Abstract: A storage service receives a binary large object (blob) for storage, and the service creates first and second sets of data chunks from the blob. The chunks in the first set together equal the blob, and the service uses one or more encryption keys to encrypt each of the data chunks in the first set. The chunks in the second set also together equal the blob. The service assigns a message authentication code (MAC) to each data chunk in the second set. The service stores the encrypted data chunks in one or more data stores, and it stores the encryption keys and the MACs as metadata in a metadata memory.

Abstract: A storage service receives a binary large object (blob) for storage, and the service creates first and second sets of data chunks from the blob. The chunks in the first set together equal the blob, and the service uses one or more encryption keys to encrypt each of the data chunks in the first set. The chunks in the second set also together equal the blob. The service assigns a message authentication code (MAC) to each data chunk in the second set. The service stores the encrypted data chunks in one or more data stores, and it stores the encryption keys and the MACs as metadata in a metadata memory.

Abstract: A storage service receives a binary large object (blob) for storage, and the service creates first and second sets of data chunks from the blob. The chunks in the first set together equal the blob, and the service uses one or more encryption keys to encrypt each of the data chunks in the first set. The chunks in the second set also together equal the blob. The service assigns a message authentication code (MAC) to each data chunk in the second set. The service stores the encrypted data chunks in one or more data stores, and it stores the encryption keys and the MACs as metadata in a metadata memory.

Abstract: A method for brokering of know-how in various formats between users on an electronic Web service platform includes the following steps: allowing users access to the electronic Web service platform, requesting registration data from a user on the platform, managing interest area categories, receiving user offers for know-how in at least one interest area category, enabling searches of users for know-how in at least one interest area category, calculating and displaying a rating in respect of offers in at least one interest area category, approving to a selected offer an agreed exchange of know-how and a corresponding transfer of credit points, conveying selected know-how from the provider to the consumer and booking a corresponding transfer of credit points, and accepting and storing a rating given to the provider by the consumer in respect of the transferred know-how, wherein the rating is assigned to the interest area category of the transferred know-how.

Abstract: A method for brokering of know-how in various formats between users on an electronic Web service platform includes: allowing users access to the electronic Web service platform, requesting registration data from a user on the platform, managing interest area categories, receiving user offers for know-how in at least one interest area category, enabling searches of users for know-how in at least one interest area category, calculating and displaying a rating in respect of offers in at least one interest area category, approving to a selected offer an agreed exchange of know-how and a corresponding transfer of credit points, conveying selected know-how from the provider to the consumer and booking a corresponding transfer of credit points, and accepting and storing a rating given to the provider by the consumer in respect of the transferred know-how, wherein the rating is assigned to the interest area category of the transferred know-how.

Abstract: A Secure Extranet Server (SES) provides for secure and traceable communication and document exchange between a trusted network and an untrusted network by authenticated users. The SES includes a first partition in communication with the untrusted network and a second partition in communication with the trusted network. The second partition maintains a session table and is in communication with a user authentication and authorization module. Communication between the first and second partition is preferably initiated by a request from the second partition. Security tokens attached to messages provide constraint checking on user inputs, access to documents and servers within the trusted network, checkout and checkin of controlled documents, and a single sign-on capability for on-line applications as well as local applications operating on protected files at remote user computers.

Abstract: A method for brokering of know-how in various formats between users on an electronic Web service platform includes the following steps: allowing users access to the electronic Web service platform, requesting registration data from a user on the platform, managing interest area categories, receiving user offers for know-how in at least one interest area category, enabling searches of users for know-how in at least one interest area category, calculating and displaying a rating in respect of offers in at least one interest area category, approving to a selected offer an agreed exchange of know-how and a corresponding transfer of credit points, conveying selected know-how from the provider to the consumer and booking a corresponding transfer of credit points, and accepting and storing a rating given to the provider by the consumer in respect of the transferred know-how, wherein the rating is assigned to the interest area category of the transferred know-how.

Abstract: User inputs and/or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), historically and popularly referred to as Universal Resource Locator (URL), requests in a content description language are passed through a security service (Web application firewall or a reverse Web proxy server) that is placed in front of Web application servers in order to protect the servers from hacking attempts. For validating Webform user inputs and/or URI requests and parameters the content description language is enriched by the security service with additional security tokens that are dynamically created based on the content being transferred. The user receives the information and returns input with the security tokens. The security service can then verify all provided user input data against the constraints described in the corresponding security token.

Abstract: A Secure Entry Server (SES) provides for secure and traceable communication between a trusted network and an untrusted network. The SES includes a first partition in communication with the untrusted network and a second partition in communication with the trusted network. Communication between the first and second partition is preferably initiated by a request from the second partition. An incoming message is reformatted into a SES message after an initial check before being read by the second partition.