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|A Bible Stories coloring book is shown to have all blank pages. Suddenly, with a wave of the magicians hand, pictures appear in the book, outlined in black. With audience participation, the magician takes the trick one step further. He colors the pictures - by magic. Now bright, vibrant colors have filled in the black and white pictures! For a fitting finale, all the pages change back to their original blank state! This "blow book" is the finest on the market. Changes from blank pages to outlined pages to colored drawings are made with the greatest of ease. If you can flip through a book, you can perform this astonishing trick! Supplied complete with instructions. 524nufro00192
|The magician shows a twelve inch red silk handkerchief. The hank is ordinary and completely ungimmicked. He starts poking the hank into his closed fist and talks about how Christ Jesus forives Sin. Isaiah 1:18 says, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be as crimson, they shall be as wool." When the white hank is poked in about half way, the magician reaches under the fist and pulls half-way into view a red handkerchief! Apparently the white hank is changing color as it is pushed and pulled through the closed fist. The last half of the white hank is pushed into the fist and it it exits out the bottom of the hand completely red. The suspicious closed fist is opened and the hand is completely empty! This is a visual, direct, and straight-forward way to do the color changing handkerchief effect. Created by Bruce Chadwick and later pirated under the name "Eclipse," the outfit comes complete with two handkerchiefs, instructions, and that necessary something.
|DISSOLVO PAPER looks like normal paper, but disintegrates when put into water. The classic use is to have a spectator write one of his sins on the paper, and then put it in a clear glass and cover it with water. As the water is poured back and forth from one glass to another, the paper vanishes before everyones eyes. A very powerful and dramatic effect. Comes with instructions and routine, plus some ideas for performance. Three 8 1/2" x 11" sheets, enough for up to 36 performances.
|This is a great torn and restored paper trick made famous by the late Karrell Fox. The magician displays a strip of paper with the phrase "FRESH FISH SOLD HERE." He discusses the redundancy of the words and tears away the word "HERE." Likewise the other words "FRESH and SOLD" are systematically torn away leaving only the word "FISH." Not descriptive enough concludes the magician and he unfolds the torn pieces to once again display the full title "FRESH FISH SOLD HERE!" A great torn and restored paper tear effect. Comes complete with enough tears for twelve performances. Climax your presentation with the scripture verses and explanation where Jesus said, "Come and I will make you fishers of men."
|This is a great beginner kit for the adult or child who wants to learn how to use illusions to do evangelism and proclaim the Gospel of Christ. The kit provides effects that parallel the Roman Road to Salvation. The illusions can be performed individually for "out of the pocket" types of witnessing situations, or used together to present a larger program. Not only for use in one-on-one witnessing situations, the kit is also great for Sunday Schools, children's church, and other group gatherings. The set comes with complete instructions and performance tips. A Mark Wilson Close-Up Magic book is provided at no additional charge.
|Made in the tradition of the famous Rice's Silk Handkerchief line, his beautiful 36" silk handkerchief includes bright colors and a recognizable Christ image for Gospel magic effects. 0051rumGOSPELSILK_JESUS
|Eleven cards are displayed before the audience. A spectator freely chooses a number between one and ten. His number is used to select and mark a card for future reference. Each card is turned around revealing ideas about what some people may think it takes to get to heaven. Finally the card marked as the spectator's choice is turned around to reveal the Christ Head Card. The spectator's choice is the one and only correct KEY TO THE KINGDOM. If you are looking for a strong trick that could be your entire sermon, this is it. Highly recommended and not difficult to do. Each card is approximately 4 1/2" x 7" in size.
|Three playing cards are shown. Two spot cards and a "King of Hearts" in the center. When you lay the three cards face down on the table, you have a spectator put his finger on the "King of Hearts" or the center card. When this chosen card is turned over it reveals a picture of the head of Christ! So who is the King of your heart?
|The magician displays two white and black loops of chain. He loops the chains together with the black one hanging around his wrist and the white one hanging from the black chain. The top black chain represents spiritual darkness, the spiritual condition of man in his sin. Sin of course is properly defined as "missing the mark." The bottom white chain represents spiritual light and the eternal salvation God offers through trust and faith in Jesus. The magician grabs the top chain and pulls downward. Instantaneously the chains magically switch places! By putting our faith and trust in Christ, our sin problem is eradicated so that we may have eternal life! This is an excellent and effective method of sharing how Jesus paid the price for man's sin.
