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using namespace HologramJS::Utilities;
using namespace HologramJS::API;
using namespace std;
using namespace concurrency;
using namespace Windows::Graphics::Imaging;
using namespace Windows::Media::Capture;
using namespace Windows::Media::MediaProperties;
using namespace Windows::Storage::Streams;
using namespace Windows::Security::Cryptography;
using namespace Windows::UI::Core;

bool ImageElement::UseFileSystem = false;
wstring ImageElement::BaseUrl = L"";
wstring ImageElement::BasePath = L"";
JsValueRef ImageElement::m_createImageFunction = JS_INVALID_REFERENCE;
JsValueRef ImageElement::m_setImageSourceFunction = JS_INVALID_REFERENCE;
JsValueRef ImageElement::m_setImageSourceFromBlobFunction = JS_INVALID_REFERENCE;
JsValueRef ImageElement::m_getImageDataFunction = JS_INVALID_REFERENCE;

ImageElement::ImageElement() {}

ImageElement::~ImageElement() {}

bool ImageElement::Initialize()
{
    RETURN_IF_FALSE(
        ScriptHostUtilities::ProjectFunction(L"createImage", L"image", createImage, nullptr, &m_createImageFunction));
    RETURN_IF_FALSE(ScriptHostUtilities::ProjectFunction(
        L"setImageSource", L"image", setImageSource, nullptr, &m_setImageSourceFunction));
    RETURN_IF_FALSE(ScriptHostUtilities::ProjectFunction(
        L"setImageSourceFromBlob", L"image", setImageSourceFromBlob, nullptr, &m_setImageSourceFromBlobFunction));
    RETURN_IF_FALSE(ScriptHostUtilities::ProjectFunction(
        L"getImageData", L"image", getImageData, nullptr, &m_getImageDataFunction));

    return true;
}

_Use_decl_annotations_ JsValueRef CHAKRA_CALLBACK ImageElement::createImage(
    JsValueRef callee, bool isConstructCall, JsValueRef* arguments, unsigned short argumentCount, PVOID callbackData)
{
    ExternalObject* externalObject = new ExternalObject();
    RETURN_INVALID_REF_IF_FALSE(externalObject->Initialize(new ImageElement()));
    return ScriptResourceTracker::ObjectToDirectExternal(externalObject);
}

_Use_decl_annotations_ JsValueRef CHAKRA_CALLBACK ImageElement::setImageSource(
    JsValueRef callee, bool isConstructCall, JsValueRef* arguments, unsigned short argumentCount, PVOID callbackData)
{
    RETURN_INVALID_REF_IF_FALSE(argumentCount == 3);
    auto image = ScriptResourceTracker::ExternalToObject<ImageElement>(arguments[1]);
    RETURN_INVALID_REF_IF_NULL(image);

    RETURN_INVALID_REF_IF_FALSE(ScriptHostUtilities::GetString(arguments[2], image->m_source));

    image->LoadAsync();

    return JS_INVALID_REFERENCE;
}

_Use_decl_annotations_ JsValueRef CHAKRA_CALLBACK ImageElement::setImageSourceFromBlob(
    JsValueRef callee, bool isConstructCall, JsValueRef* arguments, unsigned short argumentCount, PVOID callbackData)
{
    return JS_INVALID_REFERENCE;
}

_Use_decl_annotations_ JsValueRef CHAKRA_CALLBACK ImageElement::getImageData(
    JsValueRef callee, bool isConstructCall, JsValueRef* arguments, unsigned short argumentCount, PVOID callbackData)
{
    return JS_INVALID_REFERENCE;
}

void ImageElement::LoadAsync()
{
    if (m_source.find(L"data:") == 0) {
        // This might be a data URL; check if it's  one of the suported types
        PCWSTR pngPrefix = L"data:image/png;base64,";
        PCWSTR jpegPrefix = L"data:image/jpeg;base64,";

        if (m_source.find(jpegPrefix) == 0) {
            auto base64Data = Platform::StringReference(m_source.c_str() + wcslen(jpegPrefix), m_source.length() - wcslen(jpegPrefix));
            auto imageData = CryptographicBuffer::DecodeFromBase64String(base64Data);
            auto loadAsync = create_async([this, imageData]
            {
                LoadImageFromBuffer(imageData);
            });
        }
        else if (m_source.find(pngPrefix) == 0) {
            auto base64Data = Platform::StringReference(m_source.c_str() + wcslen(pngPrefix), m_source.length() - wcslen(pngPrefix));
            auto imageData = CryptographicBuffer::DecodeFromBase64String(base64Data);
            auto loadAsync = create_async([this, imageData]
            {
                LoadImageFromBuffer(imageData);
            });
        }
    }
    else if (ScriptsLoader::IsAbsoluteWebUri(m_source) || !UseFileSystem) {
        DownloadAsync();
    } else if (_wcsicmp(m_source.c_str(), L"camera://local/default") == 0) {
        GetFromCameraAsync();
    } else {
        ReadFromPackageAsync();
    }
}

task<void> ImageElement::GetFromCameraAsync()
{
    auto mediaCapture = ref new MediaCapture();

    await mediaCapture->InitializeAsync();

    auto captureFormat = ImageEncodingProperties::CreateJpeg();

    auto captureStream = ref new InMemoryRandomAccessStream();

