.22.168 to getport(100099)
"This is not a new technique. I most recently read a reference to it on page 232 of "Hacking Exposed," by Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, and George Kurtz. (I heartily recommend this book -- http://www.hackingexposed.com) It discusses vulnerabilities in NFS. My comments are in brackets
'...never include the server's local IP address or localhost in the list of systems allowed to mount the file system. Older versions of the portmapper would allow attackers to proxy connections on behalf of the attackers. If the [attacker's] system were allowed to mount the exported file system [on a victim machine], attackers could send NFS packets to the target system's portmapper, which in return would forward the request to the localhost. This would make the request appear as if it were coming from a trusted host, and bypass any related access controls."This technique may be at work in your traces involving connections from "loopback.' "
So the bottom line, the loopback command may look odd, but once we know what it is used for, we are able to classify this a recon probe. Of course if a recon probe is successful, nine times out of ten a skilled attacker could use that information to launch a more devastating attack.
Today is January 6, 2000, by the time you read this book, we probably will have figured out what all of these patterns mean and have the analysis posted on the GIAC web page, after all the only one that is still unresolved today is the binary characters to getport(). However, we need to take you on a journey through the material as it looked on December 31, 1999. Right now, today, as you are reading this you have the advantage of all the analysis that has occurred since this was written and that will help you with unset() and friends, but it will not help you as much if you find yourself as an analysis in a firefight. So we will still be learning patterns but we will also learn, depth and breadth which are far more important.
Twas the week after Christmas 1999 and all through the net, there were several reasons to be concerned. CERT had released their denial of service advisory about tools like trinoo, tfn2000 and a warning that December 31 a large attack might be directed against web servers. There were claims everywhere about Y2K viruses, special viruses that would go off on the millennial turnover and hackers that were going to it us hard hiding in the noise of Y2K software problems. Finally there was Y2K, a lot of my friends were very concerned. That was the backdrop that caused us to begin the information monitoring and sharing effort that became known as the Global Incident Analysis Center. So now, take a second and put yourself in the lead incident handler seat for your organization and pretend these traces were coming into systems and networks that are your responsibility. You have already seen the attack information shown above and have read all the gloom and doom alerts and then you see the traces from the next section. As we like to say, severity is best evaluated from the point of view of the system owner!
The role of the blitz in information warfare
Whether you wish incapacitate your enemy, or simply need a diversion, the blitz is your friend in information operations. In football you can blitz against the run, or the pass, you can call it a blitz if you use one additional player to rush the passer or if you throw the kitchen sink at the opposing team and that illustrates magnitude and variation. You can conduct offensive information operations by using a large scale attack where you throw a large number of exploits at your opponent from a large number of source locations, and or make use of proxy tunnels. Size does matter, but this is not the scenario that most defenders fear, you can also throw a large number of attacks that they have never seen before. There was a time when we would have never believed that a large body of exploits could exist we had never prepared for, December 1999 taught us that wasn't true, we did see a huge number of attacks never before discussed.
The trace below has the unset() attack we were just introduced to. In the unset() breakthrough sidebar we see that this activity can probably be attributed to reconnaissance, a showmount -e command or equivalent.
Dec 28 16:46:18 jeru rpcbind: connect
from loopback(\000\000\024\036) to unset()
Dec 28 16:46:18 jeru rpcbind: connect
from loopback(\000\000\024\037) to unset()
Dec 28 16:46:18 jeru rpcbind: connect
from loopback(\000\000\024) to unset()
The trace below brings up a new class of problems, the control question mark series to getport(). This attack has been attributed to the XXX, but at the time, we had never seen such a pattern. You can imagine our concern when you consider the number of attacks that had been detected worldwide on the week between Christmas and New Years (depth or magnitude) and the variety or breadth of these attacks.
Dec 29 05:35:46 dns1 rpcbind: refused connect from
Even worse, the trace below shows this has been going on for some time and there is a getport(3000 | ) as well. The trace below shows several of the patterns.
Dec 12 17:58:08 robot rpcbind: refused connect
unset() breakthrough
One of the interesting things about the GIAC project is how we learn from one another. Here is a note I received January 2, 2000.
I am not sure this is what you were looking for but it is Sunday morning, it is raining outside and I feel like reading a bit of C.
So, according to the source from 4.4BSD and Wietse's secure portmap what we are seeing in the loopback calls to unset() is actually an attempt to unset an NFSD binding. At which point, coming from a localhost, it could well be something to do with a showmount -e but this is not entirely obvious as a showmount asks for an enumeration - what I'd do is atttach gdb to a showmount and see if it does a mount/umount sequence to try and get the mount list.
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Dec 30 16:00:09 thumper portmap[21053]: connect
from IP.32 to callit(nsrstat): request from unauthorized host
Dec 30 16:00:12 thumper portmap[27908]: connect
from IP.32 to callit(nsrstat): request from unauthorized host
Dec 30 16:25:34 thumper portmap[18086]: connect
from IP.32 to callit(nsrstat): request from unauthorized host
Dec 30 16:25:37 thumper portmap[16721]: connect
from IP.32 to callit(nsrstat): request from unauthorized host
Dec 31 07:42:43 locust rpcbind: [ID 884469 daemon.warning]
refused connect from 184.108.40.206 to getport(1000<)
If it help any, we stayed at green when we did this for real, heck there are a lot of attempts but most of these are being defeated by host and network perimeter devices. Here is another trace.
