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I don't think either of them won.
Poppy slides over to her and squeezes her shoulder. "She probably invited Sebastian to be your date." Before there was a "Connor and Rose," my sister took Sebastian as her arm candy to appease our mother.
Rose shakes her head and begins smoothing her hair back into place. "No, Sebastian went on a trip to the Cayman Islands with this boyfriend this week. She knew that."
I can't even imagine who she set Rose up with, probably someone she'd hope Rose would marry down the line. That's how Samantha Calloway operates.
Jitters run through my body on high speed. Rose, my rock, has eyes as wide as a Kit-Cat clock. It's like my mother has zapped her cold. When she wakes from her stupor, she reaches into the ice bucket and pulls out the expensive champagne. She chugs straight from the bottle. I jerk back in surprise. Considering Rose usually wipes the rim of her soda cans, I think it's safe to say she's upset.
Daisy remains oblivious outside, her long hair whipping behind her. I guess we all handle our mother in different ways. Rose yells. Daisy finds fresh air. I sink into a corner. Poppy remains calm.
Rose offers the drink to Poppy. She declines. "I'm safe from her. I have a husband." Yeah, our mother has lost interest in Poppy's relationships.
"She should know who I am by now," Rose mutters. "I tell her all the time, you know? I'm never getting married, Mother. And it goes in one ear and out the other. I thought dating Connor would make things better. My first actual boyfriend. She'd be off my case. Instead, she's whispering in my ear about what to say to him, how I should be, worrying over whether he'll end things before I do." Rose curses under her breath and stares up at the ceiling of the car. "How can you love your parents so much, but then absolutely hate them the next?" She inhales a deep breath. "I need to go back to therapy."
I break into a smile, trying to lighten her downtrodden mood. "You know Connor goes to therapy compulsively too? I asked him where he was going last week, and he said to his daily therapist for just a regular session to let off some steam. Funny that you two have that in common, huh?"
Rose glares. "His therapist is also his 'best friend.' So no, we do not have that in common. I actually have people close to me that I love. Like you and Poppy and Daisy…" Her eyes trail up to the torso that stands in the center of the car. "Does she realize we're on a highway?"
"I think she prefers it that way." My eyes widen in mock horror. "The danger!" I mimic Daisy's voice.
Rose and Poppy laugh, although Rose's dies out rather quickly. She rubs her eyes and groans.
Normally, I'd be excited right now, wondering what face will greet me once we arrive at the event. But I've been trying to forget what it feels like to cli**x, the tingling of my body—the sensation of masculine, hard hands sliding along my skin. And I'm afraid once I see a guy, willing and wanting, I'll take the opportunity and jump. Without thinking. Without breathing. I'll just do it and ruin the one good thing in my life.
Rose lets out another long groan.
I have to ask. "What happened with Connor?"
"I thought everything was fine," Poppy says.
Rose wedges the bottle between her bony knees. "When I'm with him, I roll my eyes so much I feel like they're going to fall out of my face." She talks with her hands—so unlike Rose, that I scoot forward on my seat to be closer to her. Rose gestures to her body, trying to express herself, but she looks like she's swatting the air instead.
I reach out and hold her hand. Rose calms a little. "I can't believe she's doing this after I asked her not to."
"It'll be okay," I say, but the words coming from me only worsen the look on her face.
"Did Connor want to break up?" Poppy wonders.
"I don't know. When we fight, we both talk about it all the time…"
I interject. "Yeah, but you two break up in strange ways. Last month, I heard Connor say something like, 'Sadie never disagrees with me.' And you said, 'If you want a doormat for a girlfriend, then your cat is perfect. Have a happy life together.' Then you slammed the door to your bedroom, and he stormed out of the house, smiling."
It was all really weird, and Rose ended up walking back into his arms the next day, not admitting defeat exactly, but I think Connor would count it as a success.
"Is this time different?" Poppy wonders.
Rose blinks in confusion, wracking her brain. "I don't know. I guess not. He told me that I was being inane about something. I can't even remember what, but we both split at the restaurant. We rode in separate cabs home, and we haven't talked since." Realization hits her, and she collapses back against the seat. "God, what am I doing? I feel like I'm in prep school when I'm with him sometimes. It drives me crazy."
I open my mouth, so tempted to sing the Britney Spears song again.
Rose shoots me a look. "Don't. You. Dare."
I laugh instead, and it takes a long moment for Rose to join in. She puts the bottle to her lips, swigging one last time just as the limo rolls to a stop.
Here we go.
Assigned seating. I curse you.
