Abstract: Techniques for performing registration with a wireless network using integrity protection and/or ciphering are described. A user equipment (UE) may perform a security procedure with the wireless network for a first session and may generate UE security context data at the UE. The UE security context data may include a cipher key used for ciphering, an integrity key used for integrity protection, a temporary UE identity, and/or other information. The UE may use the UE security context data for secure communication with the wireless network during the first session. The UE may store the UE security context data upon termination of the first session. The UE may thereafter use the stored UE security context data for registration with the wireless network for a second session following the first session. The UE may perform integrity protection and/or ciphering for message(s) for registration based on the stored UE security context data.

Abstract: As methods for updating firmware, an information processing apparatus executes a first update method of acquiring update firmware from an external apparatus via a network, storing the acquired update firmware in a volatile memory, and updating the firmware of the information processing apparatus based on the stored update firmware, and a second update method of updating the firmware of the information processing apparatus using a method that is different from the first update method. Furthermore, based on the remaining amount of a battery, the information processing apparatus decides whether to permit both the update of the firmware using the first update method and the update of the firmware using the second update method, or to permit the update of the firmware using the second update method and not to permit the update of the firmware using the first update method.

Abstract: A method of analyzing a software program includes compiling the software program into an intermediate representation. The method also includes finding an instruction in the intermediate representation that matches a pattern in a check pattern. The method also includes generating an instrumented intermediate representation in which the instruction is modified according to an action specified in the check pattern. The method also includes symbolically executing the instrumented intermediate representation.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for automatically installing software applications on multiple target computers having different computing platforms from a central location. The methods and systems provide an infrastructure comprising a centralized repository and server and a plurality of remote target computers. The centralized repository stores platform-specific installation files for each software application and computing platform of interest, and one or more non-platform-specific deploy jobs for installing the software applications. The non-platform-specific deploy jobs allows a user to automatically install one or more software applications on any target computer regardless of computing platform, and to reuse any installation logic that may have been custom-developed for the software applications. A common command syntax is created that may be used to define and execute the deploy jobs across the multiple computing platforms.

Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to capturing window definitions of an executing user interface application and/or website and generating an editable model representation. A starter storyboard or screens can be generated quickly by recording a manipulation of an existing application or website. States associated with a multitude of user interface control hierarchies of a target application are captured, stored in a generic user interface model, and used for generation of mockups, code, and so forth. In an aspect, an indication is received that an application or website is be captured. Thereafter, the state of the website or application window and subsequent windows are observed and captured. For each of the subsequent windows traversed in a live control hierarchy, basic information about each item is captured. The information gathered for a given window and its control hierarchy can be serialized into a simple XML representation.

Abstract: A computer receives at least one requirement for a new VM. The computer identifies an existing VM to be modified during the generation of the new VM. The computer determines at least one step necessary to create the new VM configuration from the existing VM. The computer presents at least one pathway to the new VM from the existing VM. The computer receives a selection of a presented pathway to create the new VM.

Abstract: A transactional server is configured to receive a transactional procedure call from a client to initiate one or more transaction processes. Said transactional server includes a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication server which is configured to forward the transactional procedure call from the transactional server to a distributed authentication server for authentication. When the transactional procedure call to initiate a transaction is received at the transactional server, the LDAP authentication server identifies a user associated with the transactional procedure call, determines that the distributed authentication server should authenticate the user, and initiates an LDAP session between the transactional server and the distributed authentication server.

Abstract: A communication between an entity and a host is identified. Reputation information associated with a set of other entities that communicate with the host is identified. A reputation score associated with the host is generated based on the reputation information associated with a set of other entities. A reputation score associated with the entity is generated based on the reputation score associated with the host.

Abstract: In network access controlled networks, it is desirable to prevent access to the network by any non-authenticated entities. Access control may be established through a trusted agent that, in some embodiments, may be implemented with a management co-processor. In some cases, active management technology may establish a connection while a host is inactive. Then, after the host becomes active, the host can attempt to use the management co-processor connection without obtaining the necessary authentications. This may be prevented, in some embodiments, by scanning for an active host and, if such an active host is found, blocking the host from using a layer 2 authentication channel unless the host is properly authenticated and has a proper Internet Protocol address.