    // take photo
    await mediaCapture->CapturePhotoToStreamAsync(captureFormat, captureStream);
    captureStream->Seek(0);

    std::vector<byte> rawBuffer(static_cast<unsigned int>(captureStream->Size));

    Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<HologramJS::Utilities::BufferOnMemory> imageBuffer;
    Microsoft::WRL::Details::MakeAndInitialize<HologramJS::Utilities::BufferOnMemory>(
        &imageBuffer, rawBuffer.data(), rawBuffer.size());
    auto iinspectable = (IInspectable*)reinterpret_cast<IInspectable*>(imageBuffer.Get());
    IBuffer ^ imageIBuffer = reinterpret_cast<IBuffer ^>(iinspectable);

    await captureStream->ReadAsync(
        imageIBuffer, static_cast<unsigned int>(captureStream->Size), InputStreamOptions::None);

    LoadImageFromBuffer(imageIBuffer);
}

task<void> ImageElement::ReadFromPackageAsync()
{
    wstring completePath = BasePath + m_source;

    auto imageBuffer = await HologramJS::Loaders::FileSystemLoader::ReadBinaryFromFileAsync(
        Windows::ApplicationModel::Package::Current->InstalledLocation, completePath);

    LoadImageFromBuffer(imageBuffer);
}

task<void> ImageElement::DownloadAsync()
{
    Windows::Foundation::Uri ^ uri;

    if (ScriptsLoader::IsAbsoluteWebUri(m_source)) {
        uri = ref new Windows::Foundation::Uri(Platform::StringReference(m_source.c_str()));
    } else {
        wstring completeUrl = BaseUrl + L"/" + m_source;
        uri = ref new Windows::Foundation::Uri(Platform::StringReference(completeUrl.c_str()));
    }

    Windows::Web::Http::HttpClient ^ httpClient = ref new Windows::Web::Http::HttpClient();

    auto responseMessage = await httpClient->GetAsync(uri);
    if (responseMessage->IsSuccessStatusCode) {
        Windows::Storage::Streams::IBuffer ^ responseBuffer = await responseMessage->Content->ReadAsBufferAsync();
        LoadImageFromBuffer(responseBuffer);
    }

    return;
}

void ImageElement::LoadImageFromBuffer(Windows::Storage::Streams::IBuffer ^ imageBuffer)
{
    Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IWICImagingFactory> imagingFactory;
    EXIT_IF_FAILED(
        CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WICImagingFactory, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IWICImagingFactory, &imagingFactory));

    EXIT_IF_FAILED(imagingFactory->CreateStream(&m_imageStream));

    Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<Windows::Storage::Streams::IBufferByteAccess> bufferByteAccess;
    EXIT_IF_FAILED(reinterpret_cast<IInspectable*>(imageBuffer)->QueryInterface(IID_PPV_ARGS(&bufferByteAccess)));

    byte* imageNativeBuffer;
    EXIT_IF_FAILED(bufferByteAccess->Buffer(&imageNativeBuffer));

    EXIT_IF_FAILED(m_imageStream->InitializeFromMemory(imageNativeBuffer, imageBuffer->Length));
    // Now that we initialized the image stream, keep a reference to the image buffer underneath it
    m_imageBuffer = imageBuffer;

    EXIT_IF_FAILED(imagingFactory->CreateDecoderFromStream(
        m_imageStream.Get(), nullptr, WICDecodeMetadataCacheOnDemand, &m_decoder));

    unsigned int frameCount;
    EXIT_IF_FAILED(m_decoder->GetFrameCount(&frameCount));
    EXIT_IF_FALSE(frameCount > 0);

    Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IWICBitmapFrameDecode> bitmapFrameDecode;

    EXIT_IF_FAILED(m_decoder->GetFrame(0, &bitmapFrameDecode));

    EXIT_IF_FAILED(bitmapFrameDecode.As(&m_bitmapSource));

    EXIT_IF_FAILED(m_bitmapSource->GetSize(&m_width, &m_height));
    EXIT_IF_FAILED(m_bitmapSource->GetPixelFormat(&m_sourceFormat));