Dec 26 15:17:28 6E:kestrel /usr/etc/portmap[150]:
rejected prog 100000 proc 3 call from 10.208.120.9
> uname -a
SunOS paganini 5.6 Generic_105181-03
sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-LX
> grep ttdbserverd /var/adm/messages
Dec 27 18:26:46 paganini /usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserverd[3481]:
_Tt_file_system::findBestMountPoint --
max_match_entry is null, aborting...
Dec 27 18:26:46 paganini inetd[139]:/usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserverd:
Segmentation Fault
Dec 27 18:26:56 paganini unix: rpc.ttdbserverd[3482]
attempt to execute pre on stack by uid 0
Oh nmap! The intrusion analyst must know the nmap signatures when it probes RPC ports. It is so widely used that we should ask ourselves whenever we see an RPC attempt, could this be nmap?
Let's start this part of our discussion with a view from the attacker's side of the table, here is a trace run by Mary Chaddock against a Solaris 5.5.1 system. Please tune your analysis eyes to port 111, 2049, and 32776, these TCP active ports are of particular interest to us.
Starting nmap V. 2.3BETA9 by Fyodor (firstname.lastname@example.com, www.insecure.org/nmap/)
Interesting ports on sam.edu (192.168.8.96):
TCP Sequence Prediction: Class=random positive increments
Difficulty=39182 (Worthy challenge)
Remote operating system guess: Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6 seconds
nmap has a table that is tweaked from time to time and may be the best source for interesting RPC ports. As Daniel Ayers pointed out, NMAP is shipped with a file, nmap-rpc, that lists the RPC programs and program numbers it knows about. (This file is attached - these are the RPC programs it will look for by default). If it can't locate that file anywhere, NMAP will use /etc/rpc.
# This was created by Vik Bajaj with help
We also see that nmap is able to fingerprint the operating system without much trouble. Now the sometimes-rpc15 does deserve some explanation, but that is coming. First though, let's do one more trace of the same machine with a UDP focus.
Starting nmap V. 2.3BETA9 by Fyodor
(firstname.lastname@example.com, www.insecure.org/nmap/)
Warning: No tcp ports found open on this machine,
OS detection will be MUCH less reliable
Interesting ports on sam.edu (192.168.8.96):
Remote OS guesses: HP-UX B.11.00, HP-UX 11.00,
MacOS 7.5.5 - 8.6, MacOS 8 running on an LC 475,
MacOS 8.5, Solaris 2.3 - 2.4, Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1,
Solaris 2.6 - 2.7, Solaris 2.6 - 2.7 X86,
Solaris 2.6 - 2.7 with tcp_strong_iss=0,
Solaris 2.6 - 2.7 with tcp_strong_iss=2
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1400 seconds
This time we see 111, 2049 and 32771 as ports of interest in terms of RPCs. As nmap warned, the TCP fingerprinting is not as good when you can't to TCP! Is the nmap signature obvious on the network? Very, for one thing a port scan is big, big, big, so we will just look at a couple excerpts. In the first trace we will just take look at a small chunk of closed ports.
18:50:52.831580 waldo.edu.47862 > sam.edu.936: udp 0
18:50:52.831686 waldo.edu.47862 > sam.edu.937: udp 0
18:50:52.831768 waldo.edu.47862 > sam.edu.327: udp 0
18:50:52.831849 waldo.edu.47862 > sam.edu.635: udp 0
18:50:52.831928 waldo.edu.47862 > sam.edu.554: udp 0
18:50:52.832007 waldo.edu.47862 > sam.edu.321: udp 0
18:50:52.832084 waldo.edu.47862 > sam.edu.1600: udp 0
Now let's move on the TCP. We aren't going to dwell on the options which as we write this do help serve as a signature for namp, but again, you can run it yourself and see what the footprint looks like on your network. We will look at two cases, one where the port is not open, the second where it is.
In this case we have a TCPdump trace of a probe by nmap to a closed port, 32771. We see two packets the active open, the SYN is set, the ISN is 2981802919. The response from sam is a reset and the ISN is incremented by one.
18:50:08.064279 waldo.edu.61345 > sam.edu.32771: S
2981802919:2981802919(0) win 8192 <mss 1460,nop,wscale
0,nop,nop,timestamp 13486573 0> (DF)
18:50:08.066649 sam.edu.32771 > waldo.edu.61345: R
0:0(0) ack 2981802920 win 0 (DF)
18:50:08.238249 waldo.acu.edu.61721 > sam.acu.edu.32776: S
3006255052:3006255052(0) win 8192 <mss 1460,nop,wscale
0,nop,nop,timestamp 13486574 0> (DF)
18:50:08.254079 sam.acu.edu.32776 > waldo.acu.edu.61721: S
3403285064:3403285064(0) ack
3006255053 win 8760 <mss 1460> (DF)
18:50:08.254167 waldo.acu.edu.61721 > sam.acu.edu.32776:
. ack 1 win 8760 (DF)
18:50:08.272890 waldo.acu.edu.61721 > sam.acu.edu.32776:
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The PAN of North America is among the greenest of the verdant environmental organizations. The American branch of PAN is so green that approximately half or more of all the green environmental originations partnered with PAN are located in or near the San Francisco Bay area or in adjoining states. No one, and I mean NO ONE can accuse PAN of being in the pocket, on the payroll, or of being a lackey to Bayer, Monsanto, or any other agriculture giant.
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In texts to The Columbus Dispatch and The Gainesville Sun on Saturday, Meyer said there was no cover-up of drug tests during Hernandez's time at Florida. Meyer coached Florida from 2005 to 2010.
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