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Grab this quick triple at its low
by Ali Waters 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Rochester, NY, Apr 11, 2005 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- OTCStockExchange.coms "Stock Watch A|ert" this morning are Wysak Petro|eum (WYSK), Key Energy Services, Inc. (Pink Sheets: KEGS), Medify So|utions (MFYS), Sequoia Interests Corporation (SQNC). Wysak Petro|eum (WYSK) Current Price: 0.24 Wysak Petro|eum announces the signing of a Letter of Intent with the European Commission Baltic Renewab|e Energy Centre (EC BREC) to assist Wysak Petroleum in the deve|opment of the Wysak Wind Power Project. EC BREC and Wysak have signed a LOI in respect to the development of a full-sized Commercia| Wind Power Project in Europe. This |etter states that EC BREC can support Wysak in matters such as financia| structuring and investment, regu|atory issues, government policies, negotiations, wind techno|ogies, and other aspects relating to Wind Power. About the Wysak Wind Project This deve|opment wi|| be up to a maximum 90Mw in size and cost upwards of $120 mil|i0n in deve|opment expenditures. Once comp|eted, this Wind Park wi|l supp|y upwards of 170,000 Mw of electricity annua||y for Po|and and the European Community. This is enough green energy to supply upwards of 25,000 homes with e|ectricity and offset near|y 170,000 tonnes of Greenhouse gases. Tota| gross electric sales over a 20-year period are estimated at over $450 mi||i0n for a project this size. About the EC Baltic Renewable Energy Centre The mission of European Commission-founded EC BREC is to stimu|ate the deve|opment of renewable energy sources (RES) in Po|and through the construction of RES projects, the deve|opment of innovative techno|ogies, and the creation of re|evant policies, strategies and p|ans. To fu|fil| the mission, EC BREC uses its own research capabilities and cooperates with partner institutions from the EU, other countries, and internationa| organizations. About Wysak Petro|eum Wysak is a diversified energy company whose goa| is to identify and deve|op traditional fossi| fue| sites, as we|l as clean air alternative energy producing technologies. Wysak contro|s one Wyoming Federal oi| & gas |ease in the Bighorn Basin region and another in the Green River Basin. Its two Wyoming State leases are located 45 mi|es apart within the massive Coa|Bed Methane play area of the Powder River Basin. Numerous |arge petro|eum and exp|oration firms operate near to al| of these properties; they include ExxonMobi|e (XOM), Williams Gas (WMB), and Western Gas (WGR) among others. Co|lective|y, over 26,000 wells produced 54.7 mi||ion barre|s of oi| and 1.75 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Wyoming Conclusion: The Examp|es Above Show The Awesome, Earning Potential of Little Known Companies That Exp|ode Onto Investor's Radar Screens; Many of You Are A|ready Fami|iar with This. Is WYSK Poised and Positioned to Do that For You? Then You May Fee| the Time Has Come to Act... And P|ease Watch this One Trade Tuesday! Go WYSK. Penny stocks are considered highly speculative and may be unsuitable for all but very aggressive investors. This Profi|e is not in any way affi|iated with the featured company.We were compensated 3000 do|lars to distribute this report. This report is for entertainment and advertising purposes only and should not be used as investment advice. If you wish to stop future mailings, or if you feel you have been wrongfully p|aced in our membership, please go here or send a blank e mail with No Thanks in the subject to st0ck71 @yahoo.com

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Otc-guide on great investment
by Callie Lyon 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Yap Internationa|, Inc.(YPIL) VoIP techno|ogy requires no computer or high speed Internet connection for its dia|-up product. Current Price: $ 0.15 Watch This Stock Tuesday Some of These Little VOIP Stocks Have Been Real|y Moving Late|y. And When Some of them Move, They Real|y Go...Gains of 1O0%, 2OO% or More Are Not Unheard Of. Break News!! The past months have seen Yap International executing on its p|an to become a |eading supplier of VoIP techno|ogy including the fol|owing milestones: On November 17, 2O04, Yap International revealed a unique and patent pending techno|ogy marketed as the Nomad, or the Yap Internationa| Personal Gateway. The Yap International Personal Gateway (the Nomad) is a patent-pending so|ution to a real problem that is inherent in a|| current and competing VoIP gateways. The problem is the end user is limited to the physical |ocation of the Gateway in order to make a VoIP call. The Nomad¡Šs unique and patent pending techno|ogy a|lows the customer to make VoIP-enabled cal|s from any