Fifty tables fill the grand ballroom, and my mother wedged us near the front under the brightest lamp. Not only do we have to endure our dates, but we have to do so under the scalding heat of a spotlight. While we wait for the guys to find us, I play with the glittery napkin ring on my plate and try not to anxiously scratch my arms.
My mother's party planner had too much fun with the black and gold decorations. A black sparkler centerpiece fits in the center of every gold clothed table. Photos of gold Fizz cans with black carbonation bubbles are framed along the walls. Diet Fizz is the reverse color scheme with black cans and gold bubbles.
At least Fizzle's logo isn't lime green and puke pink—two colors that would induce an instant migraine. Still, you think she could have branched out a little bit. Maybe added a splash of blue or red. But no, those are Coca-Cola and Pepsi's colors. No Fizzle-loving person would dare touch them.
I'm going stir-crazy waiting for our dates, but at least Rose and Daisy sit next to me, not allowing any room for a guy to settle near me. I also choose not to glance around for them like Rose, who scans the floor trying to speculate who the hell our mother invited to be our arm candy. Anyway, too many people mill about the ballroom for me to play that guessing game. They congregate by the open bar or eat fancy hors d'oeuvres as servers pass.
I feel like I'm at a million-dollar wedding reception.
Daisy leans back on the legs of her chair and folds her cloth napkin into a flower, clearly bored. "How convenient that Maria suddenly came down with a stomach bug." Poppy never even made it out of the limo. The nanny called her as soon as Maria threw up, and she turned around to take her to the doctor. "I need to have a baby so I can use it as a way to bail."
Rose clenches a champagne glass firmly in her hand. Her eyes shoot to our youngest sister. "Let's not talk about children."
"Yeah," I say with a small smile. "The word baby gives Rose hives."
Rose sips her drink, not disagreeing.
And that's when I feel a hand plant on my shoulder. And by the force and the size, I know it's male.
"Lily Calloway," he says with added pleasure. I know that voice. I just can't place it. I rarely can.
I slowly crane my neck over my shoulder, and my eyes widen in horror. I recognize the All-American build, blue eyes, and swept back brown hair. Even outside of prep school, he looks like a star quarterback—even if his sport of choice was lacrosse.
I didn't sleep with Aaron Wells. I didn't touch a hair on his head, and I never would. Because this douchebag tried to stuff Lo into a locker in ninth grade. Lo spun out of his grasp and sprinted down the hall, away from Aaron and a pack of restless bullies. Aaron wasn't fast enough to catch him.
Lo fights indirectly with people. So I knew he wouldn't retaliate with a baseball bat, swinging at Aaron's head in angry retribution. There are some things that hurt worse than a punch. I think his father taught him that. Lo paid a guy to break into the school and alter Aaron's exam grades, and his GPA fell. For guys like Aaron, reputation is everything and being on the bottom of the graduating class can ruin status. He must have realized Lo was the cause, so one day after school Aaron tried to confront him with fists bared. He clocked him. Lo escaped. As he always did. Four years passed and their feud escalated.
I became a target.
Aaron would try to trap me in the bathrooms, and I vehemently dodged him. I stayed glued to Lo's side during every hour of the day. In those couple months, I remember being really scared to go to school. I didn't know what Aaron wanted to do to me, but since their rivalry already became physical, I didn't necessarily want to find out. I remember skipping often and fearing moments in between class. I'd jump even when it was just Lo who approached, and when he could tell I was becoming psychologically f**ked from Aaron's threats, he decided to do something more drastic to protect me.
He threatened Aaron's future. Not just a little drop in his GPA. He would contact the colleges that planned to scout Aaron and pay them off so they'd reject him on the spot.
And it happened. Aaron's dream university denied his application because Lo reached them first. And with the Hale name and a hefty donation, they couldn't refuse Lo's offer.
So Aaron shut up. He got accepted to his safety school, and he left us alone.
Until now.
I don't greet him. I turn back to give him the biggest coldshoulder. I don't care if I'm rude. Because if my suspicions are correct, he's only here to make my life hell.
"Not going to say hi?" Aaron wonders. I watch him circle the table and sit across from me. He actually takes the centerpiece and puts it on the floor so I have a direct view of his smarmy face.
I hear Rose beside me. "How old are you?"
I glance at her, and nearly laugh at her date. He's a twig, and his suit is two sizes too big.
"Nineteen," he tells her, fixing his bowtie, but he makes it even more lopsided.
Rose raises her glass with a bitter smile. "Wonderful." My mother set her up with a guy three years younger than her.
He takes the open seat to her left. "My father is your father's lawyer." He scratches the back of his longish brown hair, his skin a golden tan, probably half-Italian. "I'm Matthew Collins."