    Windows::ApplicationModel::Core::CoreApplication::MainView->CoreWindow->Dispatcher->RunAsync(
        CoreDispatcherPriority::Normal, ref new DispatchedHandler([this] { FireOnLoadEvent(); }));
}

void ImageElement::FireOnLoadEvent()
{
    if (HasCallback()) {
        vector<JsValueRef> parameters(4);

        parameters[0] = m_scriptCallbackContext;

        JsValueRef* typeParam = &parameters[1];
        EXIT_IF_JS_ERROR(JsPointerToString(L"load", wcslen(L"load"), typeParam));

        JsValueRef* widthParam = &parameters[2];
        EXIT_IF_JS_ERROR(JsIntToNumber(static_cast<int>(m_width), widthParam));

        JsValueRef* heightParam = &parameters[3];
        EXIT_IF_JS_ERROR(JsIntToNumber(static_cast<int>(m_height), heightParam));

        JsValueRef result;
        HANDLE_EXCEPTION_IF_JS_ERROR(JsCallFunction(
            m_scriptCallback, parameters.data(), static_cast<unsigned short>(parameters.size()), &result));
    }
}

HRESULT ImageElement::GetPixelsPointer(const GUID& format,
                                       WICInProcPointer* pixels,
                                       unsigned int* pixelsSize,
                                       unsigned int* stride,
                                       ImageFlipRotation flipRotation)
{
    if (!m_bitmapLock) {
        // Do format conversion if required
        if (!IsEqualGUID(m_sourceFormat, format)) {
            Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IWICBitmapSource> converter;
            RETURN_IF_FAILED(WICConvertBitmapSource(format, m_bitmapSource.Get(), &converter));
            RETURN_IF_FAILED(converter.As(&m_bitmapSource));
        }

        Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IWICImagingFactory> imagingFactory;
        RETURN_IF_FAILED(CoCreateInstance(
            CLSID_WICImagingFactory, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IWICImagingFactory, &imagingFactory));

        // Flip image if needed
        Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IWICBitmapFlipRotator> flipRotator;
        if (flipRotation == ImageFlipRotation::FlipY) {
            RETURN_IF_FAILED(imagingFactory->CreateBitmapFlipRotator(&flipRotator));

            RETURN_IF_FAILED(flipRotator->Initialize(m_bitmapSource.Get(), WICBitmapTransformFlipVertical));
            RETURN_IF_FAILED(flipRotator.As(&m_bitmapSource));
        }

        RETURN_IF_FAILED(
            imagingFactory->CreateBitmapFromSource(m_bitmapSource.Get(), WICBitmapCacheOnDemand, &m_bitmap));

        // Lock the pixels
        WICRect allBitmapRect;
        allBitmapRect.X = 0;
        allBitmapRect.Y = 0;
        allBitmapRect.Width = m_width;
        allBitmapRect.Height = m_height;
        RETURN_IF_FAILED(m_bitmap->Lock(&allBitmapRect, WICBitmapLockRead, &m_bitmapLock));

        WICInProcPointer localPixels;
        unsigned int localPixelsSize;
        unsigned int localStride;

        RETURN_IF_FAILED(m_bitmapLock->GetStride(&localStride));

        RETURN_IF_FAILED(m_bitmapLock->GetDataPointer(&localPixelsSize, &localPixels));

        m_decodedFormat = format;
        m_pixels = localPixels;
        m_pixelsSize = localPixelsSize;
        m_stride = localStride;

    } else {
        // The already decoded format does not match the requested format
        // TODO: re-decoding the image would be possible if we create a 'release pixels pointer' method
        if (!IsEqualGUID(format, m_decodedFormat)) {
            return E_FAIL;
        }
    }

    *pixels = m_pixels;
    *pixelsSize = m_pixelsSize;
    *stride = m_stride;

