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Some 10,000 Iraqi police and soldiers, backed by tanks, pushed deep into Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Baghdad bastion on Tuesday, stamping the government's authority on an area until now outside its control.
The army said they met no resistance as they moved into Sadr City in the early hours, securing three quarters of the sprawling slum where hundreds have been killed in weeks of fighting between U.S. and Iraqi forces and Shi'ite militants loyal to Sadr.
A truce 10 days ago between Shi'ite factions largely ended the fighting in one of Baghdad's poorest districts and paved the way for Tuesday's operation.
The truce agreement called on gunmen loyal to Sadr to lay down their arms and on the government to restore control over Sadr City.
Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police and columns of military vehicles moved into the suburb in the early hours, past burned-out wrecks of buildings and along rubble-strewn streets.
"We are taking control of three quarters of (Sadr) city. What is left is the final quarter," said a spokesman for Iraqi security forces in Baghdad.
He said around 10,000 police and soldiers were involved.
Fire-blackened and bullet-riddled buildings in the area gave testament to the recent fighting and U.S. air and tank strikes in Sadr City, home to 2 million people.
Tanks and armored personnel carriers stood on corners, flying Iraqi flags, while army vehicles patrolled streets. Black-robed women walked nearby and children played.
Sadr City is the main stronghold of Sadr's Mehdi Army, a militia estimated to number tens of thousands that the U.S. military once called the greatest threat to peace in Iraq.
The operation, on the second anniversary of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's swearing-in, was the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that the Iraqi army had pushed so deeply into the area. It previously controlled only the perimeter.
Maliki's government is pushing to extend its control over areas that were under the sway of Shi'ite militias or Sunni Arab insurgents.
The security forces spokesman said Tuesday's operation was coordinated with Sadr's movement to avoid bloodshed and soldiers had cleared more than 100 roadside bombs before going in.
The army intended to set up permanent checkpoints, search for wanted people, disarm insurgents and provide basic services to residents.
"I saw more than 40 Iraqi Humvees (army vehicles) in the major street in my district," said Hamza Hashim, a 53-year-old Sadr City resident.
Iraqi soldiers took over a disused police station while others moved into high buildings and deployed snipers, he said.
Shops and schools in the area were closed, residents said.
A U.S. military spokesman said no American troops were involved and the operation was Iraqi-planned and executed.
A spokesman for Sadr said the army operation had generally been welcomed, despite some "provocations" such as restrictions imposed on vehicle traffic.
One Mehdi Army leader, Abu Ammar, complained about some of the army's actions. "The snipers are above buildings watching. They entered a mosque with their shoes. This is a provocative act. They broke the door and entered. We told them we could open the door for you, but they broke it," he said.
The Mehdi Army staged two uprisings against U.S. forces in 2004. A government offensive against it in the southern oil port of Basra in March touched off a wave of retaliatory attacks in Baghdad and other cities.
Peter Harling, a Damascus-based analyst at the International Crisis Group thinktank, doubted Tuesday's operation would succeed in removing the Mehdi Army from Sadr City.
"They'll lie low but they could retake control of the city any time," he told Reuters. "The Sadrists feel weakened, feel threatened and this increases the potential for violence."
Sadr was acquiescing because he did not want an out-and-out confrontation, he said. "The cost to him would be huge."
Separately, Iraq said U.S. President George W. Bush had apologized to Maliki and promised prosecution of a U.S. soldier accused of using a copy of the Koran for target practice.
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Shipping Minister Mike Penning said Liverpool could become a base for cruise ships - if they handed back part of a public subsidy paid for by taxpayers.
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Greetings, O' Readers of My Blog! This blog post is the first post o' links from my new city: Portland. The city where I ate this magnificent burger…
Hopefully by now you've seen/heard the good news about my new job at Dark Horse Comics. If not, let me refer you to this post. Or, if you'd prefer the "Not just on my blog, but on a real news site" version, please check out this interview with me on Comic Book Resources' Robot 6 blog about my new employment!
And now that the last post and the first 50 or so words of this post (minus the wondrous burger) have been all about the same two things, let's move on to something new.
My good friend Frank Johnson also got a new job recently. Frank is now working at The Kentucky Standard. He reports! He writes! He does it all! Among that "all," Frank pens a weekly column. He posted this recent edition of his column, which I really enjoyed reading, on his blog. It's essentially about how he likes driving and he briefly mentions a 3,000 mile car trip we took with a bunch of friends back in college. Read it, it's good for a laugh or two. If you like it, continue to check out his blog or his work at the KY Standard… which sounds dirty but is actually the abbreviation used for the paper's web address.
Next, at Sam Walker's Razzmatazzical Monster, there's a rad rundown of her favorite movies from the past decade. As I don't think I can remember the last ten movies I saw, let alone the last ten I liked, not to mention a whole decade worth of films I enjoyed, this recap really impressed me. Plus, it's fun, simple, nostalgic and scrollable picture list. Check it out!
As this is awesome and for a charity (something I've focused on a lot of late), please take a look at this ridiculous (as in "ridiculously good") auction item featuring a ton of rad stuff from Dark Horse…
Thanks to Graeme McMillan from io9.com and Caleb Goellner from Comics Alliance for spreading the word on this.