"Nice to meet you, Matthew," Rose says, motioning for the server to bring her another glass of champagne.
Daisy's date sits to her right. I don't catch his name, but he's too distracted by his phone to even acknowledge my sister. She doesn't look like she cares either, refolding her napkin into a rose.
The food starts parading around the room, sea bass and winter squash making rounds on each circular table.


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I have authentication problem for some devices. Test is passing, but when i clicked save button, Fixing authentication error is running continuously. Looks like it got hung. can anyone help me
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Nov 10, 2010 at 11:44 UTC
After you push save you can click close to exit that little box and everything should have worked.
Nov 24, 2010 at 1:53 UTC
@ Eric: i tried that. but that devices are not moving to workstations,still its in unknown devices..
Dec 20, 2010 at 9:35 UTC
I have the exact same problem.
Dec 20, 2010 at 9:39 UTC
Switch to another group and then back.
Dec 26, 2010 at 10:30 UTC
I'm sorry, but can you please elaborate? .. I don't understand what exactly should I switch to what group !?
Dec 27, 2010 at 12:10 UTC
I mean, go to the dashboard or another group, then go back to the group you was. Is it listed now?
Dec 30, 2010 at 2:27 UTC
Nope, it didn't change anything .. but strangely the problem was fixed without me doing anything, a couple of days ago I found all the scan errors cleared (I really don't know how!), and the problem did not occur again!
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This past fall when I taught at our homeshool COOP, I had a little girl in my class who's mom is from Beijing, China. Over the past few months we have gotten to become friends with them. They invited us over to make dumplings for chinese new year. Since the boys and I didn't know much about chinese new years we decided to learn about it in school before we go to their house. After doing a little Pinterest search I found all sorts of fun printables and videos on the holiday.
Here they are coloring chinese dragons. I played some relaxing chinese music on my Kindle for them as they colored. They thought it was pretty cool!
I have to say, I am quite impressed with my youngest's ability to color for only being 4! He colors better than his older brothers most of the time. I have a feeling this boy has artist talent waiting to come out!
Have to have the silly one!
Another project we did was make chinese lanterns. This year is the year of the rooster, so these lanterns highlight the rooster.
E's paper, ready to be made into a lantern!
He is pretending to be lost in the dark using his lantern. Haha!
After watching some Youtube videos of chinese dragon shows the boys decided to make their own chinese dragon! N ran to the garage and pulled out his dragon costume and E and J grabbed some blankets and their chinese dragon was born!
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No other players with Oklahoma ties were taken in the three-round, 39-player draft.
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- History of Lake Apopka
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- Lake Apopka North Shore
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Lake Apopka shad harvesting
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Harvesting gizzard shad from Lake Apopka
Harvesting gizzard shad from Lake Apopka removes the nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen) contained in the fish bodies and reduces the internal recycling of these nutrients within the lake. This improves water clarity by reducing the severity of algal blooms, which depend on phosphorus for growth.
In other lakes, restoration strategies that include shad harvesting have resulted in an improved food web, reduced algal blooms, improved water clarity, expansion of vegetated habitat and improved game fish populations. This harvesting procedure, in conjunction with reduction of nutrients entering the lake and removal of in-lake nutrients by filtration marshes, is producing similar results in Lake Apopka.
Between 1990 and December 2014, gizzard shad harvesting has removed 21.5 million pounds of these fish from the lake. This equates to removing 151,046 pounds of phosphorus and 452,845 pounds of nitrogen removed from the lake.
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Comparing a Steve Jobs presentation to most presentations is impossible — he's in a league all his own. Apple's chief executive is arguably the most charismatic pitchman in business today. His presentations are brilliant demonstrations of visual storytelling that turn customers, employees, and the entire computer industry into evangelists. The Apple website streams video of Jobs's keynotes, which make excellent learning tools.
In January 2007, Jobs gave perhaps his greatest presentation to introduce the new iPhone. This speech demonstrates the techniques he and other inspiring leaders use to wow their audiences – techniques you can use in your next presentation.Things you will need:
- $0. Although Jobs relies on a team of designers to create amazing slides, you can replicate his techniques for nothing.
- 10 hours to rehearse for a new 30-minute presentation. It may sound like a lot, but if you want Jobs-style drama, you need to know your material cold.
- A Vision: If your topic can't be summed up in 10 words or less, it's too broad.
- A Clear Structure: An organized speech is easier for the audience to follow.
- Visuals: Eye-catching graphics form the basis of the most compelling slides.
- Dramatic Flair: A few time-tested storytelling devices help build excitement.