    return S_OK;
}

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✎ About Hildegard Knef
Who is it?: Actress, Soundtrack, Writer
Birth Day: December 28, 1925
Birth Place: Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Germany
Died On: 1 February 2002(2002-02-01) (aged 76)\nBerlin, Germany
Occupation: Actress, singer, writer
Years active: 1944–2001
Spouse(s): Kurt Hirsch (1947–52) (divorced) David Cameron (1962–76) (divorced) 1 child Paul von Schell (1977–2002) (her death)
Hildegard Knef Net Worth
Hildegard Knef was bornon December 28, 1925 in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Germany, is Actress, Soundtrack, Writer. Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef was born on December 28, 1925 in Ulm, Germany. In 1940, she began studying acting. Even before the fall of the Third Reich, she appeared in several films, but most of them were only released after the war. To avoid being raped by Soviet soldiers, she dressed like a young man and was sent to a camp for prisoners of war. She escaped and returned to war-shattered Berlin where she played her first parts on stage. The first German movie after World War II, Die Mörder sind unter uns (1946), made her a star. David O. Selznick invited her to Hollywood and offered her a contract - with two conditions: Hildegard Knef should change her name into Gilda Christian and should pretend to be Austrian instead of German. She refused both and returned to Germany. In 1951, she provoked one of the greatest scandals in German film history when she appeared naked on the screen in the movie Die Sünderin (1951). The Roman Catholic Church protested vehemently against that film, but Hildegard just commented: "I can't understand all that tumult - five years after Auschwitz!"With the support of her first husband, the American Kurt Hirsch, she tried a second time to launch a Hollywood career, changed her family name from Knef to Neff (because Americans could not pronounce Knef), but the only worthwhile part she got was a supporting role in the Hemingway adaptation of The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952). She became a leading lady in German, French and British films. Finally, America offered her another chance, this time on the stage. She achieved a kind of stardom as Ninotchka in the very popular Broadway play, "Silk Stockings". In 1963, she began a new career as a singer and surprised the audience with her typical, deep, smoky voice and the fact that many lyrics of her songs were written by herself. In 1970, she wrote the autobiographical bestseller "Der Geschenkte Gaul". She got sympathy from all over the world for her fight against cancer, which she defeated several times.After the German reunification, Hildegarde Knef moved back to Berlin and died at age 76 of a lung infection on February 1, 2002.
Hildegard Knef is a member of Actress
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Biography/Timeline
Hildegard Knef was born in Ulm. Her parents were Hans Theodor and Friede Augustine Knef. Her father, a decorated First World War veteran, died of syphilis when she was only six months old, and her mother moved to Berlin and worked in a factory. Knef began studying acting at age 14 in 1940. She left school at 15 to become an apprentice Animator with Universum Film AG. After she had a successful screen test, she went to the State Film School at Babelsberg, Berlin, where she studied acting, ballet, and elocution. Joseph Goebbels, who was Hitler's propaganda minister, wrote to her and asked to meet her, but Knef's friends wanted her to stay away from him.
Her two best known film roles were "Susanne Wallner" in Wolfgang Staudte's film Die Mörder sind unter uns (The Murderers Are Among Us), produced in 1946 by the East German state film company, and the first film released after the Second World War in East Germany; and "Marina" in Die Sünderin (The Sinner), in which she performed a brief nude scene, the first in German film history, which caused a scandal in 1950. The film was also criticised by the Catholic Church, which protested against the nude scene. Knef stated that she didn't understand the tumult that the film was creating. She wrote that it was totally absurd that people reacted in that manner and made a scandal because of her nudity as Germany was a country that had created Auschwitz and had caused so much horror. She also wrote, "I had the scandal, the producers got the money."
She performed in many films. In 1948, she received the best-actress award from the Locarno Film Festival because of her role in the film Film Without a Title. Her successful singing career started in the 1960s once her film career was not going very well. She wrote some songs by herself. She performed in television shows such as in episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King and in a 2000 documentary in which she was playing by herself Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song.
Her reputation in the U.S. was hurt because of her nude scenes in the German film Die Sünderin (1950) and because at the age of 19 she fell in love with a Nazi.
David O. Selznick invited her to Hollywood, but she refused to agree to the conditions of the contract which reportedly included changing her name to Gilda Christian and pretending to be Austrian rather than German. Knef was cast as Hilde in the Hollywood film Decision Before Dawn (1951) directed by Anatole Litvak. She co-starred with Richard Basehart and Oskar Werner in a story about the last days of the German war.
Years later, Knef's first husband, an American named Kurt Hirsch, encouraged her to try again for success in the U.S. She changed her name from Knef to Neff. But she was only offered a supporting role in the Hemingway adaptation of The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952). Knef became a leading lady in films of Germany, France and Britain.
Finally, in 1955, Knef was offered an important role in America in the musical Silk Stockings by Cole Porter, which was based on the film Ninotchka (1939) which starred Greta Garbo in the title role. Knef had acted in at least 30 films in the United States and Europe, but her triumph was in New York when she performed the role of Ninotchka, an unemotional Soviet commissar. The New York Times' drama critic, Brooks Atkinson described her rendition as an immensely skillful performance."
In the 1960s, Knef took a break from acting and started writing song lyrics. Then she started a successful concert and recording career. She began her singing career in the United States on Broadway. She began her new career in 1963 as a singer and surprised her audiences with the deep, smoky quality of her voice and the many lyrics, which she wrote herself. Fans around the world rallied in her support as she defeated cancer several times. She returned to Berlin after the reunification. In her peak, entertainment columnist called her the ""willowy blonde" who had "dusty voice" and "generous mouth". In the 1960s and 1970s, she enjoyed considerable success as a singer of German chansons, which she often co-wrote. The song she is mostly remembered for is "Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen" ("Red roses are to rain for me"). She is also known for her version of the song "Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin" ("I still have a suitcase in Berlin") and "Mackie Messer" ("Mack the knife"). She sold more than three million records in total.
She was married three times and divorced twice. Her first marriage was in 1947 to Kurt Hirsch. He was a U.S. information officer. They got divorced in 1952. The second time she married the actor and record Producer David Anthony Palastanga, on 30 June 1962. Knef had a daughter with him. They named her Christina Antonia. She attended public schools in Germany. When Knef was 47, she wrote a letter for her 5-year-old daughter. She wrote what she had learned; of beauty; of her grandfather's legacy about anti-human beings, of unconditional love and truth. She also wrote that the only mission of humans in this world was to serve in one form or other because she had noticed that those who didn't serve ended up as slaves. When she died, she was still married to her third husband, Paul von Schell.
She published several books. Her autobiography Der geschenkte Gaul: Bericht aus einem Leben (The Gift Horse: Report on a Life, 1970) was a candid recount of her life in Germany during and after the Second World War, and reportedly became the best-selling German book in the post-war years. Her second book Das Urteil (The Verdict, 1975) was a moderate success, and dealt with her struggle with breast cancer. Knef not only achieved international best-seller status, her books were also widely praised by critics because her autobiographies were "better-than-the-average celebrity's". Arthur Cooper of Newsweek claimed that the way in which Knef accounted in The Gift Horse: Report on a Life her childhood and difficult life being an Actress and singer while living in Hitler's Berlin and after the war in Europe and America, was "a bitterly honest book and a very good one". The book is not considered a book of "Hollywood-Broadway gossip. The book doesn't try to persuade the public depicting a made up celebrity's adventures. It seems a book that tells the real life of Knef. It refers to her struggles as a German woman who grew up in Berlin under the Nazis. The Gift Horse: Report on a Life was translated to English by Knef's second husband David Anthony Palastanga. In The Verdict which was also translated by Palastanga, Knef looked at her life in another perspective because she knew that she had cancer. Rachel MacKenzie wrote that Knef had her 56th operation, a mastectomy, in Salzburg on 10 August 1973. MacKenzie stated that from that cancer surgery, life had to be thought of in terms of pre-verdict and post-verdict. The book is divided in these two sections but they are not chronologically ordered because Knef wrote the two sections in a way that the reader is moved forward and backward in time and space. The Verdict describes in great detail the hospital scenes as well as the doctors and Nurses in New York, Los Angeles, Zürich and Hamburg where she was hospitalised.
She appeared in the 1975 screen adaptation of the Hans Fallada novel, Every Man Dies Alone directed by Alfred Vohrer, released in English as Everyone Dies Alone in 1976, and for which she won an award for best Actress at the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary, then Czechoslovakia.