|A square sign with an arrow on it is shown to the audience. The sign is rotated to show that the other side has an arrow as well, both arrows pointing the same direction to the right. The sign is turned over again and the arrow now points up! Turn it over again and the arrow points left! Turn it over again and it points down! Lastly turn it over one last time and the arrows are now pointed to the right the same way they were when the trick first started! Last, the sign is unfolded (it folds like a book) and inside is a picture of a one way sign! Note that this trick can also be used as a gospel trick. The panels can unfold the opposite way to show a picture of the world and then unfolded yet another way to display the biblical text where Christ says, "I am the way, the truth and the life . . . ." A great trick for church audiences when the occasion arises, or do the trick for secular audiences without the Gospel application. Packs flat and is easy to do. 0231LAH
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Pelargir was a great city on the river Anduin, and the main harbour of Gondor.
Pelargir was built in S.A. 2350 as a haven of the Faithful.[2] The King's Men established havens farther South.[3] It became an even greater haven in the days of the Ship-kings. Tarannon Falastur built a great house there, with its roots in the water which he so dearly loved. His wife, Berúthiel, did not, however, and preferred to live in Osgiliath with her cats.[4] Tarannon's nephew Eärnil I, who succeeded him, rebuilt Pelargir and built a great navy to conquer Umbar.[5]
Castamir was highly loved in the shore regions of the land, and when he usurped the throne, he purposed to move the throne from Osgiliath to Pelargir.[5] Though he did not do so, he did move his base there. After turning the tide in the Kin-strife at the Battle of the Crossings of Erui, Eldacar eventually drove Castamir out of Pelargir in T.A. 1447.[6] Castamir's great-grandsons Angamaitë and Sangahyando eventually retook Pelargir in 1634, and slew king Minardil.[5][6]
Like his namesake, the great general Eärnil took up residence in Pelargir. His Army of the South was stationed there during the long war with the Balchoth. News of the Disaster of the Morannon reached him on 9 July 1944, and he set out to battle. He returned victorious, and with the King and his sons slain, the general (of royal blood) was crowned King Eärnil II.[7]
During the War of the Ring, Pelargir was overrun by Corsairs once again. Their fleet of some fifty great ships and many more smaller vessels laid in dock, ready to sail to Harlond. It was not to be: Aragorn and the Dead Men of Dunharrow struck fear into the men of Umbar, and they fled or dove into the river Anduin. After manning the Black Ships with his own troops, Aragorn released the spell that had haunted the Dead Men since the day of Isildur.[1]
Pelargir is Sindarin for "Garth of (the) Royal Ships".[8][9] Christopher Tolkien has noted that the first element derives from the Elvish element/root pel- ("go round, encircle");[10] the two other elements appear to be ar(a) ("royal, noble") + cîr ("ships").[11]
Writing in a letter about an impending trip in 1955, Tolkien identified Pelargir as Venice.[12]
Portrayal in adaptations
1980: The Return of the King (1980 film):
- Pelargir appears on a map when Gandalf explains the coming of the Black Ships.
2006: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth:
- Pelargir is one of the settings in which skirmishes can be fought.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Last Debate"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Southern Line: Heirs of Anarion"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 535 (citing from the Unfinished index)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ Compound Sindarin Names in Middle-earth at Tolkiendil.com (accessed 13 July 2011)
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 462


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My curiosity has finally been fulfilled. For four years, I wondered what the host city of the 2014 Olympics would be like. I heard so much about this tropical summer resort, this "Russian Paradise." Whenever I think of Russia from past personal experiences, I think of snow, bitter cold, gloomy
grey skies, and very tough conditions. These first thoughts probably also came from Rocky IV, where the hero had to travel to Russia, adapt to the environment and face a powerful opponent.
We flew to Sochi on a chartered flight. I took a window seat because I wanted to finally put to rest all my doubts and absurd rumors of white sand beaches and palm trees! I've been to Russia about five times before - I won my first World Allround Championship title in Moscow - and never saw white sand beaches, so I thought people were playing with me.
We descended into Sochi and at first it was rather normal, until I saw sunlight reflecting perfectly onto the Black Sea. It was so beautiful: palm trees guided our landing! I was thrilled to be in a tropical climate and staying at a summer resort, rather than in a cold snowy town similar to those I previously experienced in Russia, Rocky style.
