Abstract: A requester requests a secure certificate for a domain name from a validating entity, such as a certification authority. To verify that the requestor has control over the domain name, the validating entity generates a pass string. The requestor enters the pass string into a domain zone. The validating entity determines if the pass string was entered in the domain zone. If the pass string is present in the domain zone, the validating entity may issue the secure certificate. If the pass string is not in the domain zone, the validating entity may deny issuing the secure certificate to the requestor.

Abstract: A towing hitch cover device comprising a housing connectable to a towing hitch assembly and a detachable decorative portion connected to the housing.

Abstract: A requester requests a secure certificate for a domain name from a validating entity, such as a certification authority. To verify that the requestor has control over the domain name, the validating entity generates a pass string. The requestor enters the pass string into a domain zone. The validating entity determines if the pass string was entered in the domain zone. If the pass string is present in the domain zone, the validating entity may issue the secure certificate. If the pass string is not in the domain zone, the validating entity may deny issuing the secure certificate to the requestor.

Abstract: A requester requests a domain zone control validation from a validating entity. The validating entity generates a pass string. The requester enters the pass string into a domain zone. The validating entity determines if the pass string was entered in the domain zone. If the pass string is present in the domain zone, the domain zone control was successfully validated.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating personalized advertisements or greetings to specified users are disclosed. Existing advertisement methods do not allow advertisers to adequately target specific recipients, and the costs associated with typical Internet advertising, such as developing the advertisement content and purchasing advertisement space, can be prohibitive to smaller businesses and users. The methods and systems described herein solve these problems by allowing advertisers to customize advertisement templates and specify individual recipients for the customized advertisement, and deliver the customized advertisement to the specified recipients.

Abstract: A method and computer program product for locating data in a system including a plurality of archive units, and answering a query directed to an archive unit. Locating includes broadcasting a query to all the archive units; identifying a set of the archive units that could contain a result for the query; receiving at least one query reply from the archive units; and validating the query reply when the archive unit that sent the query reply is in the set. Answering includes receiving the query; responding to the query when the archive unit could contain a result for the query; and discarding the query without responding when the archive unit could not contain a result for the query.

Abstract: A method and computer program product for locating data in a system including a plurality of archive units, and answering a query directed to an archive unit. Locating includes broadcasting a query to all the archive units; identifying a set of the archive units that could contain a result for the query; receiving at least one query reply from the archive units; and validating the query reply when the archive unit that sent the query reply is in the set. Answering includes receiving the query; responding to the query when the archive unit could contain a result for the query; and discarding the query without responding when the archive unit could not contain a result for the query.