December 2004 - Posts

Happy New Year, Exchange, MOM, Misc.

Happy New Year - by the time you read this, it will probably be 2005. If you are reading this in 2004, you better hurry, Windows NT 4.0 support is almost completely gone when the ball drops in NYC to signal in 2005. If you are still on NT 4.0, make a New Year's resolution to decommission it this year. Oh, and Exchange 5.5 was done in 2003 J

Exchange:

Exchange Special Mailboxes Part 3 - SMTP mailbox

http://blogs.msdn.com/evand/archive/2004/12/27/332752.aspx

Mom:

Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Performance and Sizing White Paper

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cd72e2ba-955c-42cb-a467-e8abaa3c30c4&displaylang=en

Miscellaneous:

Picture It! and Digital Image Security Update

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=235ebc80-564b-4b52-a344-502e25aad7fe&displaylang=en

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Wish List, Exchange, MIIS, Misc.

Wish List:

Really cool drawing board - http://www.oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/videos/sketching.mpeg (47 MB, but worth it)

Happy Holidays to all

Exchange:

Update on Exchange Edge Services  from the Exchange Team

http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/12/22/330184.aspx

MIIS:

Resource Tool Kit 2.0 for Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d3c7bd7a-e8d5-43cf-ad4d-4f1f0ae00d79&displaylang=en

Miscellaneous:

Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Replication for a System Management Server (SMS) 2003 Management Point

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=51ecb794-d25f-46b6-aa8e-072d91069e1c&displaylang=en

Open Discussion on Windows and Linux

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d05eef30-276f-4f1e-86df-59f30a5dd72c&displaylang=en

Solution Accelerator for Domain Server Consolidation and Migration: Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=51047540-d6fe-4ca2-9975-e831acb66239&displaylang=en

Various Licensing Download Documents

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95fc1841-5311-428e-9cdd-61fa95daf0f3&displaylang=en

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Rumors, Exchange, Misc.

Rumors:

Veritas and Symantec will merge...

Exchange:

Exchange Special Mailboxes Part 2 - System Attendant mailbox

http://blogs.msdn.com/evand/archive/2004/12/21/329172.aspx

OWA 2003 Caveats when Deploying Windows XP SP2 in Your Organization

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/OWA-2003-Caveats-Deploying-Windows-XP-SP2.html

Microsoft to delay SMTP relay software

http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid43_gci1035120,00.html?track=NL-368&ad=500095

Miscellaneous:

Hotmail dumps McAfee's antivirus for Trend Micro

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5497273.html

A Chat With Microsoft's OEM Chief

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1744704,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

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Exchange, News

Exchange:

Securing Exchange With ISA Server 2004

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1807

Update on Exchange Server 5.5 Support Lifecycle

http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/12/20/327414.aspx

TechNet Webcast: Techniques for Troubleshooting Exchange Server 2003 - Level: 200 Monday, January 10, 2005 - 9:30 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266392&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Maintains High Availability for Exchange Server 2003 at Microsoft - Level: 200 Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 8:00 - 9:30 AM Pacific Time

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266444&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: Performance Tuning for Exchange 2003 - Level: 300 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:00 - 9:30 AM Pacific Time Paul Bowden, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266555&Culture=en-US

TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Does Messaging Hygiene at Microsoft - (Level 200)  Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266448&Culture=en-US

TechNet Support Webcast: Secure messaging in Microsoft Outlook  Thursday, January 27, 2005: 10:00 AM Pacific Time

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=891329

Microsoft Small Business Webcast: Introduction to Exchange Server 2003 for a Small Office - Level 100 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032266216&Culture=en-US

News:

Spammers ordered to pay $1 billion - Way cool!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/18/spam.lawsuit.ap/index.html

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Exchange, Phishing

Exchange:

CPU and Memory Scalability for Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 - Interesting, especially the part about /nopae

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;827281

For more on /nopae - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/bootini_37644df1-f3ea-4e1b-9ea6-c5ea00a1164b.xml.asp

November 2004 update rollup for Exchange Server 5.5 - Updated today!!!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841765

Exchange Special Mailboxes Part 1 - System Mailbox

http://blogs.msdn.com/evand/archive/2004/12/17/323636.aspx

Phishing:

Phishing guide - Free and very interesting

http://www.nextgenss.com/papers/NISR-WP-Phishing.pdf

Anti-Phishing Group website

http://anti-phishing.org/

PayPal Phishing, I have actually gotten a few of these:

http://anti-phishing.org/phishing_archive/11-09-04_Paypal(Your_Account_Will_Be_Suspended)/11-09-04_Paypal(Your_Account_Will_Be_Suspended).html

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Big News, Windows, XP, Exchange, SQL, Office, Security, Misc.