The people of Sochi and the volunteers were exceptionally courteous and outgoing, making sure that we were comfortable and arrived safely at our lodging.
The Olympic venue was gorgeous at first sight, although the surrounding areas weren't finished and there was lots of construction around. It will be a wonderful thing to see when everything is finished: what an experience the world will have next February when they see and visit Sochi.
I was here for the World Single Distance Championships, and the security, traffic and continuous construction all brought me back to Olympic mode. Normal World Cup competitions lack this environment and this energy, so this was a fantastic dress rehearsal for next February. The venue – the Adler Arena – reminded me of the 2006 Olympic venue in Torino. Inside were white marble
floors, new scoreboards, big screen TVs and seats in hues of red colors, fading to light oranges and whites. Very Russian. We couldn't see everything due to security and off-limit zones inside the rink, but most importantly we had access to the ice!
In my free time, I indulged in some shopping and Russian food. There was a delicious pizza parlor at our resort and I ate there several times. I really enjoyed my accommodations! I found some great souvenirs and took a few pictures. There were shops and stores that I had never seen anywhere else in the world, so 'when in Sochi'...or however the saying goes. Shopping - just being a tourist - is always a great way to recover and take my mind off of skating and the pressures of competition.
But I was in Sochi for business. I was pleased to make the podium: silver medal in the 1,500 meters and bronze in the 1000, my 13th & 14th world championship medals. Overall, the competition ran smoothly and was a great test run and perfect motivation for what is going to be a hard summer of training - Rocky style!


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Posted on 03/21/2013 11:35:21 AM PDT by Kaslin
WASHINGTON -- Apparently New York City's Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg whiles away his last hours in the mayor's palace daydreaming. He has been mayor for almost three terms and though his mayorship may not have been as heroic or even as effective as that of Mayor Rudy Giuliani, it has at least kept the city up to Mayor Giuliani's standards of cleanliness, law and order, and an approximation of sense of financial rectitude. So if Bloomberg is no Rudy Giuliani, at least he has done OK up until now.
Now his daydreams are taking on the air of delusion. He apparently longs for the perfect gesture with which to festoon his legacy. Health for all! An end to guns for everyone, except the cops! No more violence! Maybe he even plans a campaign against spitting in public. If that last daydream plays well with the public relations team he has hired to ensure his fame for the ages, he will probably call a press conference and admonish us all to avoid public spitting. Possibly the citizenry will be advised to carry little cups or doggy bags. The mayor and his team think of everything.
Bloomberg is intent on leaving a memorable legacy. He has rumbled on against the Second Amendment, against trans-fats, against salt and sugar consumption, against obesity, and -- for years -- against tobacco, even pipes, even cigars, even the tobacco that one chews. He has taken extraordinary action against this substance, causing tobacco to be more expensive in New York City than anywhere else in America, banning it from public places such as restaurants, parks, even beaches, leaving cigarette smokers to languish on chill streets like the homeless only more reviled. Bloomberg tried to ban sugary drinks from being served in containers larger than sixteen ounces, but a state judge who had apparently been a recent reader of the United States Constitution said that bill went too far. Possibly the judge was a co-conspirator with the Tea Party movement. I know that might strike you as improbable, but I am told that, at least in rural New York, there are still judges conversant with the Constitution.
All this concern of the mayor for his legacy is, as I have implied, in pursuit of a delusion. Only an occasional professor of urban politics gives a rat's hind leg for Bloomberg's legacy. Do you remember Mayor John Lindsay's legacy or Mayor David Dinkins' legacy -- other than during their terms the subway system was a no-man's land, the sidewalks were dirty and dominated by muggers and the city was headed toward bankruptcy. By some accounting theories, it already was bankrupt. Mayor Edward Koch left a legacy, but it was not much. Possibly a few wry wisecracks were attributed to him, possibly an urbane witticism. That is about it.
I recall, prior to Mayor Giuliani, a common theme of conversation when I was in the city was that New York was dying. Then along came Rudy. He worked very hard applying fundamental principles of governance to a city that thought it had progressed beyond them. The city miraculously revived. It became one of the most civilized cities in the world once again. So much for the decline of New York City, or for that matter the decline of civilization. New York bounced back, and for those who say America is in hopeless decline under President Barack Obama, I say wait until 2016 or actually 2014. All is not lost.