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Cisco customers are currently experiencing attacks due to new worms and bots that are active on the Internet. The signature of these worms and bots appears as TCP traffic to port 445 as well as traffic to several secondary TCP ports depending on the variant of the worm. Affected customers have been experiencing high volumes of traffic from both internal and external systems. Symptoms on Cisco devices include, but are not limited to, high CPU and traffic drops on the input interfaces. This document focuses on both mitigation techniques and affected Cisco products that need software supplied by Cisco to patch properly.
These worms and bots have been referenced by the name ZOTOB in multiple variants, WORM_RBOT.CBQ in multiple variants, and by several other names. These worms and bots exploit a vulnerability previously disclosed by Microsoft, details of which can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-039.mspx .
Cisco has made free software available for the affected products listed in this Notice that require Cisco-distributed updates.
This notice is posted at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sn-zotob.shtml.
Details of the worms and bots can be found on Microsoft's web site at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/899588.mspx .
Additional ZOTOB Worm information can be found on the Cisco MySDN site: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/05_08_zotob_worm.html.
The effects of these worms and bots can be mitigated by blocking the required ports it uses to spread itself, scan for new infections, and propagate the executable code. This document focuses on blocking the spread of the worm, either before or after your internal network is infected. These worms spread using the well known port TCP/445 which makes the worms challenging to stop as blocking this port may impact existing functionality such as file sharing between Microsoft Windows hosts. As with all network configuration, Cisco recommends establishing a network traffic baseline during normal times and using the baseline to make decisions about blocking ports or traffic in the network. Block ports with caution to avoid disabling functionality in the network.
NetFlow is a technology for obtaining traffic flow information across a network and can help identify infected hosts. Netflow must be enabled on an interface with the command ip route-cache flow. The following example shows infected hosts attempting to infect random systems on a destination port of 445, which shows in the output as the hexadecimal string 01BD. Other ports used by worm and bot variants are 7778 which is hexadecimal 1E62, 8888 which is hexadecimal 22B8, 8594 which is hexadecimal 2192, 8563 which is hexadecimal 0890, 33333 which is hexadecimal 8235, 11173 which is hexadecimal 2BA5, 8080 which is hexadecimal 1F90, 6667 which is hexadecimal 1A0B, and 69 which is hexadecimal 0045.
The destination port 445 output is most useful at the network edge. Within the network where legitimate connections are using port 445, the other listed ports may be used to correlate the port 445 data and identify infected hosts.
If a Cisco Intrusion Detection System or Intrusion Prevention System is in use, the S185 signature update file includes signatures for both the vulnerability and specific worms and bots attempting to exploit it. S185 is available at: http://www.cisco.com/tacpage/sw-center/ciscosecure/ids/crypto ( registered customers only) .
For symptoms on an infected Microsoft host, refer to the Microsoft Advisory at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/899588.mspx .
Overall network symptoms may manifest as increased load on firewalls, routers and switches due to increased traffic. There may be instability in networks due to increased load.
Other Cisco products that run on a Microsoft-based operating system should strongly consider loading the security update from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-039.mspx .
This list is not all inclusive, so refer to Microsoft's Advisory if you think you have an affected Microsoft platform.
The Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) Solution Engine is not affected by this issue.
When considering software upgrades, please also consult http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisories_listing.html and any subsequent advisories to determine exposure and a complete upgrade solution.
All software is available at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cmva-3des ( registered customers only) .
Customers should download the Security Update directly from Microsoft and follow the directions for installation at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-039.mspx .
Customers whose Cisco products are provided or maintained through prior or existing agreement with third-party support organizations such as Cisco Partners, authorized resellers, or service providers should contact that support organization for assistance with the upgrade, which should be free of charge.
Customers who purchase direct from Cisco but who do not hold a Cisco service contract and customers who purchase through third-party vendors but are unsuccessful at obtaining fixed software through their point of sale should get their upgrades by contacting the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC). TAC contacts are as follows.
Please have your product serial number available and give the URL of this notice as evidence of your entitlement to a free upgrade. Free upgrades for non-contract customers must be requested through the TAC.
Please do not contact either "psirt@cisco.com" or "security-alert@cisco.com" for software upgrades.
See http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/687/Directory/DirTAC.shtml for additional TAC contact information, including special localized telephone numbers and instructions and e-mail addresses for use in various languages.
Customers may only install and expect support for the feature sets they have purchased. By installing, downloading, accessing or otherwise using such software upgrades, customers agree to be bound by the terms of Cisco's software license terms found at http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-license-agreement.html, or as otherwise set forth at Cisco.com Downloads at http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/sw-usingswc.shtml.
The effectiveness of any workaround is dependent on specific customer situations such as product mix, network topology, traffic behavior, and organizational mission. Due to the variety of affected products and releases, customers should consult with their service provider or support organization to ensure any applied workaround is the most appropriate for use in the intended network before it is deployed.
For general information regarding strategies and technologies for Worm Mitigation, please refer to the Cisco MySDN site: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/worm-mitigation-whitepaper.html.
Caution: As with any configuration change in a network, evaluate the impact of this configuration prior to applying the change.
The access list entries shown below are examples for several of the worm variants now being tracked. New variants using different ports are possible and should be filtered using the information below as examples. Any added access list entries should be implemented as part of a Transit Access Control List that filters transit and edge traffic at network ingress points.
For more information on tACLs, refer to Transit Access Control Lists: Filtering at Your Edge, available at: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/tacl.html.
Note: If trying to track source addresses, use Sampled NetFlow, rather than "log" statements in access lists as the high traffic in combination with the log statement can overwhelm the router. The command show access-list can be used to determine the hit count against individual access list entries. This data can be used in conjunction with Sampled NetFlow to determine which specific worm variants are attacking the network.
In testing Managed CSA version 4.5 with default polices, the protected server did not become infected. There have been no reports of Managed CSA version 4.5 becoming infected. If Global Correlation is enabled, systems that attack several agents will be blocked when trying to make the initial network connection, mitigating widespread DoS situations.
In testing Managed CSA version 4.0.3 with default polices, the protected server did not become infected. There have been no reports of Managed CSA version 4.0.3 becoming infected.
Managed CSA version 4.0.3 with default polices may become unstable after repeated attacks and reboot.
In testing CSA 4.0.3.736 version 1.1.5 for Cisco Unity 4.x and CSA 4.0.3.736 version 1.1.4 for Cisco Unity Bridge, the protected server did not become infected but may become unstable and require a reboot to restore normal operation.
In testing CSA for Cisco CallManager version 2.0(1), the protected server did not become infected. There have been no reports of version 2.0(1) becoming infected. The protected server may become unstable after repeated attacks and require a reboot to restore normal operation.
In testing CSA for Cisco CallManager version 1.1(10), the protected server was subject to buffer overflow but CSA blocked the subsequent actions of the exploit.
In testing CSA 4.0.3.728 version 1.0(6) for ICM 5.0 and 6.0 servers, the protected server may become infected and may become unstable and require a reboot to restore normal operation.
In testing CSA 4.5.1.616 version 2.0(0) for ICM 7.0 servers, the protected server did not become infected but may become unstable and require a reboot to restore normal operation.
In testing CSA 4.0.3.736 version 1.1.4 for Cisco Personal Assistant, the protected server did not become infected but may become unstable and require a reboot to restore normal operation.
In testing CSA 4.0.3.728 version 1.1(3) for ISN 2.0 and 2.1 servers, the protected server may become infected and may become unstable and require a reboot to restore normal operation.
In testing CSA 4.5.0.573 version 2.0(0) for CVP 3.0 and CVP VXML servers, the protected server did not become infected but may become unstable and require a reboot to restore normal operation.
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Added link to notice in Summary section; removed some text in Detection section; added "Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable" to Affected Products section; Updated link to Advisory and Notice listing page in Software Versions and Fixes section; Updated Network Ingress Inbound Filtering and Network Ingress Outbound Filtering in Workarounds section.
Link added to "Details" section; "Affected Products" and "Cisco Security Agent (CSA)" sections updated.
Changes made in "Workarounds" and "Obtaining Fixed Software" sections.