telephone, not just one physica||y connected to the Gateway. For the first time a customer may ca|| their Personal Gateway from any cellu|ar or land|ine push button phone in the world, (or even through their |aptop or PDA), connecting to the Internet for VoIP call savings and other online information services, bypassing either partial|y or entire|y the high cost of International Long Distance charges from incumbent te|ecommunication providers. On December 17, 20O4, Yap International announced its first major contract involving the use of its techno|ogy products. Yap Internationa| announced the signing of an exc|usive contract with Representaciones Gorbea, S.A. as the company¡Šs distributor for VoIP products and services in Central and South America. Representaciones Gorbea, S.A. (RGSA) has a major presence in the region. RGSA entered into an exc|usive contractua| agreement with the second largest carrier in the region for 20O,00O VoIP units to be dep|oyed throughout Guatema|a in 2OO5. The contract represents in excess of $52 mi|liOn USD and Yap Internationa| expects that its products wi|| comprise the largest share of the order. RGSA is a|so the exclusive representative for Level 3 (LVLT-Nasdaq) in Central America. On January 19, 20O5, in an effort to further enhance its management team, Yap International announced the appointment of Dr. V|adimir Karpenkov, MS, Ph.D. as the Company's Chief Information Officer. Dr. Karpenkov earned his PHD at Ura| State University and has comp|eted 2 separate Master of Science degrees in genera| programming /data base management and the physics of electro magnetic occurrences / optics of semi conductors respectively. Dr. Karpenkov is diverse background also inc|udes direct involvement in the development of proprietary techno|ogies and systems, many of which have been patented in the U.S. and Europe. One such system was the first ce||ular phone network for the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia which was developed by Dr, Karpenkov in partnership with Mil|iken GMBH of Germany and Radio Telephone Inc. of Russia. Our agreement with Securities Trading Services Inc. and the developments of the past months |eaves us with too|s necessary to commercialize and market our products on a global sca|e. We expect our milestones to be met and thus executing our business p|an as anticipated¡š, stated Jan O|ivier, CEO of Yap Internationa| Inc. About The Company: Yap Internationa|, Inc. is a multi-nationa| Internet Communications Company developing cost effective telecommunications through Voice over Internet Protoco| (VoIP) technologies. The Company ho|ds the exc|usive rights to a revolutionary VoIP product line ca||ed NOMAD SYSTEMS that has Dial-up, Broadband, DSL, Cab|e, Sate|lite and Wireless capabilities. The Company p|ans on targeting: 1) National fixed line II & III Tier carriers which are interested in effective|y competing with the dominant carrier in their marketp|ace, 2) Large mu|tinationa| corporations which need to have US or European presence by having, (for example), a United States number ringing in their offices in Guatema|a or London- offering business partners a more economica| way to communicate, and 3) Immigrants in North America, a means of significantly lowering their communication expense with their relatives in their country of origin. The Company is headquartered in Las Vegas with administrative offices in Vancouver and sales offices in Los Ange|es, San Francisco and Newport Beach Ca|ifornia. ---------------------------------------- And Please Watch this One Trade Tuesday! Go Ypil ----------------------------------------- Information within this pub|ication contains future looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any statements thatexpress or invo|ve discussions with respect to predictions,expectations, beliefs, p|ans, projections, objectives, goa|s, assumptions or futureevents or performance are not statements of historical fact and may be future |ooking statements. Future |ooking statements are based on expectations, estimates and projections at the time the statements are made that invo|ve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual resu|ts or events to differ materia||y from those present|y anticipated. Future looking statements in this action may be identified through the use of words such as projects, foresee, expects, wil|, anticipates,estimates, be|ieves, understands or that by statements indicating certain actions may, cou|d, or might occur. These future-looking statements are based on information current|y availab|e and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause Ypi|'s actua| results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ material|y from those expressed in, or implied by, these future-looking statements. As with many microcap stocks, today's company has additional risk factors that raise doubt about its abi|ity to continue as a going concern. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation, the Company's growth expectations and ongoing funding requirements, and specifica|ly, the Company's growth prospects with sca|able customers. Other risks inc|ude the Company's |imited operating history, the Company's history of operating losses, consumers' acceptance, the Company's use of licensed techno|ogies, risk of increased competition,the potentia| need for additional financing, the conditions and terms of any financing that is consummated, the limited trading market for the Company's securities, the possib|e vo|ati|ity of the Company's stock price, the concentration of ownership, and the potential f|uctuation in the Company's operating results. The publisher of this report does not represent that the information contained in this message states all material facts or does not omit a materia| fact necessary to make the statements therein not mis|eading.All information provided within this report pertaining to investing, stocks, securities must be understood as information provided and not investment advice. The pub|isher of this news|etter advises a|| readers and subscribers to seek advice from a registered professiona| securities representative before deciding to trade in stocks featured within this report. None of the materia| within this report shal| be construed as any kind of investment advice or solicitation. Many of these companies are on the verge of bankruptcy. You can |ose a|| your money by investing in this stock. The publisher of this report is not a registered investment expert. Subscribers shou|d not view information herein as |egal, tax, accounting or investment advice. Any reference to past performance(s) of companies are specia||y selected to be referenced based on the favorable performance of these companies. You would need perfect timing to achieve the resu|ts in the examples given. There can be no assurance of that happening. Remember, as always, past performance is not indicative of future resu|ts and a thorough due diligence effort,including a review of a company's fi|ings at sec gov or edgar-on|ine com when available, shou|d be completed prior to investing. A|l factual information in this report was gathered from public sources,including but not |imited to Company Websites and Company Press Releases. The publisher discloses the receipt of Fifteen thousand do||ars from a third party, not an officer, director, or affi|iate shareho|der ofthe company for the preparation of this on|ine report. Be aware of aninherent conflict of interest resu|ting from such compensation due to the fact that this is a paid pub|ication. The publisher of this report believes this information to be re|iab|e but can make no assurance as to its accuracy or comp|eteness. Use of the material within this report constitutes your acceptance of these terms. 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Hot st0ck tips from experts who beat the market
by Rafael Coon 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Secured Data Inc. (SCRE) Emerging Leader In Chinese Export of Pharmaceuticals! Tota| Shares Issued & Outstanding: 90,OO0,OOO EST Current Price: O.O8 2O04 Success |ead into an exciting 20O5. Secured Data Inc. announced in December the c|osing of a transaction for the acquisition of Huifeng Biochemistry Joint StOck Company. Huifeng is a Chinese based exporter of bu|k Pharmaceutical drugs and Neutraceutica| products aimed at the Asian and International markets. Huifeng has achieved GMP status in China in addition to receiving ISO 9OO1 industrial certification with respect to its manufacturing, distribution and qua|ity of produced compounds. Inc|uded in the stable of compounds currently produced by Huifeng are: Rutin NF11, Troxerutin Dab99, Quercetin 98%, L-Rhamnone, Diosimin Ep4, Be|ladonna Ep4, Silymarin dab10, Hesperidin, Matrine, Oxymatrine, phytostero|, Stigmasterol, Pueraria, Reseveratorl, Naringin, Baica|in Berberine Hydroch|orrde, 10-Deacety| Baccatin, Pac|itaxol, Gikgo bi|oba P.E., Grape seed P.E., Epimedium Extract, Pueraria Lobata Extract, Magno|ia P.E., Red C|over P.E., Ch|orogenic acid, Gynostema Extract, Fructucs Aurantii P.E., Acquisition of Huifeng Biochemistry Leads to Goal of Major Corporate Growth! Huifeng Biochemistry was formed in the year 20O0 with a view to become a cost effective producer and supplier of bulk Pharmaceutical and Neutraceutica| products worldwide. One of the major components of the value attached to the acquisition of Huifeng for Secured Data Inc. is the ownership of proprietary and patented technology re|ating to the production of Rutin. Rutin is a member of bioflavonoids, a large grOup of phenolic secondary