Abstract: A method for operating first or second control devices for controlling a technical installation with control data stored on a data medium in a predetermined format, wherein the control data is stored on the data medium in a first format such that this data can be processed directly for read/write operations by the first control device, during operation of the second control device first control data is converted into a second format such that the converted first control data can be processed directly for read/write operations by the second control device, and where second control data is converted during each access at runtime from the first format into a format that can be processed by the second control device, or the first control data is converted during each access at runtime from the second format into a format that can be processed by the first control device.

Abstract: Techniques are described for secure data exchange using a mobile application on a mobile communications device. Such data exchange can be used in a variety of industries including healthcare and finance. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: Access to online collaborative resources such as an online meeting, web conference, online chat room, an online video conference, an online audio conference, a collaboratively edited document, a collaborative browsing session, an online social networking group, or a web site is secured by providing a first user-specific URL to a first user for addressing collaborative resource; responsive to the first user accessing the first user-specific URL, granting by a computing system access to the collaborative event to the first user; and responsive to a second user accessing the first user-specific URL, preventing by a computing system access to the collaborative event to the second user. Optionally, time criteria for accessing the first user-specific URL may be used to invalidating the first user-specific URL, wherein access to the collaborative resource is disabled.

Abstract: A streaming video player and authentication server work in conjunction to provide secure streaming media. Player authentication is used to ensure that only users using an authorized media player authorized users can access and stream the media content. An encryption process protects unauthorized users from playing media streams that are intercepted between the content server and an authorized user. Additionally, timed tokens are used to ensure that a user authorized to access a stream during a specified time period cannot access the same stream at a later time when the user is no longer authorized.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods, and for entering a secured system environment using multiple authenticated code modules are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes a decoder and control logic. The decoder is to decode a secured enter instruction. The control logic is to find an entry corresponding to the processor in a match table in a master authenticated code module and to read a master header and an individual authenticated code module from the master authenticated code module in response to decoding the secured enter instruction.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods, and for entering a secured system environment using multiple authenticated code modules are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes a decoder and control logic. The decoder is to decode a secured enter instruction. The control logic is to find an entry corresponding to the processor in a match table in a master authenticated code module and to read a master header and an individual authenticated code module from the master authenticated code module in response to decoding the secured enter instruction.

Abstract: According to an example, a catalog of scripts may be managed. Management of the catalog of scripts may include the addition of a script description into the catalog of scripts. In one example, the script description may be directly added to the catalog of scripts. In another example, the script description may be added through generation of a merged query of scripts.

Abstract: Particular embodiments establish static redirection of a function that is a member of a class to an alternate implementation of the function. A software tool executing on a computer server receives an executable file for an application and a location for an alternate implementation of the function. The function may be written in Objective C. The software tool can be used to locate a structure for the function by traversing serialized metadata in the executable file. The software tool can then be used to modify the metadata in the executable file by updating the value of a selector indicating the location of a current implementation of the function to indicate a location of the alternate implementation. The selector may be included in a element of the structure for the class method. Finally, the application may provide the modified executable file for installation on client devices.

Abstract: A computer readable memory medium comprising program instructions for developing and testing a connectivity driver for an instrument is provided. The program instructions are executable by a processor to record transmissions to or from the instrument, place raw data from each recorded transmission into a primary field, and generate a secondary field associated with the primary field. The secondary field includes at least one of: a time that the transmission was transmitted at, a direction the transmission was transmitted in, a content of the transmission, and a state of the connectivity driver during the transmission. The program instructions are also executable by a processor to modify the content of the first or secondary fields, and play the modified transmission from computer readable memory medium in order to debug the communications software.

Abstract: A method of using a computer program that accesses legacy program code can include distinguishing between non-legacy program code of the computer program and legacy program code of the computer program, separating the computer program into at least a first logical unit including non-legacy program code and at least a second logical unit including legacy program code, and including interface code within the first logical unit. The interface code can be non-legacy program code that communicates with the second logical unit. The first logical unit and the second logical unit can be output.

Abstract: There is provided an authentication device configured to: store, as an authentication information database, authentication information in which a preset authentication identifier including a plurality of identifiers is associated with a pattern of a relative input position of the plurality of identifiers; acquire as input information a piece of information indicating the identifier input from a user and the input position of the identifier; and grant authentication when the identifier included in the input information corresponds with the identifier in the authentication information and when a pattern of a relative input position of the identifier included in the input information corresponds with the pattern of the relative input position of the identifier in the authentication information.