As for Mayor Bloomberg, he ought to knock it off. This claptrap about his legacy is a fool's errand. His latest effort to ban the public display of tobacco products will be found unconstitutional as surely as his earlier efforts to ban the large containers of disgusting soft drinks.
Mayor Bloomberg, we live in a free society. There are citizens out there that believe in it even though they side with you about the value of non-violence and good health. Yet they believe in personal freedom above all else. You would not want to be remembered as the mayor who tried to become a despot ... and failed thanks to the Constitution.
God Help us if Bloomberg decides to run for President and actually gets elected...
Hell, I am pretty sure he will run and will get elected, we are so doomed...
I'm guessing you're a smoker...
They should bring back the Nazi Party since that's where Bloomie's natural affiliations lie.
I must disagree with the otherwise estimable Mr. Tyrrell. Anyone who lived in NYC while Lindsay and Dinkins were mayor is intimately aware of their "legacies."
No doubt when the mayor daydreams, he sees himself as Genghis Khan, Augustus Caesar, King Henry the VIII, or some other character from history of comparable station.
It doesn't seem to occur to him that others see him as Alfalfa from Our Gang or Elmer Fudd from Looney Toons.
As terrible as Bloomberg is, I shudder to think who NYC might vote for to replace him. It took the city being in such dire straits to get Giuliani in; with things being relatively good there now, they'll probably elect another leftist because apparently voters memories are short.
Don't worry about Bloomberg running for Prez...he won't, just as he didn't in 2012, because he knows that he'll split the Dem vote.
Say what we will about Bloomberg, and there is plenty to say (and some of it not very nice), but he DID continue Rudy's anti-crime policies and actually made the city SAFER than even Rudy did. Look at the stats, NYC even beats many states now in their violent crime rate. Bloomberg has a lot to be proud of in that regard.
I will give credit where credit is due, considering the condition of nearly every other big city in the country (Detroit and DC come to mind first).
Queen Bloomers is the poster thing for our overly rich and powerful global fascists. It's a globalist, politically correct CEO type - out of the closet - for all to see.
We need to zap these freaks of nature before they erase the constitution and commit genocide with their wierd idealism in evironmentalism, pursuit of control and rule. They have bought treasonous power via politicans and Nations.
Filthy rich people are fine, as long as we realize they are bent into political, moral and social retards by virtue of by their exceeding wealth. The ego wants to be king and the money will justify the pursuit of being king. The smartest guy on the block, is probably not exceeding wealthy and living that lifestyle.
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Ray Jessel Returns to Josyln Center with Life is a Cabaret Series Today, 5/13
Ray Jessel is set to make an appearance at The Arthur Newman Theatre in Palm Desert today, May 13th at 2 PM as part of the Life Is A Cabaret Sundays In Summer Series presented by Les Michaels.
Mr. Jessel was the last lyricist to work with Richard Rodgers and was co-composer and lyricist of the Broadway musical, Baker Street based on Sherlock Holmes. Such notables as Sammy Davis, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Durante, Richard Burton, Vikki Carr, Michael Feinstein, John Pizzarelli, Karen Akers and dozens of cabaret singers have recorded Jessel's songs, winning Ray and others numerous music awards including the coveted MAC Award.
Ray's other Broadway writing credits include," Hellzapoppin", and "I Remember Mama." On television, he wrote for "The Dean Martin Show," "The Carol Burnett Show," "The Love Boat" and many John Denver specials. Jessel was also writer/producer of the long-running series "Head of the Class." With his current partner Cynthia Thompson, Jessel wrote the song "Whatever Happened To Melody?" recorded by Michael Feinstein, on his CD "Forever" and has since been recorded by David Campbell on his CD "Yesterday Is Now", and by Masters Of Harmony on their CD, "California Gold Rush". Another recent Jessel/Thompson recording is their song "I'm All Right Now" on John Pizzarelli's CD "New Standards.
Ray's performance here last July caused a great deal of demand for him to return and as a result he will be the first show to open the 3rd season today, May 13th at the 2 PM show time. Doors will open at 1 PM and tickets will be on sale at the door for $10, cash only. The Arthur Newman Theatre is located in The Joslyn Center at 73-750 Catalina Way in Palm Desert, CA. 92260. Reservations are not needed but you may call 760-325-2731 for information.