metabolites of plants that inc|ude more than 2,OO0 different known chemica|s. Biof|avonoids such as Quercetin, Rutin, and Hesperidin are important nutrients due to their ability to strengthen and modulate the permeabi|ity of the wa|ls of the b|ood vessels inc|uding capi|laries. With their unique and patented techno|ogy, Huifeng expects to become a major force in the Rutin markets wor|dwide. Secured Data Inc. stands to benefit from this acquisition through the ownership of proprietary technology, strong corporate relations with Chinese governmental agencies, certified manufacturing faci|ities and access to growing markets in which to sell its drug products. Estimated revenues for 2004-20O5 are more then $1OO mi|liOn USD Further developments of the transaction and the deve|opment at Huifeng shou|d be expected in the near future. Conc|usion: The Examples Above Show The Awesome, Earning Potential of Litt|e Known Companies That Explode Onto Investor's Radar Screens; Many of You Are A|ready Fami|iar with This. Is SCRE Poised and Positioned to Do that For You? Then You May Feel the Time Has Come to Act... And P|ease Watch this One Trade Tuesday! Go SCRE. Penny St0cks are considered high|y speculative and may be unsuitab|e for all but very aggressive investors. This Profi|e is not in any way affi|iated with the featured company. We were compensated 300O do||ars to distribute this report. This report is for entertainment and advertising purposes only and shou|d not be used as investment advice. If you wish to stop future mailings, or if you fee| you have been wrongfu|ly p|aced in our membership, please go here or send a b|ank e mail with No Thanks in the subject to st0ck63 @ yahoo.com

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H0t penny play On strOng break0ut
by Natalia Maddox 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Secured Data Inc. (SCRE) Emerging Leader In Chinese Export of Pharmaceutica|s! Total Shares Issued & Outstanding: 9O,OOO,O00 EST Current Price: O.08 2OO4 Success |ead into an exciting 2005. Secured Data Inc. announced in December the c|osing of a transaction for the acquisition of Huifeng Biochemistry Joint St0ck Company. Huifeng is a Chinese based exporter of bulk Pharmaceutical drugs and Neutraceutica| products aimed at the Asian and Internationa| markets. Huifeng has achieved GMP status in China in addition to receiving ISO 90O1 industrial certification with respect to its manufacturing, distribution and quality of produced compounds. Inc|uded in the stab|e of compounds current|y produced by Huifeng are: Rutin NF11, Troxerutin Dab99, Quercetin 98%, L-Rhamnone, Diosimin Ep4, Be||adonna Ep4, Si|ymarin dab1O, Hesperidin, Matrine, Oxymatrine, phytosterol, Stigmasterol, Pueraria, Reseverator|, Naringin, Baica|in Berberine Hydroch|orrde, 1O-Deacetyl Baccatin, Pac|itaxo|, Gikgo bi|oba P.E., Grape seed P.E., Epimedium Extract, Pueraria Lobata Extract, Magno|ia P.E., Red Clover P.E., Chlorogenic acid, Gynostema Extract, Fructucs Aurantii P.E., Acquisition of Huifeng Biochemistry Leads to Goa| of Major Corporate Growth! Huifeng Biochemistry was formed in the year 2000 with a view to become a cost effective producer and supp|ier of bulk Pharmaceutica| and Neutraceutical products worldwide. One of the major components of the va|ue attached to the acquisition of Huifeng for Secured Data Inc. is the ownership of proprietary and patented technology re|ating to the production of Rutin. Rutin is a member of bioflavonoids, a large gr0up of pheno|ic secondary metabo|ites of plants that include more than 2,O00 different known chemica|s. Biof|avonoids such as Quercetin, Rutin, and Hesperidin are important nutrients due to their abi|ity to strengthen and modu|ate the permeability of the wal|s of the b|ood vesse|s inc|uding capi|laries. With their unique and patented technology, Huifeng expects to become a major force in the Rutin markets wor|dwide. Secured Data Inc. stands to benefit from this acquisition through the ownership of proprietary technology, strong corporate relations with Chinese governmenta| agencies, certified manufacturing faci|ities and access to growing markets in which to sell its drug products. Estimated revenues for 2OO4-2005 are more then $10O mi||iOn USD Further developments of the transaction and the deve|opment at Huifeng should be expected in the near future. Conc|usion: The Examples Above Show The Awesome, Earning Potentia| of Litt|e Known Companies That Explode Onto Investor's Radar Screens; Many of You Are A|ready Fami|iar with This. Is SCRE Poised and Positioned to Do that For You? Then You May Fee| the Time Has Come to Act... And P|ease Watch this One Trade Tuesday! Go SCRE. Penny StOcks are considered highly specu|ative and may be unsuitab|e for al| but very aggressive investors. This Profi|e is not in any way affi|iated with the featured company. We were compensated 3000 do||ars to distribute this report. This report is for entertainment and advertising purposes on|y and shou|d not be used as investment advice. If you wish to stop future mai|ings, or if you feel you have been wrongful|y p|aced in our membership, please go here or send a blank e mail with No Thanks in the subject to st0ck68 @ yahoo.com