Steve Jobs is passionate about designing cool, fun, and easy-to-use computers, digital music players, and now phones. And he's not too bashful to admit it. His words and phrases reflect his enthusiasm. These quotes are from the iPhone launch and from previous presentations:
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If you honestly believe that something is "amazing," go ahead and say it. As listeners, we are giving you permission to be excited and passionate and to have fun! After all, if you're not passionate about the topic, how is your audience going to be?What Not to Do Strike These from Your Speech
Some words and phrases, like the ones below, are meaningless, trite, and overused. You don't have to eradicate each and every one of them from your speech, but try to avoid them as much as you can.
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- Buzzwords of any type (e.g., mission-critical, optimized, monetize, synergy, no-brainer, slam-dunk, etc.)
Jobs has always been able to craft a vision so vivid and powerful, he rallies his listeners to the better future he sees and, in so doing, persuades them to go along for the ride. When Jobs was attempting to lure then-Pepsi CEO John Sculley to lead Apple, Sculley was reluctant. Jobs asked him, "Do you want to sell sugar water all of your life or do you want to change the world?" Jobs's vision is to change the world, and we believe him.
"This is a day I've been looking forward to for two and a half years," Jobs said during the iPhone launch. "Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. One would be fortunate to work on just one of these in your career. Apple has been very fortunate to introduce a few of these in the world." At this point in the presentation, Jobs reminds his audience about the Macintosh and the iPod, giving listeners permission to believe in the vision he is about to describe: "Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone!"
To reinvent the phone. This mantra is simple, bold, and reflects a concise core purpose that is easy for listeners to remember and to rally around. Note that it is also under ten words.Nitty Gritty Outline Your Presentation
Even after Jobs has articulated his vision in a clear, concise mantra, he continues to navigate the way by providing a verbal outline for his presentations. He starts by describing the structure, then opens and closes each section with clear transitions. For example, during his Macworld 2008 keynote, Jobs said, "So that's Time Capsule, a perfect companion to Leopard, and that's the first thing I wanted to show you this morning."
By letting your listeners in on the structure, you help them understand where they are in your story.3. Sell the Benefit Goal: Explain the real-world problem, then offer your solution.
Once Jobs reveals his one-liner — his core vision — he immediately launches into a discussion of why the world needs a new phone. A solution is inspiring only when it cures a real-world pain. Jobs sells the benefit of the phone by first describing the current state of the industry. The problem, he says, "is [smartphones] are not that smart, and they are not that easy to use. We want to make a leapfrog product that is way smarter than any mobile device has ever been and super easy to use. That is what iPhone is."
Jobs continues to describe the problem on most smartphones: keyboards, which take up more than one-third of the phone whether the person is using them or not. The Apple solution is to create a "revolutionary interface" that will get rid of the buttons and create one giant screen. This brings up the problem — how do you get around the screen with no scroll wheel or stylus?
Again, Jobs sets up a problem and offers a solution: "We're going to use the best pointing device in the world," he says. "A device we're all born with. Our fingers." Jobs then describes Apple's new "multi-touch" technology that accurately responds to the touch of a finger to bring up applications on the phone.
Most speakers describe the solution before the problem. Jobs flips it around to make it easier for the listener to follow.Hot Tip Encourage Others to Reach Their Potential
Jobs asked a team to work around the clock for two years to create the iPhone. Participating in the creation of a revolutionary product certainly must have kept them energized. But Jobs capped off their effort by asking them to stand, publicly praising them at the end of his presentation.
How do you think his employees would have felt if Jobs had taken all the credit? It would have been demoralizing. Instead, they were praised in front of their families and thousands of media, analysts, peers, and partners who were assembled for the launch.4. Paint a Picture Goal: Use a captivating storyline to structure your presentation.
Jobs tells the iPhone story by using several techniques:
1. Stick to the rule of three. We remember lists in groups of three. Jobs unveiled the iPhone and built drama at the same time by saying, "Today we are introducing three revolutionary products. The first is a wide-screen iPod with touch controls, the second is a revolutionary mobile phone, and the third is a breakthrough Internet communications device." For added emphasis, he repeated the three products three times, then delivered the knockout: "These are not three separate devices. This is one device! Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone!"
2. Tell personal stories. During one section of the presentation, Jobs's clicker suddenly stopped working. He mentioned it with a smile, knowing that someone backstage would take care of it, then told a story about how he and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak had built a TV jammer and used it to block TV signals at Wozniak's college dorm. He used the opportunity to make an emotional connection with his audience. Once the problem was solved, Jobs continued as if it had all been planned. Effortless but powerful.