Big News:

Microsoft Acquires Anti-spyware Leader Giant Company Software Inc. - Very interesting

http://www.giantcompany.com/intro.htm?aspxerrorpath=/p_features.aspx

Christmas 2004 - Cool and free from your friends at Microsoft. 11.4 MB though. For Windows XP. Ho Ho Ho.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e8ccd255-288c-4c33-879f-b9ce7d5fb08c&DisplayLang=en

Bill Gates Answers Most Frequently Asked Questions

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0761c124-c627-4555-aa2e-18310ae99300&displaylang=en

Microsoft History Trivia - Fun, I missed only a few

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=48c04675-0dd3-4989-aff6-8ae451c1cab2&displaylang=en

Windows:

Release Notes for Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Operating Systems with Service Pack 1 (SP1)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ec458c7f-9a60-41f4-923c-4a76ec361f91&displaylang=en

XP:

Improving Security at Microsoft through Deployment of Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=36648245-6eac-458e-87bd-046a16f3d385&displaylang=en

Description of the Critical Update for Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886185

Exchange:

Achieving High Availability with Exchange Server at Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a8cf167d-e23c-4a14-86cb-02d19ee3b8fe&displaylang=en

E-Mail Central - Bill Boswell article, good stuff

http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=449

Simulating Stress for your Exchange 2003 Hardware using LoadSim 2003

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Simulating-Stress-Exchange-2003-LoadSim.html

How Exchange Server ActiveSync (EAS) scales for us  - From the Exchange Team - interesting stuff

http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/12/13/282234.aspx

MailTo: Made That Much Easier - pretty cool stuff.

http://seanda.blogspot.com/2004/12/mailto-made-that-much-easier.html

One in five Brits 'buy software from spam' - Glad to be an American?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/10/spam_buyers_survey_bsa/

TrendMicro ScanMail for 50% off - Cool, I love this product :)

http://www.trendmicro.com/en/offers/global/ms-smex.htm

SQL:

.NET Rocks! - Brian Larson on SQL Reporting Services

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ab826fe1-0258-434d-a54c-910facef3044&displaylang=en

Office:

Microsoft Office XP to Microsoft Office 2003 Migration Issues

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3b12295e-6f12-416e-8a58-043010169efe&displaylang=en

Update for InfoPath 2003 (KB887982)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e0b56708-1e8a-45c9-ad99-beb3ed305cb2&displaylang=en

Security:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-041

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-041.mspx

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-042

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-042.mspx

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-043

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-043.mspx

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-044

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-044.mspx

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-045

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-045.mspx

Miscellaneous:

Securing Wireless LANs with Certificate Services

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cdb639b3-010b-47e7-b234-a27cda291dad&displaylang=en

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Exchange, Patches, Free!!!, Misc.

Exchange:

Explaining Exchange 2003 Http Access (Part 2)

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-2003-Http-Access-Part2.html

Patches:

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification - Before they even come out, cool notice. Sure wish it said a little more.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/advance.mspx

Free:

You can now get a free subscription to Computerworld magazine. 

http://www.cwsubscribe.com/cgi-win/cw.cgi?add&p=NNNEWLTR1204

Miscellaneous:

Browsing the Web and Reading E-mail Safely as an Administrator - Very interesting idea and article.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncode/html/secure11152004.asp

Microsoft iSNS Server 3.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0dbc4af5-9410-4080-a545-f90b45650e20&displaylang=en

 

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Exchange, Windows Server 2003, LCS, MIIS, Misc

Exchange:

Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool - Version 1.1 :)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=dbab201f-4bee-4943-ac22-e2ddbd258df3&displaylang=en