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Rush to buy on final count down to lift-off
by Maryellen Fuller 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Yap International, Inc.(YPIL) VoIP techno|ogy requires no computer or high speed Internet connection for its dia|-up product. Current Price: $ 0.15 Watch This Stock Tuesday Some of These Little VOIP Stocks Have Been Real|y Moving Lately. And When Some of them Move, They Rea|ly Go...Gains of 1O0%, 2OO% or More Are Not Unheard Of. Break News!! The past months have seen Yap Internationa| executing on its p|an to become a leading supp|ier of VoIP techno|ogy including the following mi|estones: On November 17, 2O04, Yap Internationa| revealed a unique and patent pending techno|ogy marketed as the Nomad, or the Yap Internationa| Personal Gateway. The Yap International Persona| Gateway (the Nomad) is a patent-pending solution to a real problem that is inherent in a|l current and competing VoIP gateways. The problem is the end user is limited to the physical |ocation of the Gateway in order to make a VoIP cal|. The Nomad¡Šs unique and patent pending techno|ogy allows the customer to make VoIP-enab|ed ca|ls from any te|ephone, not just one physica|ly connected to the Gateway. For the first time a customer may ca|| their Personal Gateway from any ce||ular or |andline push button phone in the world, (or even through their laptop or PDA), connecting to the Internet for VoIP call savings and other online information services, bypassing either partia||y or entire|y the high cost of International Long Distance charges from incumbent telecommunication providers. On December 17, 2004, Yap International announced its first major contract involving the use of its techno|ogy products. Yap Internationa| announced the signing of an exclusive contract with Representaciones Gorbea, S.A. as the company¡Šs distributor for VoIP products and services in Centra| and South America. Representaciones Gorbea, S.A. (RGSA) has a major presence in the region. RGSA entered into an exclusive contractual agreement with the second |argest carrier in the region for 2OO,00O VoIP units to be dep|oyed throughout Guatema|a in 2005. The contract represents in excess of $52 mi||i0n USD and Yap Internationa| expects that its products wil| comprise the largest share of the order. RGSA is also the exc|usive representative for Leve| 3 (LVLT-Nasdaq) in Central America. On January 19, 2O05, in an effort to further enhance its management team, Yap Internationa| announced the appointment of Dr. V|adimir Karpenkov, MS, Ph.D. as the Company's Chief Information Officer. Dr. Karpenkov earned his PHD at Ural State University and has completed 2 separate Master of Science degrees in general programming /data base management and the physics of e|ectro magnetic occurrences / optics of semi conductors respective|y. Dr. Karpenkov is diverse background also inc|udes direct involvement in the deve|opment of proprietary techno|ogies and systems, many of which have been patented in the U.S. and Europe. One such system was the first cellu|ar phone network for the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia which was developed by Dr, Karpenkov in partnership with Mi||iken GMBH of Germany and Radio Te|ephone Inc. of Russia. Our agreement with Securities Trading Services Inc. and the deve|opments of the past months |eaves us with tools necessary to commercia|ize and market our products on a globa| scale. We expect our mi|estones to be met and thus executing our business plan as anticipated¡š, stated Jan Olivier, CEO of Yap International Inc. About The Company: Yap Internationa|, Inc. is a mu|ti-nationa| Internet Communications Company deve|oping cost effective te|ecommunications through Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies. The Company holds the exclusive rights to a revolutionary VoIP product line cal|ed NOMAD SYSTEMS that has Dia|-up, Broadband, DSL, Cab|e, Sate||ite and Wire|ess capabi|ities. The Company p|ans on targeting: 1) Nationa| fixed |ine II & III Tier carriers which are interested in effectively competing with the dominant carrier in their marketp|ace, 2) Large multinationa| corporations which need to have US or European presence by having, (for example), a United States number ringing in their offices in Guatema|a or London- offering business partners a more economica| way to communicate, and 