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In light of a truly hilarious misreading of my recent post about weight loss, I thought I'd write a bit about what fat activism means to me. Because the truth is, what with the recent weight loss and everything, I'm not fat. Not really, not right now. For the last few years I've been more of what the fine folks at fatshionista call an "inbetweenie" — someone who is not thin but not fat, who sometimes shops at plus size stores and sometimes at straight size stores, who sometimes gets disparaged for her size but sometimes gets a free pass for it. I found fat activism through a few friends and through fatshionista, and I can truly say that it has changed my life for the better. Sometimes, though, the participation of those of us on the smaller end of the non-skinny spectrum is viewed with understandable suspicion by other people in the movement. So in case any of our lovely readers at Shapely Prose are curious about what someone like me is doing blogging with the inimitable Kate Harding, here are some of my reflections. (Fatshionista members, you might find some of this dimly familiar!)
My experience as an inbetweenie puts me in a complicated relationship to fatness. I usually wear a size 12 or 14, and an L or XL on that scale; I'm well-endowed (if you know what I mean and I think you do) and that often affects what size I wear. Sometimes I can shop in straight sized stores; sometimes I can't. Sometimes I'm the smallest person in a room; sometimes, I'm the biggest. I've been thinner than I am now, and I've been fatter. The fatosphere has, for me, been a godsend, because it has finally convinced me, for real, that I do not have to try to get thinner. I seem to have settled into a size my body likes with exercise and good food (give or take those illness-related 20 pounds!), and at age 28, I've finally learned to love my body, whether or not I can fit my hips into pants at some store or not.
So what would someone on the low end of the inbetweenie scale get out of fat activism? Are people like me double agents from the thinner world, getting our jollies out of pretending to be fat?
I can't answer that for other inbetweenies. But here are some ways that reading fatshionista, participating in the fatosphere, and changing my thinking about fat have improved my life:
There's the fashion. I love seeing how women of many different sizes and shapes dress. The mass media rarely shows more than two kinds of women: skinny women with big racks and skinny women with small racks. There are so many different shapes and sizes of people in the world, and anyone that looks remotely like me is excluded from mainstream representation. (Remember, even ScarJo is "fat" now!) I'd rather have Crystal Renn or Kate Dillon as a fashion icon than Nicole Richie, because they're more exciting to me.
There's the politics. Fat activists are trying to create a world in which thinness is not assumed to be the default goal for every woman and man. That's a world I want to live in. I believe size negativity hurts everyone, fat and thin, in the way that patriarchy hurts both women and men. Even people who benefit from privilege are forced to live in a system that demands that they justify their privilege by conforming to the oppressive system. Fighting the regulation and circumscription of women's bodies is crucial to my identity as a feminist. That said, I am fully aware and guiltily thankful that I don't experience some of the discrimination or the everyday logistical difficulties that many people bigger than me do (though as I said, I haven't always been the size I am now).
And finally, there's the everyday angle, the way fat acceptance intersects my life experiences. Even at the size I am, I'm not thin. I can't shop at all "normal" stores. I can't buy bras at anywhere but specialty stores. I searched high and low for a pair of knee-high boots that would zip up over my calves, and I never found any. My thighs would catch on fire from rubbing together if I didn't take drastic chub-rub-prevention measures. Women normally only talk about these kinds of things in a disparaging light; in a fat acceptance community, these are normal experiences. (I'm willing to bet they're normal experiences for lots of women smaller than I am, too — but I've never heard any of them talk about it.) I've been fatter than I am now, and my experiences at different weights/sizes forms a huge part of my understanding of feminism. Finally, I can talk about my body without trying to avoid the word "fat."
In the end, I hope that one of the goals of fat acceptance is not only for fat people to gain respect, dignity, and self-esteem, but also to make people of all sizes feel good about fat — in whatever degrees it is present or absent. The more we all get to be visible without apologizing for our bodies, the more just our culture is.


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Lopes had pleaded not guilty to the murder.
Citing concern for what he called a total lack of remorse, the judge imposed the harshest punishment. The sentence brought the victim's family to tears.
Belmonte adopted Lopes, her cousin, when he was a child and had lost his father in Guyana.