Speaking of Mr. Goellner and Comics Alliance, they featured an interview with my new co-worker Scott Allie on his original graphic novel Exurbia this week. It's a pretty interesting read on how a comic can gestate a long while before coming to fruition. And that, fair readers, is a good example of what I spend my days at Dark Horse doing: helping our editors, writers and artists get the word out on their books. Pretty fun stuff.
Here's another example of the aforementioned "fun stuff," aka work.
Also, my good buddy Josh Wigler has become a regular contributor to Comics Alliance. Well done, sir!
I'm a big Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon fan, so this video of Bá talking about the twins' new book "Daytripper" with his "Umbrella Academy" co-conspirator Gerard Way was an interesting watch…
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I can't disagree more. It all depends on who repeats it. If it's repeated solely by blogs, and commentators such as you and me on forums like this, sure, I'd say it's just gossip. But if it's picked up by virtually every mainstream reputable media outlet that exists -- all while the story goes unchallenged -- and gets independently "confirmed," then it has a great deal of credibility.
The mainstream media outlet didn't report on the story, they reported on WSJ's report of what Nikkei reported. Did you see any quotes from the Nikkei article?
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As I said in my reply to murray a few posts earlier, perhaps "confirmed" is a better word. So, yes, this story has been independently confirmed by two major media outlets. The stories do not contradict each other -- or at least they are close enough in substance that they are consistent with each other, IMO. When the first story says "half" it is saying roughly 50%. Meanwhile the range for the cuts in the second story is up to 43%. Close enough, I think.
What exactly are you counting? There was the original story by Nikkei, there was the independent report by the analyst that contradicts original story on how the parts are ordered (monthly vs. quarterly). There is no direct quote from either Nikkei (on the 65 million halved) or Paul Semenza (on the 19 million down to 11-14 million).
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"We started hearing indications of cutbacks before the new year," Paul Semenza, senior vice president, analyst services, at DisplaySearch, told CNET today.
That said, he doesn't exactly have a negative take on demand for the iPhone 5.
"It was a very quick ramp up. The Q4 [estimate] was originally about 61 million displays [for the iPhone 5]...that may be dialed back, but anything near that number is still huge," he said.
"That would support the theory that the ramp was too much to sustain."
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The latest edition of the Forum features an article called "Reclaiming Highland," which tells the story of two young architects who found inspiration in formerly drab Highland area houses and turned them into works of art. The homes, though very modern, still retain their classic charm. The before and after pictures help to illustrate the potential that can be realized in so many historic Highland homes. To view the full article, click here and go to page 33.


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Friday night in Las Vegas was a special night, indeed. It was then that gifted hyphenate (singer-dancer-actor) Eric Jordan Young made his solo performance debut on the Las Vegas stage. That night, he brought his show, Once In A Lifetime, to Cabaret Jazz at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
I met Young when he was starring in Vegas! The Show, the musical history of the city told from the point of view of the entertainment scene. He played multiple parts, including Ernie, the maintenance man at the Neon Graveyard, the Las Vegas museum where no-longer-used neon signs are put to rest. But Young does not rest. In fact, for the past 18 years or so, he's been busy performing on Broadway and traveling around the USA in road companies.
For Vegas! The Show he was twice voted BroadwayWorld's Best Male Lead Performer In A Las Vegas Strip Musical
Young explained to the audience that, growing up in Buffalo and Saratoga Springs, NY, he watched all the variety shows on TV and, that way, saw the best talent playing at the time. He was, he said, particularly drawn to "a little chocolate man" and wanted to do what he did. That man, of course, was Sammy Davis, Jr. and Young has succeeded. He not only does Sammy and Me, a tribute show, but he does a lot of Davis' music in his regular show.
Friday night he performed "Once In a Lifetime, That Old Black Magic, Where or When, Downtown, Candy Man, Hey There, I've Got You Under My Skin, What Kind of Fool Am I, Home, Night Song, I'll Cover You, Keep Your Eye On the Sparrow, Birth of the Blues, Mr. Bojangles, Putting It Together" and ended with a kick-ass version of "I've Gotta Be Me."
Here is clearly a man who loves theater and for audience members like me, the set list - heavy on show tunes and made even more interesting with the inclusion of, for example, "Downtown," - was a terrific one. It was a wonderful evening.
His performance was enhanced by a top-notch band: Michael Gonazlez, MD and keyboards, along with Michael Moreno drums; Jamie Hosmer keyboard #2; Brian Bissell guitar; Blaise Sison II bass; Alex Jackson sax/flute; Mike Robb, trumpet and JF Thibeault trombone.
The audience included lots of Young's family and friends, but there were also many who had never seen Young before and were there at the recommendation of other people. I asked one such woman if she'd enjoyed it. "Yes!!" she replied with great enthusiasm. "I can't believe I've gone all this time not seeing him. I'll do what I can to make up for lost time."
Hopefully, some discerning producer was in the audience that night and we will soon see Young in his own show. I will tell you Eric Jordan Young is one of the most talented people in Las Vegas these days. And, trust me, I am very critical. So, if I say it, I mean it.
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The latest addition to the pool of pitching hopefuls is former NBA star Tracy McGrady, who's recruited a star-studded staff of coaches, headlined by Roger Clemens, to reshape his athleticism in the pursuit of a professional gig on the mound. Considerable buzz was generated by a bullpen session in which the 34-year old McGrady faced live hitters (not that they were taking swings), and his height and long arms have been credited with both downhill plane and release-point extension. It makes this evaluator smile to hear positive references to creating depth at release point, but is the praise justified, or is it simply placating a player who is well-respected in the athletic world?