3. Keep it visual. In a Steve Jobs presentation, you will not find bullet points, mind-numbing data, or lists of numbers on slides. When Jobs mentioned each of the three products — an iPod, a phone, an Internet communicator — a slide with an image of the product appeared. When he discussed the "ultimate pointing device" — your fingers — all the audience saw on the screen was an image of a finger touching the iPhone.
Too much text on the screen distracts from the speaker's words. Strike the right balance between visual and verbal by creating slides that are big on images and low on text.
4. Rehearse. Jobs rehearses presentations for hours. Nothing is taken for granted. He knows the flow of his story, how he is going to build up to a big moment, what he is going to demonstrate, and how he will open and close the presentation. He appears effortless — but only after hours of rehearsal. Motivation takes preparation.Big Idea Reinforce an Optimistic Outlook
Nobody launches revolutionary products without an optimistic outlook. Since his earliest days of tinkering with computers, Jobs has had an unshakable belief that his products would change the world. In each of his presentations, Jobs speaks the language of hope and opportunity.
Near the end of his iPhone launch, Jobs said, "There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' We've always tried to do that at Apple since the very beginning and we always will." Always end your presentations on a hopeful note.
Adapted from Fire Them Up: 7 Simple Secrets to Inspire Your Colleagues, Customers and Clients by Carmine Gallo.
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Jun 10, 2008 at 9:57 UTC
Great Post! Scott Abel (Spiceworks' CEO) used to work for Steve Jobs at NeXT and has told us a few stories about Steve's focus on the presentation!
Jun 19, 2008 at 10:21 UTC
I took this article and turned it into a training opportunity. I just came back from a 1.5 hour training session where I covered this topic. I was able to surf the web and get samples pictures and videos as illustrations.
It went pretty good too. Seemed as though people enjopyed it and are recommending it as "must attend" course. We had people from the different sales and advertising groups in attendance.
So ... as a takeaway for the trainers in this group ... sometimes an article is an excellent opportunity to develop training curriculum.
Oct 23, 2009 at 1:23 UTC
Just signed up for this webinar and thought others might be interested.
"Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Create the Story"
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/528,408, entitled "System and Method for Recording and Reusing User Interactions with a Web Application," filed on Dec. 10, 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Security and the protection of digital assets is a key enabler of our information-driven economy. The information security industry has evolved from a niche corner of information technology to something that pervades the industry itself. Despite this increased attention to security, the complexity of information systems and the reliance upon them creates a fragility that adds up to risk to organizations of all sizes. Vulnerabilities are inherent in nearly everything, and computer systems are no exception. Software vulnerabilities have many different origins. For instance, in some cases, a coding standard can be poorly written, causing all software written to these specifications to be faulty.
Bugs are an inevitable reality of the software development process, and some of these bugs can create serious vulnerabilities. Additional vulnerabilities may be introduced when a system is installed, configured, and customized for individual use. In general, any stage during the software development and usage lifecycles creates risk for the introduction of vulnerabilities. Some vulnerabilities are innocuous and some can be critical in nature. Identifying the key risks and their solutions is one of the most critical aspects of information security.
Research has historically shown that successful malicious penetrations upon computer systems and well known worms and viruses have been based upon known vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities may exist at any aspect of computing systems. For instance, vulnerabilities may exist in typical desktop applications and/or operating systems, network layer components, etc. Furthermore, vulnerabilities may exist at the application layer, which may include weaknesses created by the integration of one or more application components, including in-house custom programming, operating systems, databases, web pages, and middleware. These vulnerabilities are potentially unique to each integrated system and can be added and removed dynamically with each change to any system component.
Currently, there are various vulnerability assessment solutions that enable IT professionals to proactively address vulnerabilities at various aspects of computing systems, including network layer, application layer, etc. By way of example, various tools exist for identifying security vulnerabilities in computing systems. Anti-virus tools exist for determining desktop vulnerabilities in applications, operating systems, etc. Within the web application space, various assessment tools also exist, which may employ various heuristics to identify vulnerabilities in web applications. Typically, web application assessment tools have the ability to identify dynamic "unique" vulnerabilities using adaptive and behavioral techniques, as well as standard "static" vulnerabilities. Web application assessment tools may map an entire web system, including all links, proprietary code, connections to data sources, etc.
Despite the existence of various types of proactive tools for assessing vulnerabilities in computing systems, there is a need for improved systems, methods, software, etc. for performing application assessment.
Various embodiments of systems, methods, software tools, etc. for performing an assessment of an application are provided. One embodiment comprises a method for performing an assessment of a web application. One such method comprises: recording user interactions with a web application; and playing back the user interactions to perform an assessment of the web application.
