Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are directed to managing network traffic using a variable length Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) index to hash an address header. The invention copies an address header of a data packet to a CRC generator. A CRC index is determined based, in part, on the address header. A subset of bits is determined from the CRC index based, in part, on a predetermined bit mask. The address header and the data payload are then combined with the subset of bits from the CRC index. The modified data packet is subsequently forwarded over a network. In one embodiment, the invention is implemented on a hardware circuit residing on a traffic device.

Abstract: Means for automatically extinguishing a cigarette when it has burned to a pre-determined position along its length. The means comprises a small sack of liquid, ordinarily water, positioned at the required location within the tobacco and the paper tube. The sack will be ruptured by the advancing heat of the burning tobacco and the released water will be in sufficient quantity to quench the flame.