At 6'8", McGrady has a height advantage on the mound, but his size is not unheard of at a position that regularly features players who are 6'5" or above. The equation for release-point extension has many components, and height only establishes the baseline. True depth at release point stems from great momentum and delayed foot strike to extend the stride, as well as elements such as glove position, timing, and posture. So how does McGrady stack up?
The answer: not very well.
My first exposure to McGrady's mechanics was this commercial, which featured McGady throwing to little leaguers.
Obviously this was just a promotion and served as nothing more than a light-hearted demonstration, so when I was asked to break down the advertised mechanics on Twitter, I had my tongue planted firmly in cheek:
This was all said in jest, but we can take McGrady a bit more seriously after his 20-minute bullpen session with professional batters at the plate. There are still plenty of caveats, as a pitcher's bullpen mechanics can differ greatly from what he puts on display at full speed in front of a crowd, but the early returns suggest that the commercial delivery was not such a far cry from McGrady's true mechanics.
McGrady had a much longer stride in the bullpen session when compared to the little-league delivery from the commercial, thanks to a legit leg-lift and improved momentum. That said, his stride was still relatively short considering his biological advantages, as he got into foot strike sooner than necessary. McGrady's posture suffered as he upped the intensity of his delivery, which is to be expected for someone who has not trained his body to pitch. The glove was still very soft, but the biggest red flag was his torque: despite his increased intensity, McGrady still had hips and shoulders that fired essentially in unison, as if the front hip and lead shoulder were connected by a taut chord. It's a testament to his strength and athleticism that he was able to reportedly generate heat up to 87 mph using the delivery that was on display, especially given that his hip rotation was too slow to earn the "hip-whip" moniker that often comes attached to other pitchers who lack hip-shoulder separation.
It's a fun sideshow act, but McGrady was nowhere near being mechanically efficient, and he has a very steep hill to climb before we can take him seriously on the mound. His biological clock is also ticking, but you can't blame the guy for enjoying life, and whether he pitches for the Sugarland Skeeters or the St. Paul Saints, he will at least be a gate attraction as long as he toes the rubber.
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I know it's not this easy, especially at age 35, but it seems to me McGrady might just have never gotten proper instruction on the timing of that rotation, and that a good coach could work with him to address it.
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This story is entertaining and this analysis helps make it more entertaining. Good job!
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The extention on his arm is rediclous though. Dem freaky basektaball player amrs.
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This coming week on Interfaith Voices, we are looking at the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by examining the power of his interfaith friendship with Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Heschel was from Poland; he left in 1938, just in time to escape the Holocaust, though members of his family were caught up in that terrible genocide.
Knowing how Jews had been vilified and persecuted in Europe, he was imbued with a sense of justice, believing that God created all humans equal in dignity. But because of this life experience, he was pleasantly stunned to discover that King, a Christian minister, had made the Exodus theme central to the theology of the civil rights movement. And of course, he loved it and embraced it.
So it was natural for him to join King in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. After the march at Selma, Ala., he is famous for saying, "I felt as if my legs were praying."
The two men also strongly opposed the Vietnam War, and so shared a deep friendship based on shared ideals of both justice and peace.
In fact, they became such good interfaith friends that Heschel invited King and his family to his home to celebrate Passover in 1968, an event that -- sadly -- never took place because of King's assassination.
But Heschel's interfaith friendships went further. They included a litany of many of the great religious leaders of the late 20th century: Dan and Phil Berrigan; Thomas Merton; William Sloane Coffin; Reinhold Niebuhr. Although women were missing from this lineup, Heschel's daughter, Susannah, has carried on the tradition as a professor at Dartmouth College.
If Heschel and King were alive today, I am confident they would be in the forefront of those condemning Islamophobia, promoting interfaith collaboration and speaking out for gender equality and LGBT rights.
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This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/057,566, which is now U.S. Pat. No. 7,188,364, filed Jan. 25, 2002.
1. Technical Field
The invention relates to VLANs. More particularly, the invention relates to a bridged cryptographic VLAN.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Basic VLAN Concepts
Trunk Links
A trunk link is a LAN segment used for VLAN multiplexing between VLAN bridges (see IEEE Std 802.1v-2001, Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks—Amendment 2: VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port). Every device attached to a trunk link must be VLAN-aware. This means that they understand VLAN membership and VLAN frame formats. All frames, including end station frames, on a trunk link are VLAN-tagged, meaning that they carry a non-null VID. There can be no VLAN-unaware end stations on a trunk link.
The trunk link 16 in
The access links 11 are LAN segments that do not multiplex VLANs. Instead, each access link carries untagged frames or VLAN-tagged frames belonging to a single VLAN. If frames are tagged then all frames on the segment carry the same VID and end stations on the LAN segment must be VLAN aware.
Various limitations are encountered with the current state of VLAN art. One problem is that of cryptographic separation of VLANs over trunk links. The introduction of a scheme to solve such problem itself raises the issue of efficient frame transfer between encrypted and unencrypted LAN segments which represent a single VLAN.