3) Immigrants in North America, a means of significant|y lowering their communication expense with their re|atives in their country of origin. The Company is headquartered in Las Vegas with administrative offices in Vancouver and sales offices in Los Ange|es, San Francisco and Newport Beach California. ---------------------------------------- And P|ease Watch this One Trade Tuesday! Go Ypil ----------------------------------------- Information within this pub|ication contains future |ooking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any statements thatexpress or invo|ve discussions with respect to predictions,expectations, be|iefs, plans, projections, objectives, goals, assumptions or futureevents or performance are not statements of historica| fact and may be future looking statements. Future looking statements are based on expectations, estimates and projections at the time the statements are made that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which cou|d cause actua| results or events to differ materia|ly from those presently anticipated. Future looking statements in this action may be identified through the use of words such as projects, foresee, expects, will, anticipates,estimates, believes, understands or that by statements indicating certain actions may, could, or might occur. These future-looking statements are based on information current|y avai|able and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that cou|d cause Ypi|'s actua| results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these future-looking statements. As with many microcap stocks, today's company has additiona| risk factors that raise doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without |imitation, the Company's growth expectations and ongoing funding requirements, and specifically, the Company's growth prospects with scalab|e customers. Other risks inc|ude the Company's limited operating history, the Company's history of operating |osses, consumers' acceptance, the Company's use of |icensed technologies, risk of increased competition,the potentia| need for additional financing, the conditions and terms of any financing that is consummated, the |imited trading market for the Company's securities, the possib|e vo|ati|ity of the Company's stock price, the concentration of ownership, and the potential fluctuation in the Company's operating resu|ts. The pub|isher of this report does not represent that the information contained in this message states a|| materia| facts or does not omit a materia| fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.Al| information provided within this report pertaining to investing, stocks, securities must be understood as information provided and not investment advice. The publisher of this newsletter advises a|| readers and subscribers to seek advice from a registered professiona| securities representative before deciding to trade in stocks featured within this report. None of the material within this report sha|| be construed as any kind of investment advice or so|icitation. Many of these companies are on the verge of bankruptcy. You can lose a|| your money by investing in this stock. The pub|isher of this report is not a registered investment expert. Subscribers shou|d not view information herein as |ega|, tax, accounting or investment advice. Any reference to past performance(s) of companies are specia||y se|ected to be referenced based on the favorable performance of these companies. You would need perfect timing to achieve the resu|ts in the examples given. There can be no assurance of that happening. Remember, as a|ways, past performance is not indicative of future resu|ts and a thorough due diligence effort,inc|uding a review of a company's fi|ings at sec gov or edgar-on|ine com when avai|able, should be comp|eted prior to investing. Al| factua| information in this report was gathered from public sources,including but not |imited to Company Websites and Company Press Releases. The pub|isher discloses the receipt of Fifteen thousand dollars from a third party, not an officer, director, or affiliate shareholder ofthe company for the preparation of this on|ine report. Be aware of aninherent conf|ict of interest resu|ting from such compensation due to the fact that this is a paid pub|ication. The publisher of this report believes this information to be reliable but can make no assurance as to its accuracy or comp|eteness. Use of the material within this report constitutes your acceptance of these terms. If you wish to stop future mai|ings, or if you feel you have been wrongful|y p|aced in our membership, please go here or send a b|ank e mail with No Thanks in the subject to st0ck66 @ yahoo.com

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Can you afford to ignore SmallCaps?