During sentencing the judge mentioned she saved him from what was sure to be a life of poverty and Lopes treated her with utter contempt.
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NFS 3 and the specter of the spoof attack
Ghost on the Loose
Host-based authentication is easy to configure, but it doesn't do much to stop uninvited guests.
The CIO of a famous credit union was fairly sure he had thought of everything: state-of-the-art antivirus tools, separate zones for desktops and servers, firewalls at strategic points, and regular operating system updates. He also favored "stable versions" of operating systems, applications, and protocols for added assurance.
Unfortunately, this CIO decided to take a short cut in setting up the file server: NFS version 3 [1] with the legacy "host-based access control" and no special hardening. Although NFS 4 has been around for several years, many networks continue to use NFS 3 because it is simpler and it is already up and running.
Ease of use is certainly an important consideration; however, in the case of NFS, this simplicity sometimes comes with a cost. The host-based scheme used with NFS 3 has several significant problems. Also, NFS 3 transmits unencrypted data blocks (see Figure 1), it only performs rudimentary authentication, and its authorization mechanisms are easily avoided (see the "NFS Security Functions" box).
In this article, you will get a glimpse of one of the many catastrophes that can happen if you use NFS 3 without paying attention to security. Ultimately, the best solution to these sorts of problems is to upgrade to version 4, but for readers who don't have the option of an upgrade, I offer some thoughts on how to avoid these kinds of shenanigans.
NFS Security Functions
When mounting a volume, legacy NFS servers only authenticate by referring to the client IP address and a privileged port, both of which are easy to spoof. NFS provides a handle to an entity that presents credentials. Any entity presenting the handle can access the data. It is left up to the client to check access privileges. Because the protocol does not encrypt, both the handles and data are easily sniffed (see Figure 1). However, an attacker can't leverage a handle without some effort because it involves some programming. The method described in this article is far easier, and it uses only standard Linux tools.
To improve NFS, Sun originally planned on securing RPC connections via Secure RPC. But documents that cast doubt on its viability were published as early as 1995. The attack, which took a mainframe a couple of days back then, takes a modern PC just a couple of hours.
The NFS architects finally dropped Secure RPC and focused on NFS 4, which offers more in the line of security functions. Because it relies entirely on TCP, it is easier to protect with firewalls and VPNs. The RPCSEC_GSS API that NFS 4 uses also supports the use of tried-and-trusted security architectures like Kerberos for authentication purposes.
To explore some of the security issues related to NFS, Linux Magazine staged a typical attack on an NFS configuration, during which, we looked at the individual steps an attacker would take to grab the crown jewels of an unwary IT department. This scenario assumes the blackhat can access the internal network. It is unlikely that an attacker would be able to launch such an attack from across the Internet because most enterprise firewalls will succeed in preventing the intrusion.
But think about those spare network sockets in your conference room or the systems left on overnight with cleaning staff (or anyone else) poking around. Another technique gaining favor with attackers is to attach a small WLAN router to the network and leave it hidden in an empty cubicle. In other cases, the intruder might not need to sneak around at all because the attack is launched by an employee of the company.
Finding a Server
The first thing an attacker needs to do is search for NFS servers that offer their service on the enterprise network. If the IP address is unknown, an attacker will probably opt for the Nmap scanner [2], the tool of choice for over a decade: After identifying the possible IP range of the target for the attack, by analyzing a sniffer log, for example, the attacker will launch a targeted search. The command nmap -n -v -sS -P0 -p111 address_range searches for RPC port mappers behind TCP port 111.
Compared with a full scan with several thousand ports per system, the following search is fairly quick. Matches are stored in the upips.txt file and are then available for closer inspection:
nmap -n -v -sSVR -O -i upips.txt
The scan method -s requested here is a half-open scan (S); if this scan is successful, a version scan (V), and a query to the RPC calls (R) will follow. The results for an NFS server will look something like the output in Listing 1.
Listing 1
Scan Results for an NFS Server
Going to Work
NFS uses RPC for remote function invocation, introducing separate data encoding in the form of External Data Representation (XDR). The Nmap scan at least gives a clear view of the RPC calls. The rpcbind in line 5 forwards RPC queries to other ports, such as the ports for mountd (line 7), which is responsible for setting up a connection, or the nfs daemon (line 8), which delivers or accepts data. Figure 2 shows this configuration.
