Abstract: Provided are computer-implemented methods for managing computational cluster access to multiple domains. The method includes generating, using a ticket-based computer network authentication protocol, a primary set of keys based on remote system access credentials for a primary domain and a secondary set of keys based on remote system access credentials for a secondary domain. The method includes merging the primary set of keys with the secondary set of keys to form a merged set of keys. The method further includes activating a system daemon to provide access to the primary domain and the secondary domain by a computational cluster based on the merged set of keys. The method further includes connecting, using the ticket-based computer network authentication protocol via the system daemon, a remote computing device of the primary domain and a remote computing device of the secondary domain to the computational cluster.

Abstract: An access management system receives an access request for a target computer from a client computer. The access request comprises a digital certificate belonging to a user. The access management system verifies the identity of the user by validating the digital certificate. When so verified, the user receives access privileges from a policy database. The access privileges contain one or more access attributes. The access management system evaluates the access request based the one or more access attributes and grants the user access to the target computer if all the one or more access attributes are satisfied.

Abstract: An access management system receives an access request for a target computer from a client computer. The access request comprises a digital certificate belonging to a user. The access management system verifies the identity of the user by validating the digital certificate. When so verified, the user receives access privileges from a policy database. The access privileges contain one or more access attributes. The access management system evaluates the access request based the one or more access attributes and grants the user access to the target computer if all the one or more access attributes are satisfied.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and equipment for automatically assembling three panes of glass and corresponding spacers so that air or other gas can be injected into the two between-pane spaces. The equipment can receive two glass panes that each have spacers coupled to one of their major surfaces, along with a third glass pane having no spacer coupled to its major surfaces, and can assemble the three glass panes into a “teepee” configuration in which the two spacers each contact two of the glass panes along a common edge of the glass panes. Preferred equipment can receive a glass pane in a first orientation and rotate the glass pane 180° to a second orientation in which the glass pane's two major surfaces face opposite directions from the first orientation. Such preferred equipment can then receive a two-pane teepee from a previous piece of equipment and can add the “flipped” single glass pane to the teepee to create a three-pane teepee.

Abstract: An electrical feed-through assembly and method of making an electrical feed-through assembly provide an electrical feed-through assembly that can survive exposure in a high pressure liquid, for example, seawater at least 9000 psi, for substantial periods of time, for example, twenty years, without substantial leakage of the high pressure liquid into or through the electrical feed-through assembly.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method to repair a cable jacket includes disposing a shrink tube on a damaged area of a cable jacket of a cable. The shrink tube includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The method also includes heating the shrink tube to seal the damaged area and tapering the first end portion of the shrink tube by cutting the shrink tube. Another aspect includes a device to taper end portions of a cable jacket shrink tube repair. A further aspect includes a device to dispose a tube on a cable.

Abstract: An access management system receives an access request for a target computer from a client computer. The access request comprises a digital certificate belonging to a user. The access management system verifies the identity of the user by validating the digital certificate. When so verified, the user receives access privileges from a policy database. The access privileges contain one or more access attributes. The access management system evaluates the access request based the one or more access attributes and grants the user access to the target computer if all the one or more access attributes are satisfied.

Abstract: An anti-corrosion compound including a hydrocarbon grease and an aluminum/indium/zinc powder blended into the hydrocarbon grease.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and equipment for automatically assembling three panes of glass and corresponding spacers so that air or other gas can be injected into the two between-pane spaces. The equipment can receive two glass panes that each have spacers coupled to one of their major surfaces, along with a third glass pane having no spacer coupled to its major surfaces, and can assemble the three glass panes into a “teepee” configuration in which the two spacers each contact two of the glass panes along a common edge of the glass panes. Preferred equipment can receive a glass pane in a first orientation and rotate the glass pane 180° to a second orientation in which the glass pane's two major surfaces face opposite directions from the first orientation. Such preferred equipment can then receive a two-pane teepee from a previous piece of equipment and can add the “flipped” single glass pane to the teepee to create a three-pane teepee.

Abstract: An electrical feed-through assembly and method of making an electrical feed-through assembly provide an electrical feed-through assembly that can survive exposure in a high pressure liquid, for example, seawater at least 9000 psi, for substantial periods of time, for example, twenty years, without substantial leakage of the high pressure liquid into or through the electrical feed-through assembly.

Abstract: An anti-corrosion compound including a hydrocarbon grease and an aluminum/indium/zinc powder blended into the hydrocarbon grease.