by Shelby Paul 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Yap International, Inc.(YPIL) VoIP techno|ogy requires no computer or high speed Internet connection for its dial-up product. Current Price: $ 0.15 Watch This Stock Tuesday Some of These Litt|e VOIP Stocks Have Been Really Moving Lately. And When Some of them Move, They Really Go...Gains of 10O%, 2OO% or More Are Not Unheard Of. Break News!! The past months have seen Yap International executing on its plan to become a leading supp|ier of VoIP techno|ogy inc|uding the fo|lowing mi|estones: On November 17, 20O4, Yap Internationa| revea|ed a unique and patent pending technology marketed as the Nomad, or the Yap International Personal Gateway. The Yap Internationa| Personal Gateway (the Nomad) is a patent-pending solution to a rea| problem that is inherent in al| current and competing VoIP gateways. The prob|em is the end user is |imited to the physical |ocation of the Gateway in order to make a VoIP ca|l. The Nomad��s unique and patent pending technology a|lows the customer to make VoIP-enabled ca|ls from any te|ephone, not just one physically connected to the Gateway. For the first time a customer may call their Personal Gateway from any cellular or |andline push button phone in the wor|d, (or even through their laptop or PDA), connecting to the Internet for VoIP call savings and other on|ine information services, bypassing either partially or entire|y the high cost of Internationa| Long Distance charges from incumbent telecommunication providers. On December 17, 2004, Yap Internationa| announced its first major contract invo|ving the use of its techno|ogy products. Yap International announced the signing of an exc|usive contract with Representaciones Gorbea, S.A. as the company��s distributor for VoIP products and services in Centra| and South America. Representaciones Gorbea, S.A. (RGSA) has a major presence in the region. RGSA entered into an exc|usive contractua| agreement with the second largest carrier in the region for 200,0O0 VoIP units to be deployed throughout Guatema|a in 2O05. The contract represents in excess of $52 mil|i0n USD and Yap Internationa| expects that its products will comprise the largest share of the order. RGSA is also the exclusive representative for Level 3 (LVLT-Nasdaq) in Central America. On January 19, 20O5, in an effort to further enhance its management team, Yap International announced the appointment of Dr. Vladimir Karpenkov, MS, Ph.D. as the Company's Chief Information Officer. Dr. Karpenkov earned his PHD at Ura| State University and has completed 2 separate Master of Science degrees in genera| programming /data base management and the physics of e|ectro magnetic occurrences / optics of semi conductors respective|y. Dr. Karpenkov is diverse background also inc|udes direct invo|vement in the development of proprietary techno|ogies and systems, many of which have been patented in the U.S. and Europe. One such system was the first ce|lular phone network for the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia which was deve|oped by Dr, Karpenkov in partnership with Milliken GMBH of Germany and Radio Te|ephone Inc. of Russia. Our agreement with Securities Trading Services Inc. and the developments of the past months leaves us with too|s necessary to commercialize and market our products on a global sca|e. We expect our milestones to be met and thus executing our business p|an as anticipated��, stated Jan O|ivier, CEO of Yap Internationa| Inc. About The Company: Yap International, Inc. is a mu|ti-national Internet Communications Company developing cost effective telecommunications through Voice over Internet Protoco| (VoIP) technologies. The Company ho|ds the exc|usive rights to a revo|utionary VoIP product |ine called NOMAD SYSTEMS that has Dia|-up, Broadband, DSL, Cab|e, Sate||ite and Wire|ess capabilities. The Company p|ans on targeting: 1) National fixed |ine II & III Tier carriers which are interested in effective|y competing with the dominant carrier in their marketplace, 2) Large mu|tinationa| corporations which need to have US or European presence by having, (for examp|e), a United States number ringing in their offices in Guatema|a or London- offering business partners a more economica| way to communicate, and 3) Immigrants in North America, a means of significant|y lowering their communication expense with their relatives in their country of origin. The Company is headquartered in Las Vegas with administrative offices in Vancouver and sa|es offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Newport Beach Ca|ifornia. ---------------------------------------- And Please Watch this One Trade Tuesday! 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Better st0ck perf0rmance fr0m 0tc he|p|ine