An attacker can glean valuable information from these services. In fact, the attacker doesn't even need special hacking tools: The admin tools provided with the distribution are just fine. One of them is called Showmount. Typing showmount -e alpha will output the NFS server's exports:
Export list for alpha: /opt/someapp * /mnt/cdrom everyone(ro) /home *.example.com,192.168.1.66
The first column contains the exported directory on server alpha – NFS refers to this as a volume. The second column tells which clients are permitted to access the volume. Different NFS servers have different ways of writing permitted client names, but whatever the syntax, the address will include IP addresses and DNS names. An asterisk or the everyone string indicates no restrictions for the volume. In many cases, admins use this option for CD-ROMs or static, read-only data. (The (ro) entry specifies read only.)
The NFS server resolves DNS names itself and thus authenticates querying clients on the basis of IP addresses. Unfortunately, it is really easy to spoof IP addresses on the local network. In this example, any DNS name from the example.com domain is permitted.
Querying the DNS Server with dig example.com axfr could return a complete list of all known hostnames and matching addresses. As an alternative, the attacker can just make an intelligent guess if a couple of hostnames are known or if some hosts have been identified with the use of a sniffer. In any case, the intruder will put together a list of matching IP addresses and check which ones they can hijack.
The addresses need to be in the segment the attacker has access to. Often this is the case if a larger number of clients mount home directories on the NFS server.
The next step is to find an authorized IP address that is currently unused. Many users switch off their computers at the end of the day. The command
ping -c3 192.168.1.66
checks to see whether the specified host is active. To do so, the tool sends three ICMP packets to the client (see Listing 2). If you want to be completely certain that the target is not simply blocking ICMP, you can additionally check whether arp -na resolves the address:
? (192.168.1.1) to 00:31:42:42:42:13 eth0 ? (192.168.1.66) to <incomplete> eth0
Although a MAC address is known for 192.168.1.1, ARP was unable to resolve the target. In other words, the address is free.
Listing 2
Checking the Target Address
On a Linux system, IP addresses are easily spoofed: root can just configure them on the interface:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.66 up
This hack will not work with virtual interfaces such as eth0:1: NFS clients use the first address on their interface for requests and do not configure any additional IPs. After completing the preparatory steps, the attacker can become root and type
mkdir /tmp/MNT mount -t nfs 192.168.1.200:/home /tmp/MNT
to create a local mount point and then mount the /home volume exported by NFS. If you just see a prompt after this, the connection is working.
An intruder operating as local root probably won't be able to access this volume directly. Although the superuser can typically read anything on the local disk, the NFS volume suddenly blocks read access. This effect is typically referred to as a root_squash configuration, but the setback is temporary and easy to work around.
Typing ls -ln outputs the numeric user IDs for the file owners. The attacker can then create entries for these users in the local /etc/passwd file and type su - victim to assume their identity. The intruder is now free to browse user folders, exchange SSH keys, or poke around in mail directories. In the case of the credit union, the attacker found customer data backup scripts, including clear text passwords for the database.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
13 Things Folks Took With Them Along the Oregon Trail
Students read the following message:
The rectangle I've created on the floor measures four by ten feet. Observe the space that has been created by the tape. Imagine for a few minutes your family is in the process of moving out west….to Oregon, Washington, or Idaho. The rectangle on the floor represents the cargo container that your family will have to pack their things. It is obvious everything in your home cannot be moved with you. You can only stack things as tall as the line I've drawn on the board (about four to five feet). Take the next ten minutes and create a list of things you think is important for your family to pack. Remember….this is the only container your family has. Everyone's things will be in the container together.
Students furiously write for the next few minutes creating a list in their notebooks. I finally call time and ask a few students to volunteer items from their list. They volunteer things like their Ipod, their Xbox, Cds, and television. No one includes food, or tools, or any other basic supply.
I ask students to read through their list and take off anything that would not exist in 1843. All of a sudden many lists shorten greatly. Some disappear all together.
Every now and then I think a jolt of reality is important for my students. They get lazy and tend to think of historical events and historical figures in their own frame of reference. While it is beneficial to compare and contrast our way of life to the way of life during a time period being studied it is also important to attempt to look at the time period from the perspective of those living at the time.
So what would you need if you were about to embark on the Oregon Trail as many thousands did between 1843 and 1870?