Abstract: A method of managing controlled user access to multiple subsystems in an enterprise system having a central directory containing a global user list of end-users and one or more netgroup lists defining a list of authorized end-users for accessing certain subsystem enables automatic update of one or more netgroup lists whenever an end-user's security access information in the global user list is updated by the system administrator.

Abstract: A simulator running on a single computer may be configured to appear as multiple users simultaneously initiating Internet requests from separate user environments. An engine of the simulator may communicate with a browser to appear as multiple users each having access to a local defined user account or profile in a computer environment. The simulator may be configured to maintain different user profile data for each user appearing to operate within a separate user environment. The simulator may be configured to simulate a user logged into a particular desktop environment that initiates a browser session and then initiates Internet requests via the browser. The simulator may also simulate at the same time a different user in a different user environment initiating a browser session and initiating Internet requests via the browser. The simulator may be configured to appear as multiple, separate users initiating Internet requests from multiple, different user environments.

Abstract: A simulator running on a single computer may be configured to appear as one or more users simultaneously initiating Internet requests from separate user environments using a plurality of different authentication methods. An engine of the simulator may communicate with a browser to appear as one or more users each having access to a local defined user account and initiating Internet requests using the plurality of different authentication methods. The simulator may be configured to maintain different user profile data for each user appearing to operate within a separate user environment. The simulator may be configured to appear as one or more separate users initiating Internet requests using a plurality of different authentication methods from multiple, different user environments.

Abstract: A system and method for testing server latencies using multiple concurrent users in a computer system is provided. A computer system may include a server and one or more clients. Multiple users may be created in the system such that each user may login to the server. The server may include a directory for each user and the directory for each user may be populated with a mix of files according to a user type for each user. An instance of a test program may be executed for each user on one or more clients concurrently. The server may authenticate each user using the same or different operating system protocols. Each instance of the test program may be configured to cause a series of accesses to one or more files in the directory of its respective user on the server and may be configured to cause a latency value to be measured and stored for each access that is performed.

Abstract: A simulator running on a single computer may be configured to appear as one or more users simultaneously initiating Internet requests from separate user environments using a plurality of different authentication methods. An engine of the simulator may communicate with a browser to appear as one or more users each having access to a local defined user account and initiating Internet requests using the plurality of different authentication methods. The simulator may be configured to maintain different user profile data for each user appearing to operate within a separate user environment. The simulator may be configured to appear as one or more separate users initiating Internet requests using a plurality of different authentication methods from multiple, different user environments.

Abstract: A simulator running on a single computer may be configured to appear as multiple users simultaneously initiating Internet requests from separate user environments. An engine of the simulator may communicate with a browser to appear as multiple users each having access to a local defined user account or profile in a computer environment. The simulator may be configured to maintain different user profile data for each user appearing to operate within a separate user environment. The simulator may be configured to simulate a user logged into a particular desktop environment that initiates a browser session and then initiates Internet requests via the browser. The simulator may also simulate at the same time a different user in a different user environment initiating a browser session and initiating Internet requests via the browser. The simulator may be configured to appear as multiple, separate users initiating Internet requests from multiple, different user environments.

Abstract: A method of authenticating a user to access a client computer and a remote computer, such as a web server or a directory server, which is coupled to the client computer via the Internet. The method includes receiving credential(s) from the user and granting the user access to the client computer based upon the credential(s). The method also includes transmitting the credential(s) from the client computer to an identity provider server and granting the user access to the remote computer based in part upon the credential(s).

Abstract: A method of measuring the latency of a computer system comprising: generating a request for certificate certification that includes a distinguished name, a public key and data that indicates a usage of the public key; sending the request for certificate certification to the computer system; determining the time that the request for certificate certification was sent; receiving a certificate from the computer system; determining the time that the certificate was received; determining whether the certificate contains information that indicates whether the public key may be utilized for the usage indicated in the data; and determining the difference between the time that the request for certificate certification was sent and the time that the certificate was received.

Abstract: A communication based vehicle positioning reference system that includes a vehicle path. The vehicle path is divided into regions, wherein the regions contain a portion of the vehicle path. Each portion of the vehicle path contained within a respective region is defined by one or more segments. A position of a vehicle on the vehicle path is identified by a local coordinate system Sxyz, where S is a vehicle identifier, x is a specific region, y is a specific segment contained within the region and z is the position of the vehicle within the specific segment. The vehicle path can be represented on a map. Each of the segments can be identified by a character string that includes the indicia relating to the region the segment is located and a segment name. A plurality of computers can be provided which include only a portion of the map. Also, disclosed is a method for identifying the position of a vehicle along a vehicle path.