Is it possible to go paperless in the 21st century? We're getting there. Last year I wrote about going paperless and the steps we Mincey folks had to take to get on the paperless trail. The three steps to get paperless are the basics.
First, find a way to scan or copy paper documents into digital documents. Second, create an organization system to keep documents stored in multiple places but easily accessible. And, third, remain disciplined about the process.
That's a good way to start, but there are other options which can help, including a Mac app I found which helps to collect, store, and organize receipts for expenses, taxes, or accounting. And organize documents by automatically recognized values such as dates, amounts, payment details, and more. Sounds good, right? It is.
The app is called Receipts but it does more than just organize receipts. Does this look familiar?
Receipts works a bit like how you would organize the Documents folder on your Mac (although in English probably). Scanned receipts and other information can be rolled up into folders and organized by year and month.
The key here is being able to gather and store everything made of paper and within a storage hierarchy– whether folders in Documents, or organized within an app similar to Receipts– so you can easily search for items using filters and tags.
The first step is collecting pieces of paper into digital form; PDF, email, scans– whatever and likely all three. Receipts is smart enough to recognize dates, amounts, payment information, and assign digital pieces into various categories. It can even track payments.
Receipts has a decidedly financial bend to it, but we've found in our few months of moving from paper to paperless that a huge chunk of what we scan and organize is, well, receipts, so that's a good place to start.
Receipts the app is Mac only and we've begun using Documents to make stored files available via iCloud to iPhones and iPads. So far, that has worked well, though your mileage may vary. Receipts has a decidedly German feel for organization and I consider that a plus. Even better, there's a trial version so you can check it out first– just remember to give yourself sufficient time to see how you can use the app to make your paperless life a little easier to manage.
So far, the most difficult components are the most obvious. Discipline, scanning everything that comes in, scanning older documents, and getting it all organized for easy retrieval when needed.