Another embodiment comprises a web application assessment system. One such system comprises: a user interaction recorder for capturing interactions between a browser and a web application; and a playback tool for receiving the captured interactions and automatically repeating the captured interactions for performing an assessment of the web application.
A further embodiment comprises an application assessment system. One such system comprises: means for capturing user interactions between a user interface and an application; and means for automatically repeating the captured interactions for performing a security assessment of the application.
Yet another embodiment comprises a web application vulnerability assessment system. One such system comprises: a recorder that interfaces with a web browser to capture interactions between the web browser and a web application being accessed by the web browser; and a web application assessment agent for automatically repeating the captured interactions during a vulnerability assessment of the web application.
Various embodiments of systems, methods, software tools, etc. are provided for performing a vulnerability assessment of a computer application. It should be appreciated that the vulnerability assessment may be configured to test for various types of vulnerabilities related to various types of applications. In this regard, the term "application" should be interpreted to include any computer application or component thereof, including custom programming, operating systems, databases, web applications, web-based applications, web pages, and middleware, to name a few. Various embodiments are described below with respect to
The exemplary web application assessment system provides a convenient mechanism for automating certain aspects of the assessment process. In general, the web application assessment system tests a web application for various known vulnerabilities based on predefined vulnerability criteria. For example, the web application assessment system may test for vulnerabilities by automatically controlling browser activity with the web application. In other words, the web application assessment system simulates/performs browser interactions corresponding to vulnerabilities in the web application. The exemplary web application assessment system includes a mechanism for recording user interactions between the browser and the web application. The recording mechanism enables various vulnerabilities to be tested in real-time and automatically repeated via a playback mechanism. In this manner, the recording mechanism may be used to capture desirable assessment procedures and automatically play back the user interactions for subsequent assessments.
In this regard, it should be appreciated that an operator may desire to flexibly configure assessment tool 102 to perform certain vulnerability assessments. For instance, the operator may perform various user interactions with a web application 104 via browser 106. As the user interactions are performed (which relate to the target vulnerability to be tested), the operator may selectively control which user interactions are to be recorded via UIR 108 by starting and/or stopping the recording process (e.g., via a user menu). WAAS 100 may include a database 114 for storing relevant user interactions. Rather than manually perform the user interactions each time assessment tool 102 performs an assessment, user interaction playback module(s) 110 enable the user interactions to be automatically repeated. Furthermore, UIR 108 and user interaction playback module(s) 110 enable an operator to conveniently define relevant user interactions, capture the user interactions as they are performed via browser 106, and replay the user interactions during subsequent assessments.
It should be appreciated that UIR 108 and user interaction playback module(s) 110 may be implemented in a number of ways. For example, UIR 108 and/or browser 106 may be integrated with web application assessment tool 102 or provided as separate functionality which are leveraged by assessment tool 102. UIR 108 may be implemented in various ways to record, capture, obtain, etc. user interactions with web application 104 via browser 106. In the embodiment illustrated in
It should be appreciated that various types of assessment tools may leverage the functionality of UIR 108 and user interaction playback module(s) 110.
Referring to
As mentioned above, UIR 108 may employ an operating system functionality to record the user interactions 620. For instance, in embodiments where browser 106 operates on a machine running a Windows operating system, the Microsoft debug API 620 may be leveraged for this purpose. The Microsoft debug API is a set of operating system functions that can be applied to any program running on the operating system. UIR 108 may use these functions to tap into the program, as well as data within browser 106. While this description focuses on Windows operating systems, it will be understood that other operating systems may include analogous APIs for enabling similar functionalities. In addition, while the description will refer to a browser as the target program for the recorder, it will be understood that any program that uses the network, such as e-mail, instant messaging, and other network applications, could be substituted.
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Windows programs normally use the WinSock (sockets for windows) functions to access the network. At block 704, UIR 108 probes the recently launched browser to determine where some of the winsock functions reside (memory address) within the browser's memory space. When the functions have all been located, at block 706, UIR 108 uses the debug API to set a 'breakpoint' (e.g., breakpoint 604—
A typical event sequence for communication between a browser and a web server is illustrated below:
Web server software may also allow for multiple send and receive steps during a communication session. Since a group of requests and their corresponding responses will occur on one connection, and a connection originates on a socket, the OS assigned socket can be used by UIR 108 to uniquely identify a communication session. With a unique ID, all data sent or received during a session can be kept together for later decoding or parsing when it is certain that there won't be any more data added to the session.