The invention comprises three extensions of the IEEE 802.1Q VLAN bridge model (see IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998, IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks). The first extension is the cryptographic separation of VLANs over trunk links. A new LAN segment type, referred to herein as the encapsulated segment type, is introduced. All frames on such a segment are encapsulated according to an encryption and authentication-code scheme. The second extension is the division of a trunk port into inbound and outbound trunk ports. The third extension is a protocol, referred to herein as the Transfer Point Protocol (TPP), that automatically infers for each outbound trunk port in a bridged VLAN, a set of LAN segment types for the port that minimizes the number of transfers between encapsulated and unencapsulated segments required to transport a frame in the bridged VLAN.
LAN Segment Types
Three types of LAN segments represent a VLAN: untagged, tagged, and encapsulated segments. The IEEE 802.1Q standard addresses only tagged and untagged segment types (see IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998, IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks). The standard specifies bridging semantics only for the transfer of traffic between tagged and untagged segments representing the same VLAN. The invention provides a technique that extends the bridging semantics to include transferring traffic between an unencapsulated segment (tagged or untagged) and an encapsulated segment of the same VLAN. In general, any number of LAN segment types can be introduced.
There is one frame type for each type of segment representing a VLAN. There are three kinds of frames in a bridged, cryptographic VLAN: untagged, VLAN-tagged (also referred to as tagged), and encapsulated. The first two frame types are those of the IEEE 802.1Q standard see IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998, IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks). An encapsulated frame is cryptographically encapsulated. Every encapsulated frame also has a VLAN tag. The tag, however, is different from the tag used within tagged frames belonging to the VLAN. Associated with every VLAN are two unique VLAN tags, VID-T (used within tagged frames of the VLAN) and VID-E (used within encapsulated frames of the VLAN).
For each VLAN, there is a unique security association comprising, a cryptographic authentication code key for checking the integrity and authenticity, of frames that are tagged as belonging to the VLAN, and a cryptographic key for ensuring the privacy of all frames belonging to the VLAN.
The preferred encapsulation scheme is an "encrypt-then-MAC" scheme. In this scheme, the data payload of a frame is encrypted and then a message authentication code is computed over the resulting ciphertext and the frame's sequence number. This scheme has two major advantages: It facilitates forward error correction when used with certain block ciphers and modes of operation, and it permits frame authentication without decryption.
A tagged set, an untagged set, and an encapsulated set of ports is associated with each VLAN. The security association for a VLAN may be used to verify the authenticity and integrity of every frame tagged as belonging to the VLAN, and received at a port in the VLAN's encapsulated set. The ingress-filtering rule for the port determines whether verification occurs. The association may also be used to encapsulate tagged and untagged frames belonging to the VLAN cryptographically before sending them from a port in the VLAN's encapsulated set.
Trunk Ports
Every trunk port has an inbound and an outbound port. A trunk link between two trunk ports P1 and P2 connects the inbound port of P1 to the outbound port of P2, and the outbound port of P1 to the inbound port of P2. Therefore the sets of LAN segment types to which an inbound port belongs are exactly those of the outbound port to which it is connected. So, it is sufficient to assign only outbound ports to sets of LAN segment types in order to completely assign all trunk ports in a bridged VLAN to sets of LAN segment types.
The inbound and outbound ports of a trunk port can belong to different sets of LAN segment types. For instance, the outbound port of a trunk can belong to a VLAN's tagged set, and the inbound port to its encapsulated set, in which case, only encapsulated frames of the VLAN are received on the inbound port, and only tagged frames are ever sent from the outbound port.
Unlike an access port, the inbound or outbound port of a trunk port can belong to both the tagged and encapsulated sets of a VLAN simultaneously.
The division of a trunk port into inbound and outbound ports is absent in the 802.1Q standard (see IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998, IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks) where, in effect, the inbound and outbound ports are the same port. Inbound and outbound frame types are therefore always the same for a given trunk port in 802.1Q.
Ports P5 (24) and P6 (25) are attached to wireless access links 30. In the preferred embodiment, they are actually virtual ports that share a single radio interface (access point) through which frames are sent and received via RF. VLANs A 28 and B 29 can be represented by different encapsulated segments even though they share the same RF medium. An end station in VLAN A, for example, can receive but not decipher any frame belonging to VLAN B. Therefore, distinct access links 32, 33 are shown for A and B even though their physical separation is only cryptographic.
Suppose P1 receives only untagged frames, and P2 only tagged frames. Further, suppose the trunk link carries tagged frames in both directions, and the wireless access links only encapsulated frames. Then for VLAN A, the untagged set is {P1}, the tagged set is {P3 o P3 i, P4 o, P4 i} and the encapsulated set is {P5}; and for B the sets are { }, {P2, P3 o P3 i, P4 o, P4 i}, and {P6} respectively.
If the ingress-filtering rule at P5 specifies authenticity checking, then a frame received at P5 is authenticated using the security association for VLAN A. If successful, then the frame is determined to be a member of the encapsulated segment for A. Suppose the frame must be forwarded to P4. Then Bridge 2 decapsulates the frame using the same security association. The bridge forwards the decapsulated frame to P4 o with its tag replaced by A-T, thereby transferring the frame from A's encapsulated segment to its tagged segment. Conversely, frames arriving at P4 i and destined for P5 are encapsulated using the security association for A. Tag A-T is replaced by A-E, which transfers the frame from A's tagged segment to its encapsulated segment.