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The Big Bang Theory stars have paid tibute to Stan Lee and thanked him for his 'incredible sense of humor and insuppressible lust for life'.
'What a loss to the world of geeks, nerds, superheroes and everyone who has enjoyed the marvelous Universes that @therealstanlee crafted and molded and allowed us to be a part of,;' shared Mayim Bialik.
'Safe passage, Mr. Lee. Thank you for all you gave the world, not the least your incredible sense of humor and insuppressible lust for life. It was a pleasure to know you,' said Johnny Galecki.
'You are already missed,' he added.
'I am so sad to hear that @therealstanlee has passed away!' shared Kaley Cuoco.
Stan appeared on the CBS comedy for a special episode in 2010 which saw the gang meet Stan at a comic book store where he was signing autographs.
Unfortunately Sheldon has to go to court that day and so misses the opportunity to meet one of his heroes.
To cheer Sheldon up, Penny finds out Stan's address and takes Sheldon to meet him but when he misinterprets Stan's sarcasm and enters his house, he ends up getting a restraining order – which he promptly and proudly frames next to his restraining order from Leonard Nimoy.
The Marvel Comics co-creator passed away on Monday after he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Lee had battled several illnesses over the last year or so including pneumonia and vision issues.
Stan is credited along with his former creative partner Jack Kirby with helping to give birth to the modern comic book scene.
Lee scripted, art-directed and edited most of Marvel's series throughout the 1960s, and often featured topical storylines that addressed current issues such as elections, and the Vietnam War.
Having created nearly all of Marvel's most famous superheroes Stan has long been included in the movie adaptations of his comics, and has been given bit parts in both Fox's films and those of the Disney Marvel Cinematic Universe.