When the browser calls socket( ), UIR 108 determines the address to which control will be returned when the socket call finishes. The address may be stored on the stack, and can be found by retrieving the contents of the CPU's stack register. Once the return address is known, a breakpoint is stored at that address. Before the browser can resume operation, the current breakpoint may be replaced with the original program code that was overwritten when the breakpoint was set, but the breakpoint should be maintained at that location. First, the original program code may be written back into the browser. Next, the CPU's "single-step" option may be enabled. Browser operation is resumed, but ends when a single program instruction has completed. UIR 108 may be reactivated, but the debug API informs it that the reason is that a "single-step" operation has completed. Now that the browser's execution point has moved away from the former breakpoint's location, the breakpoint can be restored. Browser execution resumes and proceeds normally, until the function return breakpoint is reached. When UIR 108 regains control, the result of the sockets( ) function call can be retrieved from the browser. The code overwritten by this breakpoint is then restored, but this breakpoint's information can be discarded. Browser execution is allowed to again proceed normally. All breakpoints are handled in approximately this fashion, and the steps will not be listed again.
The next step in the communication sequence would be to use the connect function to connect the browser to the web server using the socket. When the browser attempts that connection, UIR 108 again receives control over the browser, and fetches the socket identifier. If the ID is one of the socket IDs that are being tracked (tracked socket IDs 602—
The connected socket is used to send to and receive data from a web server. In accordance with HTTP protocol, the browser may send a request. The browser will eventually call the send WinSock function. When this breakpoint is reached, the socket ID is first read and matched to one of the socket IDs that the recorder is tracking. If a match is made, the data that is about to be sent is retrieved and stored with its associated socket within UIR 108. UIR 108 does not bother to set a return breakpoint for the send function call, and control is returned to the browser. When multiple requests are made using the same socket, the subsequent requests are simply appended to the stored data-creating a list.
When the OS informs the browser that there is data available to be received by the browser, the recv breakpoint is reached. Here, the recorder must determine where recv( ) will store the data and the destination location is read from the stack. The size of the destination area is also read from the stack. A return breakpoint is set, and when recv( ) finishes, the result code is checked to determine whether recv( ) succeeded or failed. If the code indicates success, UIR 108 uses a debug API function to read in the entire data buffer that recv( ) filled with data received from the server. If for some reason recv( ) failed, the data is discarded. If multiple requests were made, multiple responses may be returned by the server, either by one recv( ) invocation, or several. In both cases, the received data is appended to the receive data buffer associated with the socket that the data was received with.
Eventually the browser will close a socket. When this happens, the socket being closed is checked by UIR 108. When a socket is closed, no further data can be sent or received using that socket, so the data can be tested and parsed into individual request and response pairs. The pairs are forwarded to the automated tool. Since sockets are unique within the OS, a browser can open as many sockets as it finds necessary, and UIR 108 is able to independently track all of them.
In embodiments where the browser uses secure communications (e.g., SSL), sent and received data may be encrypted to prevent interception and utilization by potentially hostile outside parties. Since UIR 108 is, from the browser's perspective, a third party, the data is gibberish. However, UIR 108 has control over when the browser performs its tasks. Because data encryption is one of those tasks, UIR 108 may intercept the data before it is encrypted. In most recent versions of Windows, a function called CryptEncrypt is used to encrypt data before it is sent. In certain embodiments, UIR 108 may leverage this functionality.
When the encrypt function is reached, the un-encrypted data is read and stored by UIR 108. A return breakpoint is set to allow UIR 108 to get a sample of the encrypted data. The encrypted data that the sample was taken from will eventually be sent by the browser. The sample is used to associate the socket sending the encrypted data with the non-encrypted text. The browser sends encrypted data without interference and SSL communications proceed normally, though UIR 108 will display the plain text communication.
Encrypted received data may be handled similarly. A sample of the data is stored until the browser attempts to decrypt some of the received data. Each time CryptDecrypt (or similar functionality) is called, a sample of that data is collected and matched to one of the receive data buffers stored by UIR 108. When the decryption is complete, the decrypted data is read and replaces the encrypted data stored by UIR 108.
In additional embodiments, UIR 108 may be configured to automate a browser log-in procedure or other authentication procedure used to access web application(s) 104. UIR 108 provides a convenient mechanism for recording the authentication procedures and automatically repeating them in the event that the authenticated connection is lost.
As known in the art, some networks require authentication via the NTLM protocol. This protocol requires a user name and password. Normally, a logon would require an automated tool to prompt a user to provide the credentials, negating any automation improvements. The credentials could also be pre-stored within the automated tool, though that is at best a credential management nuisance, because a person would have to update yet another password when their network password changes. At worst, a password stored in that fashion is a security risk. UIR 108 improves on both techniques by monitoring two functions used by during network authentication, InitializeSecurityContext and AcquireCredentialsHandle. Monitoring these two functions allows UIR 108 to collect the complete authentication credentials without any nuisance to the user.