There are many variations of the example in
Bridging Semantics
Consider a VLAN bridge having multiple ports. Suppose a frame is received at port P. It is assigned to a VLAN in one of several ways. If P is a trunk port, then the frame must carry a VLAN tag of the form VID-T or VID-E, each of which identifies a VLAN, namely VID. Otherwise, the frame is discarded. If P is not a trunk port, then either port or protocol-based VLAN classification can be used to assign the frame to a VLAN (see IEEE Std 802.1v-2001, Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks—Amendment 2: VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port).
Ingress Filtering
If P is a trunk port and is not in the tagged or encapsulated sets for VID, then the frame is discarded. The ingress-filter rule for a port may specify authentication and integrity checking for certain VLANs. If P is a port whose ingress filter rule requires authentication and integrity checking for the VLAN VID, then the frame received at P must have a VLAN tag VID-E. Otherwise, the frame is discarded. In the preferred embodiment, an authentication code is computed over the received frame's ciphertext and sequence number using the security association for VID. If it does not match the received authentication code in the frame, then the frame is discarded. Otherwise, the frame is judged to belong to the encapsulated segment for VID.
If P is not in the tagged set for VID, but it is attached to a VLAN-tagged access link, then the received frame is discarded.
Forwarding Process
The forwarding process begins by constructing the target port set Q. This is the set of ports to which a frame belonging to a particular VLAN must be forwarded. Suppose a frame received at port P belongs to the VLAN VID. If the frame must be flooded then Q contains any outbound or access port that is a member of the tagged, untagged, or encapsulated sets for VID. The next step is to shrink Q if, and only if, P is an inbound port of a trunk that belongs to both the tagged and encapsulated sets of VID. In this case, every port in the encapsulated set of VID that does not belong to the tagged set of VID is removed from Q if the received frame is a tagged frame, or every port in the tagged or untagged set of VID that does not belong to the encapsulated set of VID is removed from Q if the received frame is encapsulated. Because the inbound port belongs to both sets of LAN segment types for VID, the inbound port must receive a frame of each LAN segment type, and therefore shrinking the target port set is justified. The Transfer Point Protocol has the property that it guarantees shrinking never results in an empty target port set. Shrinking to an empty target set implies the bridge received a frame that it has no reason to receive.
The next step in the forwarding process is to construct a forwarding set for the received frame. This is the set of frames to be forwarded as a result of receiving the frame belonging to VID at port P. These are the frames necessary, to transfer traffic from one LAN segment of the VLAN to another. The table shown in
The rules for constructing the forwarding set for a received frame are as follows:
In the presently preferred embodiment, there can be at most three frames in any forwarding set, corresponding to the three different kinds of LAN segments that can represent a VLAN. The forwarding process forwards the frames of the forwarding set as follows:
Within a bridged, cryptographic VLAN, steps are taken to eliminate redundant transfers between LAN segments representing the same VLAN. For instance, it is desirable to avoid transferring an unencapsulated frame to a VLAN's encapsulated segment more than once in a bridged VLAN because each transfer requires encryption. Encapsulation should be done once and shared by all egress ports that belong to the VLAN's encapsulated set across all bridges. Similarly, it is desirable to avoid repeated decapsulation across bridges because each calls for decryption.
For instance, consider the bridged LAN in
There are also situations where encapsulation can be done too early in a bridged LAN, forcing encapsulated frames to be sent over trunk links unnecessarily. There is a transfer point for encapsulation and decapsulation for each VLAN that minimizes cryptographic operations. The Transfer Point Protocol (discussed below) infers this transfer point between segments.
Transfer Point Protocol
A minimum spanning tree-algorithm can reduce any bridged LAN to a spanning tree whose nodes are the bridges and whose edges are trunk links. A spanning tree induces a partial order on bridges. For instance, we can take as the partial order B1<B2, where bridge B1 is the parent of B2 in the spanning tree. The least bridge is the root of the spanning tree. The set of bridges together with the partial order defines a complete, partially ordered set. Every nonempty subset of bridges has a least upper bound.
Consider frames received at the root of the spanning tree. The least upper bound of all bridges requiring a received frame of a VLAN to belong to one of the LAN segments representing the VLAN is the transfer point for converting received frames to frames for that LAN segment.
The Transfer Point Protocol (TPP) comprises two link-layer protocols, TPP-T for adding outbound trunk ports to the tagged set of a VLAN, and TPP-E for adding outbound trunk ports to the encapsulated set of a VLAN. The trunk ports are across all bridges that bridge the VLAN. For example, TPP-E determines that the outbound trunk port connecting Bridge 1 to Bridge 2 in
TPP assumes that every access link port has been assigned to the tagged, untagged, or encapsulated set for a VLAN prior to execution because it uses this information to infer the sets to which outbound trunk ports in the bridged VLAN belong. TPP-E can assign an outbound trunk port to the encapsulated set of a VLAN, while TPP-T can assign the same outbound port to the tagged set of the VLAN.
TPP has two frames types, the announce frame, and the reply frame. Each of these frames contains a VLAN ID and a source bridge routing path, where each entry in the path is a unique pair containing a bridge MAC address and three bits, one bit for each LAN segment type, i.e. tagged, untagged, and encapsulated. The tagged bit is high if and only if the bridge addressed in the pair has an access port in the tagged set of the VLAN named in the frame. The untagged and encapsulated bits are set likewise.