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On arrival you will be greeted and shown to your six-person Hems Yurt. Bedding is included, as well as a small supply of logs for the camp fire and the wood-burning stove.
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Anthem Reportedly Didn't Enter Production Until After Initial Reveal, Was Mostly Developed In 12-16 Months
According to a recent report, Anthem's troubled development saw the game as we know it today hurriedly being put together merely within a year prior to its launch.
Posted By Shubhankar Parijat | On 03rd, Apr. 2019 Under News
Anthem's less than stellar launch is just the latest in a string of continuous evidences that show that things at BioWare have been not right for some time now- and sure enough, a recent report from Kotaku's Jason Schreier has brought to light the saddening state the studio has recently found itself is. The report sheds light on the bevy of issues that plagued Anthem during development, but what's shocking is just how problematic those issues were- because as it turns out, the game hadn't even entered production until after it was first revealed at E3 2017, and the vast majority of it was developed within a short span of the 12-16 months before its launch.
That, of course, also means that the E3 2017 reveal demo that was shown off was "largely fake", and was just as much of an eye-opener regarding what Anthem is going to be for its developers as it was for audiences. That was in large part because of what several anonymous BioWare employees and ex-employees who worked on Anthem say was a lack of vision from the creative leadership of the project.
"The root cause of all this was that lack of vision," one developer reportedly said. "What are we making? Please tell us. The recurring theme was there was no vision, there was no clarity, there was no single director saying, 'This is how it all works together.' They never seemed to settle on anything. They were always looking for something more, something new."
"I think most people on the team felt like we didn't know exactly what the game was or what it was supposed to be because it kept changing so much," another developer said, as per the report.
That meant multiple changes and rewrites to the story, indecision on whether or not to include flying mechanics in the game, confusion regarding how to implement loot, shifting decisions on how to structure the world and how many cities and settlements it would have for players to explore, and many, many more things. Of course, another major reason for the troubled development that took more time than it should have was the mandate that BioWare had to use the Frostbite engine (though at least it does seem like they're trying to learn from their mistakes, and won't be making the decision to start from scratch with the engine with future projects).
Finally, Mark Darrah, executive producer of the Dragon Age series, was brought onboard Anthem in Fall of 2017, and quickly took the reigns. Under his leadership, the team was given some semblance of focus and an endgame to work towards- cobble together a product by the end of the fiscal year 2018-19, beyond which point EA was unwilling to delay the game any further. And Anthem – the game we see and play today – was hurriedly put together in a matter of just twelve to sixteen months.
The state of affairs at BioWare is disheartening to see, especially because the problem seems to be a systemic one that has reared its head on more than one occasion. The Frostbite engine should rightly be blamed for several of those issues, but Mass Effect Andromeda also suffered from indecision on the developers' part, which led to the final product hastily being put together in the final months before its launch.
One can only hope that BioWare has learned its lessons.


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A tragedy tears an aspiring London musician's life apart. Many years later he's discovered reluctantly performing in a remote Tasmanian pub and he is forced to confront his past.
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Volume One of the Tasmanian classic Trampled Wilderness introduces the absorbing history of the opening up of Tasmania's South West in the early part of the 1800s.
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The Gowllands' fascinating account of pioneering endeavour in the far reaches of Tasmania continues here in Volume Two of Trampled Wilderness.
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Those criminals convicted and transported to Van Diemen's Land all had lives before their convictions, but we know little of them.
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Margie Kirk's fantastic artwork and beautiful words combine to take readers on a tour of 14 Tasmanian towns where thylacines make friends with the native wildlife - from wombats in Waratah, echidnas in Eddystone, wedge-tails over Wineglass Bay to possums in Port Arthur, quolls in Queenstown and swans in Strahan.
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I haven't read Wolf Hall yet but I've heard good things about this one and particularly the audio production. I just listened to my first Simon Vance narrated book and now I understand why so many audiobook listeners are such fans of his work.
I have a print copy, but I'd rather listen to Bring Up the Bodies!
I recently bought a copy of Wolf Hall to read…and definitely want to read this one, too! I am listening right now to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo which is narrated by Simon Vance – I love his voice!!!
I love historical fiction but this one doesn't attract me. After reading your review, I might reconsider though.
If this was better than Wolf Hall, then I am sold. I am nervous to listen to a detailed story like this on audio, but I loved Simon Vance;s voice immensely. I may just have to take the plunge and download this on my next Audible.com credit!
I liked this book a little bit better than Wolf Hall. The "he, Cromwell's" got on my nerves more than the "he's" of Wolf Hall. However, I thought the audio was awesome.