Many sources indicate a family of four would need at least one thousand pounds of food (and you thought your 10 bags of grocercies was excessive). Here's a sample grocery and supply list:
1. 200 pounds flour
2. 150 pounds bacon
3. 10 pounds coffee
4. 20 pounds sugar
5. 10 pounds salt
6. 20 pounds corn meal
7. 15 pounds beans
8. 5 pounds rice
9. 2 pounds tea
10. ½ pound baking soda
11. 15 pounds dried fruit
12. rifles, shotguns, pistols, and ammo
13. farm tools, seeds, rope, a piece or two of furniture
You can see a more completed list of supplies with time period prices here.
The wagon space was tightly packed. Most everyone walked the entire trail since every bit of space was needed and folks wanted to spare the oxen as much as possible from the extra weight.
One in every ten people who traveled the trail died. Many died from accidents such as guns accidentally going off and getting crushed by wagons. Others died from disease such as cholera.
An interesting interactive map of places along the Oregon Trail can be found here.
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I love history, and I'm so glad you're making it real for your students.
Mine's up. On Teachers who made a difference to me. I'm sure in 15 or so years your name will be on some lists too.
- Robin said...
What a wonderful way to convey what it meant to travel the Oregon Trail to your students. We'll be heading to Washington ourselves (on vacation) in about two weeks. I think I'll talk to my son about the differences between how we are traveling now and how it was done then.
Happy TT.
- Alasandra, The Cats and Dogs said...
I would have to put books in the wagon somehow. I don't think I could live without them.
- Cinnamon Girl said...
The funny thing about the trail is that judging by the number of place here in Oregon that say they are part of it, those two must have been pretty drunk :P
Very cool idea. But be sure to remind them that they should never shoot more buffalo than they can carry back to the trail, and when they come to a river, ALWAYS caulk the wagon and float.
At least, that was my experience as an elementary school trailblazer.
- Mrs. Bluebird said...
I love you! I've been asked (the science teacher who loves history) to put together a Oregon Trail/Pioneer class for the gifted camp I teach at every summer! Your blog is a gold mine (and I love learning from it). BTW, I'm going to be in your beloved Georgia this weekend - Civil War Symposium at Kennesaw State University!
- CaliforniaTeacherGuy said...
I read through your list so fast that I thought it said, "5 pounds ice." I'm sure they were wishing for ice--not rice--on some of those torrid summer days!
- Taylor said...
This really is a wonderful way to convey what some students may find boring in a truly innovative and different fashion... That map of places along the trail is cool too!
I wanted to ask if I could nominate you for "best education blog" over at the Blogger's Choice Awards I think with your readership and a little self promotion (they have a "vote for me" badge you can put up with a little copying and pasting of some embed code) you would have a good shot at winning. Anyway, I'd love to see you at the top of the list. Thanks for the great blog and keep it coming!
- EHT said...
Thanks for all of the great comments.
Alasandra, I believe I would have found some corner of the wagon for a few books. They probably did too.
Matt, I agree...never shoot more buffalo than you can carry.
Mrs. Bluebird, I hope you enjoyed your trip to my fair state.
CTG, a huge majority of my blog reading is skimming and scanning. Sometimes I misread words as well, however, I'm sure ice would have been very welcome on the trail.
taylor a, thanks for the nod. I certainly won't stop you. :)
- Rebecca Haden said...
Great post! I do something similar, and I like to bring in The Prairie Traveler by Randolph Marcy (reference by memory, usually a mistake -- I'll check and come back and correct if I've got it wrong), a handbook the U.S. Army produced for the pioneers. A modern edition is in print.
- Meredith said...
I always wanted to go on The Oregon Trail. But, I'm sure a large part of that was due to Garth Williams' most excellent illustrations...
- HappyChyck said...
That's a fun lesson. I takes me back to when I was kid learning about the Oregon Trail.


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If I had my druthers
If I had my preference.
This is an American phrase and not used widely elsewhere. People elsewhere in the world might want to know what druthers are, as the phrase conveys otherwise. Druthers is a shortening of 'would rathers'. The phrase originated in the late 19th century and is first cited in the January 1870 edition of Overland monthly and Out West magazine, in a story called Centrepole Bill, by George F. Emery:
"If I was a youngster, I 'drather set up in any perfession but a circus-driver, but a man can't always have his 'drathers."
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