A bridge sends a TPP announce frame, e.g. a GARP PDU, to a TPP group address, e.g. a GARP application address, through each of its outbound trunk ports for every VLAN known to it. When a bridge receives an announce frame, it appends to the right of the path the pair for itself regarding the named VLAN received, and forwards the frame to each of its enabled, outbound trunk ports except the receiving trunk port. If it has no other such ports, then it sends the final routing path and received VID in a TPP reply frame to the MAC address that precedes it in the routing path. The originating bridge of an announce frame creates a path consisting only of a pair for itself. When a bridge receives a TPP reply frame on an inbound trunk port, it forwards the reply frame to the bridge MAC address that precedes it in the path. If there is none, the frame is discarded.
When a bridge receives a TPP reply frame on a trunk port, it adds the trunk's outbound port to the encapsulated set for the VID in the frame if, and only if, it is followed by a bridge B in the routing path whose encapsulated bit is high, and either
When a bridge receives a TPP reply frame on a trunk port, it adds the trunk's outbound port to the tagged set for the VID in the frame if, and only if, it is followed by a bridge B in the routing path whose tagged or untagged bit is high, and either
Consider bridging a single VLAN. Each access port therefore is assumed to belong to this VLAN. Thus, VLAN labeling of ports is omitted in the examples. Instead, the outbound trunk ports are labeled with LAN segment types, i.e. T (tagged), U (untagged), and E (encapsulated). If an outbound port is labeled with U, for example, then the port belongs to the untagged set of the VLAN.
Initially, every access port is labeled according to the kind of set to which the port belongs for the VLAN. Trunk ports are initially unlabeled. It is the job of TPP to infer labels for them.
Each outbound port is a member of the tagged set per rule TPP-T (b). Each bridge infers this fact when it initiates a TPP announce frame. Therefore, both the encryption and decryption done by each bridge is shared with the other.
If Bridges 1 (71) and 2 (72) in
TPP may run repeatedly to infer changes in transfer points. How frequently it runs and the number of bridges it affects depends on the displacement of access links. For example, if an end station is wireless, then movement of the station with respect to the bridged LAN can result in its encapsulated access link being relocated. Until TPP is rerun, there may be redundant transfers for a VLAN.
A bridged VLAN may consist of bridges that do not participate in TPP. In general, there may be one or more cryptographic VLAN bridges with trunk ports connected to legacy VLAN bridges. If each such trunk port is viewed instead as a collection of virtual, tagged access ports, one port for each VLAN tag that can be sent over the trunk, then TPP can still be run to infer transfer points among participating bridges. However, there may be redundant transfers across the entire bridged LAN. For example, if a nonparticipating core switch were to separate two cryptographic VLAN bridges, each having an access port in the encapsulated set of the same VLAN, then traffic between these encapsulated segments would be decrypted upon entry to the core and then re-encrypted after exiting. Observe that no encryption or decryption is needed if there are no access ports in the core that belong to the tagged or untagged sets of the VLAN. In this case, TPP can treat the virtual access port for each VLAN tag as an encapsulated access port rather than a tagged access port. Then all traffic between the two encapsulated segments can traverse the core transparently as encapsulated frames because every encapsulated frame is a VLAN-tagged frame.
Group Security
A cryptographic VLAN v is defined by a group of m stations that has a unique security association. The association consists of the following:
The encryption key is a symmetric key used by v-aware bridges and stations of v to encrypt and decrypt frames belonging to v. All v-aware bridges, and stations of v, compute and verify authentication codes over encrypted frames of v using K′v.
There is one random value for each of the m stations. The ith station of the group knows all m random values except Ri. The m−1 random values it knows are communicated to it by a v-aware bridge. Privacy of the random values is ensured by encryption using distribution key K″v, while their authenticity is ensured by an authentication code computed over the resulting ciphertext using authentication code key K′v.
Joining a Cryptographic VLAN
Joining a cryptographic VLAN is done with a two-step protocol:
A user's station joins a cryptographic VLAN v through a mutual authentication protocol executed between the user, via the station, and an authenticator residing on a v-aware bridge. If mutual authentication succeeds, a secure ephemeral channel is created between the bridge and the new station to transfer Kv, K′v, and R1, R2, . . . , Rm securely from the bridge to the station. Then the second step of the join protocol executes. Otherwise, the protocol terminates immediately. In the second step, the same v-aware bridge chooses a new random value Rm+1 for the new station, and distributes it to all v-aware bridges, and stations comprising v, in a broadcast frame that is encrypted under K″v and carries an authentication code computed over the ciphertext using K′v. The bridge then creates a new distribution key for v and distributes it to all v-aware bridges and to members of v, including the new station, in a broadcast frame that is encrypted under Kv and carries an authentication code computed over the ciphertext using K′v.
Although the new station can verify the authenticity of the broadcast containing its own random value Rm+1, it is unable to decrypt it because it does not hold key K″v.
Leaving a Cryptographic VLAN
A subgroup of stations can simultaneously leave a cryptographic VLAN v, perhaps involuntarily. Suppose stations 1, . . . , k of a group leave. When this happens, it is detected by a v-aware bridge which then announces the departure of stations 1, . . . , k via a single broadcast frame that includes an authentication code computed over the frame using K′v. The broadcast will notify every v-aware bridge and station in the group that stations 1, . . . , k have left. Each such bridge and station then attempts to rekey the encryption, authentication code, and distribution keys for v, each as a function of the old key and the random values R1, . . . , Rk. Every v-aware bridge and all remaining stations in v will share a new security association as a result, including k fewer random values.