Creating an Active Directory Site for Exchange Server

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6b263452-7a61-4253-9c9e-b337cb80d460&displaylang=en

Using WinRoute to determine the Routing status of your Exchange organization - Cool tool

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/WinRoute-Routing-status-Exchange-organization.html

Windows Server 2003:

Windows 2003 SP1 RC - Publicly released

http://msgoodies.blogspot.com/2004/12/windows-2003-sp1-rc.html

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c3c26254-8ce3-46e2-b1b6-3659b92b2cde&displaylang=en

Itanium-based versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate (64-bit)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e1ec4c32-3123-4daf-be8f-500d0dd9699f&displaylang=en

LCS:

LCS 2005 Standard and Enterprise is available for download on MSDN :)

Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Security Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=f27fdecc-f567-465a-a3e1-fe54e377c2bd&displaylang=en

Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Proxy Deployment Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1c1b9910-24eb-4d12-8b43-0a931a543207&displaylang=en

Windows Messenger 5.1 Document: Planning and Deployment Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3dbc86bc-e003-4f99-b909-b2bae4536014&displaylang=en

MIIS:

Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 Technical Reference - Version 1.1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d7894cc9-eeeb-40d9-8f5f-573050624f67&displaylang=en

Miscellaneous:

MSDN Evening Briefing - An Introduction to .NET

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ed172f37-0f8a-4f37-8422-b9b2781a1ce0&displaylang=en

Load Balancing an RMS Cluster Using NLB

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ddd11851-aa48-4929-847f-7f0af20e3cf8&displaylang=en

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Exchange, XP, LCS, SQL Server, SPS, Office, Web Services, MIIS, ISA, SMS, Misc.

Exchange:

Offline Address Book Best Practices Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=19b69064-81b8-419e-aae9-612dceb98aeb&displaylang=en

Exchange Server 2003 Operations Checklists

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c5133f35-8e10-4477-b31c-bfd1dc09ab1e&displaylang=en

Customizing the OWA 2003 Forms-Based Authentication Logon Page  [preview]

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Customizing-OWA-2003-Forms-Based-Authentication-Logon.html

Update for Exchange 2003 (KB 883522) - SMTP post SP1 fix

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=dafc0ad9-6a5c-4bff-857d-5699e9a611e8&displaylang=en

E-mail messages that contain a virus remain in the SMTP local delivery queue after you configure Intelligent Message Filter in Exchange Server 2003 - More information on the SMPT post SP1 fix

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=883522

Event Logging for VSAPI and some troubleshooting scenarios  - excellent information.

http://blogs.msdn.com/exchange/archive/2004/12/01/273232.aspx

Exchange ActiveSync and Outlook Mobile Access errors occur when SSL or forms-based authentication is required for Exchange Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=817379

XP:

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows XP and Windows 2000 (KB889293)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3a9dbd51-4348-4ee6-9bc1-d9a1e12963ec&displaylang=en

Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Corporations - Windows XP and Windows 2000 (889669)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c74028e2-10c9-4edd-ad0a-36493677bff8&displaylang=en

LCS:

Windows Messenger 5.1 - I am using this at my desk, works great against LCS 2003 :)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a8d9eb73-5f8c-4b9a-940f-9157a3b3d774&displaylang=en

Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Live Communications Server 2003 Upgrading and Coexistence

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1caeebc1-f274-4953-9bf7-1b879a1373e3&displaylang=en

Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Deployment Overview

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4e3a1963-51cd-4907-9b8f-c4579abafcf7&displaylang=en

Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Deploying Archiving Service

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=626b41ad-2af8-4746-8efa-38f3e570bbfc&displaylang=en

Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Deploying Access Proxy and Director

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9f8bdd90-d6a5-4f1a-8dfa-782b3870fd7f&displaylang=en

Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Deploying a SIP/PSTN Gateway

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=78154a69-7e6e-4b2a-97c1-64b829ab1d98&displaylang=en

Live Communications Server 2005 Document: Command Line Reference

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a39732db-156f-4a53-98b1-ff3ab697f1fc&displaylang=en

Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Use Videoconferencing

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b754e876-b8d8-4c45-a171-187b060afb43&displaylang=en

Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Control Your Online Presence

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2b254adb-3f1d-4028-a1fc-d213be929657&displaylang=en

Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Use Online Voice Communications

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1077407c-2199-4acf-8410-058827411b3e&displaylang=en

Windows Messenger 5 Document: Get Started with Windows Messenger

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ea42cccc-37d1-4bac-abff-e862e93fe1a2&displaylang=en

Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Share Applications and Whiteboards

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cff73c52-6e74-42f3-8fd0-3ea726c0bef9&displaylang=en

Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Send and Receive Instant Messages

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=aedb1189-475c-428d-a497-286529de45b5&displaylang=en

Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Send a File or Photo

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1928c9ca-eba0-41a9-835f-edbaf367222e&displaylang=en

Windows Messenger 5 Document: How to Conduct a Remote Assistance Session

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=18083d32-9223-4ab8-b81b-afd11e7fa993&displaylang=en

SQL Server:

Channel 9 MSDN Video Interview - SQL Server Team Tour - Nice 3 short videos.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=df0d2651-354d-4934-b5ce-d460f7b04914&displaylang=en

SPS:

Microsoft SharePointPSSearch SQL Syntax (Preview)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d6a10783-a4e4-4463-8444-f88be48760b3&displaylang=en

Office:

Step-by-Step Tutorials for Office Applications and Windows OS

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ffd66071-99cf-494d-844b-c03b35874a9a&displaylang=en

Web Services:

Web Services Enhancements 2.0 Hands On Lab - Messaging

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=89457a1c-d31e-4a9b-92b7-645c1c208a2f&displaylang=en

Web Services Enhancements 2.0 Hands On Lab - Security

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a6b7de77-5a16-482c-8b84-75df0a2e09c4&displaylang=en

Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 SP2 for Microsoft .NET

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=fc5f06c5-821f-41d3-a4fe-6c7b56423841&displaylang=en

Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 SP2 for Microsoft .NET Redistributable Runtime MSI

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d3c8f18b-7bbf-489d-90e1-e8d4147205b8&displaylang=en

MIIS:

Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 SP1 Update

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a5f6e8dd-fc60-4a11-9d09-aa0bba2a617e&displaylang=en

Identity Integration Feature Pack 1a for Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d9143610-c04d-41c4-b7ea-6f56819769d5&displaylang=en

Microsoft® Identity Integration Server 2003 Scenarios - latest versions

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=15032653-d78e-4d9d-9e48-6cf0ae0c369c&displaylang=en

Microsoft Password Change Notification Service - for MIIS, neat :)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c0964f2e-fa9f-4fc7-ac13-c43928efee9d&displaylang=en

ISA:

Remote Access Quarantine Tool for ISA Server 2004

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3396c852-717f-4b2e-ab4d-1c44356ce37a&displaylang=en

SMS:

Systems Management Server 2003 Advanced Client for Windows XP Embedded

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3aa2f006-7af7-4044-a2b4-2672936109da&displaylang=en

SMS 2003 SP1 Advanced Client for XP Embedded

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=86a5ade6-eb97-4540-90a1-194806edbd84&displaylang=en

Miscellaneous:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-040

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-040.mspx

WINS Replication IPSec Script - protect your WINS servers, though I still hate WINS and will rule the day it gone forever. Long live DNS!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=20f8df98-7eee-4293-b80a-c34bb1208828&displaylang=en

The Convergence of the Aging Work Force And Accessible Technology

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0e01de8b-407f-4cc8-95b9-d6bafa6332f3&displaylang=en

The Wide Range of Abilities and Its Impact on Computer Technology

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=a91c9921-2e11-4133-9eb1-b9701060e335&displaylang=en

Channel 9 MSDN Video Interview - Enterprise Engineering Center - A really cool video tour, 35 minutes long

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=63d2fcc8-fbd5-4be9-a990-84223f96afcc&displaylang=en

NLB Troubleshooting Overview for Windows® Server 2003 - Excellent!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9e6f4999-aeeb-40cf-867b-af68742fffdc&displaylang=en

MSDN TV: New XML Features in .NET Framework 2.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7137fdfb-b719-497b-9c66-eb6eb6f9534a&displaylang=en

Microsoft Webcasts Calendar downloads

http://blogs.msdn.com/msdnwebcasts/archive/2004/12/01/272688.aspx

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