As mentioned above, UIR 108 and user interaction playback module(s) 110 may be used to record and automatically repeat user interactions for any application. In one embodiment, UIR 108 and user interaction playback module(s) 110 are incorporated with a web application assessment tool.
Application Audit:
The web application assessment tool may be used to discover and analyze web applications 104. A sequence diagram for an exemplary crawling process is shown in
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that UIR 108 and user interaction playback module(s) 110 may be implemented in software, hardware, firmware, or a combination thereof. Accordingly, in one embodiment, UIR 108 and user interaction playback module(s) 110 is implemented in software or firmware that is stored in a memory and that is executed by a suitable instruction execution system. In hardware embodiments, UIR 108 and user interaction playback module(s) 110 may be implemented with any or a combination of the following technologies, which are all well known in the art: a discrete logic circuit(s) having logic gates for implementing logic functions upon data signals, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) having appropriate combinational logic gates, a programmable gate array(s) (PGA), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc.
It should be further appreciated that the process descriptions or functional blocks in
Furthermore, UIR 108 and user interaction playback module(s) 110 may be embodied in any computer-readable medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device, such as a computer-based system, processor-containing system, or other system that can fetch the instructions from the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device and execute the instructions. In the context of this document, a "computer-readable medium" can be any means that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The computer-readable medium can be, for example but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, device, or propagation medium. More specific examples (a nonexhaustive list) of the computer-readable medium would include the following: an electrical connection (electronic) having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette (magnetic), a random access memory (RAM) (electronic), a read-only memory (ROM) (electronic), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory) (electronic), an optical fiber (optical), and a portable compact disc read-only memory (CDROM) (optical). Note that the computer-readable medium could even be paper or another suitable medium upon which the program is printed, as the program can be electronically captured, via for instance optical scanning of the paper or other medium, then compiled, interpreted or otherwise processed in a suitable manner if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory.
Although this disclosure describes various embodiments, the invention is not limited to those embodiments. Rather, a person skilled in the art will construe the appended claims broadly, to include other variants and embodiments of the invention, which those skilled in the art may make or use without departing from the scope and range of equivalents of the invention.
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Following the release of the Fed minutes on Tuesday afternoon, which suggested that Q3 might not be on the table anytime soon, both asset categories sold sharply. Does it mean that the precious metals rally is over? Should investors avoid precious metals altogether, or even go short?
As we wrote in a previous piece investors should avoid buying precious metals and U.S. Treasuries, as a fast run-up and weak fundamentals make these two trades exceptionally risky.
Here is why:
Gold and Silver. Both metals have been the investment of choice for investors who see all kinds of contradictory economic calamities hitting the world economy, from hyperinflation to hyper deflation, to the collapse of the dollar. Deflation? But deflation is about declining commodity prices, and gold is a commodity. Why should it be a hedge against deflation? Should we remind investors what happened to gold prices in the 1990s when the Japanese economy slid to deflation, and during political calamities, the collapse of financial institutions and sovereign nations. Do all these sound rational?
U.S. Treasuries. U.S. Treasuries have also been the investment of choice irrespective of the state of the economy, for all sorts of reasons: Some are buying US Treasuries as a refuge from the European turmoil, while others because they cannot find anything else to buy. Never mind that S&P downgraded US Treasuries and Moody's has them on its watching list. The Fed is ready to always be on the other side of every sell trade. Does it sound rational?
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Can ODL reach the unreached? Lessons from the Commonwealth
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-07-27)
First public lecture of the National Open University of Nigeria's (NOUN) Distinguished Lecture Series in Abuja, Nigeria, delivered by Professor Asha Kanwar speaking about the potential of open and distance learning (ODL) ...
Leadership and Innovation for the Future of ODL
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Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, at the EduXchange International Conference, 6 November 2016 held in Shanghai Open University, Shanghai, China.
Structure, Function and Impact of Lifelong Learning Using ICT and ODL
(Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-02-06)
Keynote address presented by Dr. K. Balasubramanian, Vice President, Commonwealth of Learning, at the "Expanding Horizons in ODL", ODLAA 2017 Conference, 6 February 2017, Melbourne, Australia. // Related working paper: ...
Developing a national ODL Policy: an international perspective
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Keynote speech delivered at the international seminar to develop Pakistan's first ever National Policy for Open and Distance Learning, Islamabad, Pakistan, 13 May 2016 by Professor Asha Kanwar, President and CEO, Commonwealth ...