Every v-aware bridge always has the current distribution key for v, unlike a station. So every such bridge always has the complete set of random values for any subgroup that leaves v, thereby allowing it to always rekey the keys for v. The situation is different for stations however. Rekeying is a function of the random values for departing stations, values that these stations do not have. Therefore, they are unable to rekey. Furthermore, forward secrecy is guaranteed. A departed station can never become a member of v again as a result of subsequent rekeyings. This is because rekeying is a function of the current keys which means that all keys arrived at thereafter will always be a function of a random value unknown to the station. Only through rejoining v can the station ever become a member of v again.
Although the invention is described herein with reference to the preferred embodiment, one skilled in the art will readily appreciate that other applications may be substituted for those set forth herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the invention should only be limited by the Claims included below.
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People living in the small West African country of Guinea Bissau lead lives of uncertainty and fear.
Ongoing political unrest breeds fear for the future. But an even greater fear comes from the spirits which, they believe, control their lives.
Throughout the country "devil trees" stand as a reminder that the devil and evil spirits are never far away. Some people claim to have heard spirit voices coming from these trees. Often these voices sound like people from the nearby village who have died. Spirit priests offer sacrifices to the spirits living in the devil trees, and parents may dedicate their children to the spirits in hopes that the children will be protected from harm.
Tat is a young man whose grandmother had dedicated him to the devil when he was a child. He wore an amulet, a small goat's horn, around his neck at all times to protect himself from evil spirits. His grandmother often warned him that sickness or death would surely come if he should ever break the covenant she had made on his behalf with the devil.
Tat, now a young man, learned of the evangelistic meetings being held in his neighborhood. He decided to attend. As he listened to God's message of love, his heart was touched. And when the young speaker invited those present to give their hearts to God, Tat felt called to respond. He fingered the goat's horn hanging on his chest as he struggled with the truths he was learning. He wanted to follow Jesus Christ, but he had seen firsthand what Satan could do to those who tried to break away from the spirits. Just days earlier, a friend who also had been dedicated to the devil as an infant, had died mysteriously. And as far as Tat knew, his friend hadn't broken away from the spirits. The spirits hadn't protected him after all, Tat thought.
Tat continued to attend the meetings. The speaker explained that the devil rules by fear, but God rules by love. And God's perfect love casts out fear. Tat cast off his amulet and chose to follow Christ.
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Chandigarh, July 19 -- Bhajji on song! During his peak, this was how commentators introduced the spinner, whenever he ran through sides. The spinner has now literally taken a step further and ventured into the music business by not only recording an album consisting of a duet, sung in association with Punjabi singer Lakhwinder Lucky, but also co-producing it.
Out of favour with the national selectors for some time and with little hope of making a comeback in the present scenario, it looks like Harbhajan Singh is already chalking out an alternate career route.
There is just one song in his album titled 'Meri Maa' produced by Bhajji and Punjab Ranji cricketer Chandan Madan, who produced a hit Punjabi movie Burrah last year. The song is dedicated to Bhajji's mother Avtar Kaur, and she also appears in the video.
"This song is a gift to my mother and every mother on this earth," he said.
As it is the spinner is not be the first to dabble in this alternate career route. Aussie medium pacer Brett Lee also came out with an album with Asha Bhosle a few years back.
Though the crooner insists that he did this project as it is very close to his heart and cricket is very much his focus but seeing him posing like Shah Rukh Khan on the cover of the album standing in lush green fields arms stretched one could hardly believe that he has played 100 Tests and has 413 wickets to his name.
"I liked the song, when I heard it and the subject is very close to my heart. I wanted to be associated with it. I did what music composer and my associate singer told me to do. It took 4-5 days but we finally managed it," Bhajji said.
Bhajji also didn't mince any words after being overlooked for the recent Zimbabwe tour but said he has not lost all hope.
"I still have 5-6 years of cricket left in me. I did well in IPL and now I am looking forward to domestic season and working hard to get back," Bhajji said.
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The movie poster for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has been released, and it's straight-up ominous. Bilbo is gonna go through that dangerous-looking door, and we'll be going along for the ride when the movie hits theaters on December 13th.
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The internets are abuzz with all sorts of great stuff this week. Let's take a look.
Gerry Conway is one of my favorite writers. I love his Marvel work on Spider-Man and countless others, his Atari Force for DC is an unsung gem, and, more importantly, I think his work as a writer-producer on Law & Order: Criminal Intent gave that show its best episodes. This project with him looks very interesting.
Great news. An old DC book that slipped under the radar is getting collected by Dark Horse. It's Dan Jolley's (and Leonard Kirk's and Robin Riggs') Bloodhound. Here's a solid interview with Dan at Robot 6.
Mickey Mouse tries to kill himself, in 1930.
A Star Wars novel as caper with Han, Chewy and Lando? Here's a very favorable review from Randy Johnson of Star Wars: Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn.
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Tintin by Steven Spielberg
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The Adventures of Tintin won the Golden Globe award for Best Animated Feature Film.
You know who didn't get thanked in Steven Spielberg's acceptance speech for Tintin at the award ceremony Sunday night? The guy who created Tintin: Herge.
Spielberg did say that Hollywood gave him (and Peter Jackson) a chance to turn this "80 year old series of wonderful books into a motion picture."
It's hard to be too critical. He had less than a minute to thank people and it probably is prudent politically, socially and financially to thank the people who actually greenlight movies first.
But it would've been nice of him to slip in a little Herge mention with all the bankers and executives.
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For me, the big news is that my pal Jerry Bingham is illustrating a 5-part story in Batman Confidential, starting in issue #50 that went on sale this week. If you're on the fence about it, here's a multi-page preview of it that'll make you wish Jerry drew more comics. Fans of Batman: Son of the Demon rejoice!
Batman: Over at Project Child Murdering Robot, Ricky Sprague comments on the upcoming Christopher Nolan Batman movie with some language that might be NSFW but SWR (still worth reading)! Bonus shout out to Batman: Year One: "It was among the first of the modern age comic book character reboots that now seem to occur every other year or so. Mr. Miller's hardboiled writing was at its peak, and Mr. Mazzucchelli is one of the best illustrators ever."
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Halo Movie Postponed
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While Microsoft and Wingnut Studios had previously strongly committed to making a Halo movie a reality, despite losing financial backing from Universal Studios and Fox, today the two issued a joint statement claiming that the feature would be postponed. Gamasutra reported on the press release, which in part states:
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Mercedes B-Class Now Sold In Canada
Small cars go upscale: The rich person's small car has arrived in Canada. We've covered extensively the increasing popularity and availability of small cars in North-America (here and here), so it was no surprise to learn that Mercedes is bringing the relatively small B-Class lineup to Canada, and if history is any indication, it should appear in the US in the next few years. We're not quite sure how to rate the B-Class, though. Should we applaud Mercedes for taking a step in the right direction by downsizing (a move that could attract luxury car fans to smaller vehicles), or is it an "almost" car because the fuel economy isn't quite as good as it could be?
Lets have a look at some of the car's specifications:
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From a green perspective, we think that the engine is the weak link that keeps this car from being really what it should have been. It seems fairly unsophisticated (2 valves per cylinder, no mention of variable valve timing or direct injection, etc) and without a turbo its power/displacement ratio is not very impressive. There's also no mention of the emission rating, so we assume it's LEV (usually automakers are proud enough to put it on the webpage when they achieve ULEV). The 8 airbags are nice, and kudos to Mercedes for the CVT (they are more efficient than regular automatic transmissions). It's a bit sad that Toyota didn't bring its CVT to North-America in the Yaris...
Some constructive suggestions for Mercedes: The obvious way to make things better is of course to use a more high-tech engine and to downsize it. The best results could probably be achieved by making the turbo standard on a small displacement engine so that a 1.4 or 1.5 liters engine can produce around 140 hp (which is a good power to weight ratio for such a small car and enough to appeal to the luxury crowd) yet have a fuel economy rating of at least 10 to 15 miles per gallon more than what it has now - Mercedes could have its cake and eat it too!
To wrap this up on a less technical note, we'll just point out that the B-Class seems like a nice car that could have been better. It will be successful from our treehugging point of view if it helps luxury car buyers get out of their big overpowered sedans and SUVs and into a smaller car that has the luxury they are looking for. On its own, the B-Class is an "almost" car; many other small cars are worth looking at first.
We can still hope that in a couple of years, when low-sulfur diesel is widely available in North-America, Mercedes will sell a version of the B-Class with a diesel engine (to be used with biodiesel, of course!).


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Be Safe and Know Your Blood Oxygen Saturation!For this review, I received one Fingertip Pulse Oximeter! I wasn't sure if it was all that important to measure your blood oxygen saturation, but it's very important for people that have sleep apnea, lung and heart conditions. My husband had open heart surgery in August, so it's been an important part of his recovery to check his blood oxygen saturation on a daily basis. He's been going to physical therapy to improve his recovery and the therapist checks his blood oxygen saturation 4 to 5 times per visit.
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The singer who won Video of the Year Awards at last year's ceremony said that this year's celebration will be 'awesome' with him as the host.
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I thought it was fabulous. I was was sucked in by the gorgeous writing from the first paragraph; the imagery placed me on the Riviera in 1925 and I continued to be beguiled by the subtle characterizations and the slow and indirect reveal of the story at the heart about the beautiful couple who so entranced Rosemary at her first glimpse of them.
It's both a very American and very Fitzgeraldian story, about disintegration and second acts and who gets to have them (Grant in Galena) and who doesn't, about people who use others, those who observe and those who act. Other themes include that of Amerians abroad, Americans and race, I could go on and on. I thought it was very dense, much more so than
The Great Gatsby
For all that it's supposed to be about Gerald and Sara Murphy, it's obvious that it's more about Scott and Zelda. Presumably Fitzgerald was engaging in projection/aspiration. I have New Critic tendencies that don't like to delve to deeply into these origins, but I'm mentioning it for those who find the shift from Murphy to Fitzgerald a little disconcerting and unjustified. I think it worked, myself.
IMO, the book wouldn't have been nearly so effective told chronologically. We would have missed the slow reveal and the outsider's perspective of the Divers, which can be expected to be flawed, unlike that of an omniscient narrator. What was Malcolm Cowley thinking?
I know a lot of posters didn't care for it at all and I'll be interested to read their reactions. I couldn't put it down.
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The Coen Brothers dominated the New York Film Critics Circle awards announced this morning, taking best picture, director, screenplay and supporting actor for Javier Bardem. Paul Thomas Anderson's oil saga There Will Be Blood, which was the clear favourite with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's at the weekend, earned two awards as Daniel Day-Lewis was named best actor and Robert Elswit took best cinematography honours. ...
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