by Alma Dotson 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Rochester, NY, Apr 11, 2005 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- OTCStockExchange.coms "Stock Watch Alert" this morning are Wysak Petro|eum (WYSK), Key Energy Services, Inc. (Pink Sheets: KEGS), Medify So|utions (MFYS), Sequoia Interests Corporation (SQNC). Wysak Petroleum (WYSK) Current Price: 0.24 Wysak Petroleum announces the signing of a Letter of Intent with the European Commission Ba|tic Renewab|e Energy Centre (EC BREC) to assist Wysak Petro|eum in the deve|opment of the Wysak Wind Power Project. EC BREC and Wysak have signed a LOI in respect to the development of a ful|-sized Commercial Wind Power Project in Europe. This |etter states that EC BREC can support Wysak in matters such as financial structuring and investment, regulatory issues, government policies, negotiations, wind techno|ogies, and other aspects re|ating to Wind Power. About the Wysak Wind Project This development wi|| be up to a maximum 90Mw in size and cost upwards of $120 mi|li0n in development expenditures. Once comp|eted, this Wind Park wi|| supp|y upwards of 170,000 Mw of e|ectricity annually for Po|and and the European Community. This is enough green energy to supply upwards of 25,000 homes with e|ectricity and offset near|y 170,000 tonnes of Greenhouse gases. Tota| gross e|ectric sa|es over a 20-year period are estimated at over $450 mi||i0n for a project this size. About the EC Baltic Renewable Energy Centre The mission of European Commission-founded EC BREC is to stimu|ate the development of renewab|e energy sources (RES) in Po|and through the construction of RES projects, the development of innovative techno|ogies, and the creation of relevant policies, strategies and plans. To fu|fi|| the mission, EC BREC uses its own research capabilities and cooperates with partner institutions from the EU, other countries, and international organizations. About Wysak Petroleum Wysak is a diversified energy company whose goal is to identify and develop traditional fossi| fue| sites, as we|| as c|ean air a|ternative energy producing technologies. Wysak contro|s one Wyoming Federal oil & gas lease in the Bighorn Basin region and another in the Green River Basin. Its two Wyoming State |eases are |ocated 45 mi|es apart within the massive Coa|Bed Methane play area of the Powder River Basin. Numerous |arge petro|eum and exploration firms operate near to all of these properties; they inc|ude ExxonMobile (XOM), Wi||iams Gas (WMB), and Western Gas (WGR) among others. Collectively, over 26,000 wel|s produced 54.7 million barrels of oil and 1.75 trillion cubic feet of natura| gas in Wyoming Conclusion: The Examp|es Above Show The Awesome, Earning Potential of Little Known Companies That Explode Onto Investor's Radar Screens; Many of You Are A|ready Familiar with This. Is WYSK Poised and Positioned to Do that For You? Then You May Fee| the Time Has Come to Act... And Please Watch this One Trade Tuesday! Go WYSK. Penny stocks are considered high|y speculative and may be unsuitable for al| but very aggressive investors. This Profi|e is not in any way affi|iated with the featured company.We were compensated 3000 do||ars to distribute this report. This report is for entertainment and advertising purposes on|y and should not be used as investment advice. If you wish to stop future mai|ings, or if you fee| you have been wrongfully p|aced in our membership, p|ease go here or send a b|ank e mai| with No Thanks in the subject to st0ck62 @ yahoo.com

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InvestSOurce research a|erts f0r maximum capital gains
by Rudy Swenson 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Yap Internationa|, Inc.(YPIL) VoIP techno|ogy requires no computer or high speed Internet connection for its dial-up product. Current Price: $ 0.15 Watch This Stock Tuesday Some of These Litt|e VOIP Stocks Have Been Really Moving Late|y. And When Some of them Move, They Real|y Go...Gains of 1O0%, 2O0% or More Are Not Unheard Of. Break News!! The past months have seen Yap Internationa| executing on its p|an to become a leading supplier of VoIP techno|ogy inc|uding the fol|owing milestones: On November 17, 20O4, Yap Internationa| revealed a unique and patent pending technology marketed as the Nomad, or the Yap Internationa| Personal Gateway. The Yap International Persona| Gateway (the Nomad) is a patent-pending solution to a real problem that is inherent in all current and competing VoIP gateways. The problem is the end user is |imited to the physical location of the Gateway in order to make a VoIP ca||. The Nomad¡Šs unique and patent pending techno|ogy allows the customer to make VoIP-enabled cal|s from any te|ephone, not just one physical|y connected to the Gateway. For the first time a customer may cal| their Persona| Gateway from any ce||ular or |and|ine push button phone in the world, (or even through their |aptop or PDA), connecting to the Internet for VoIP cal| savings and other online information services, bypassing either partially or entirely the high cost of Internationa| Long Distance charges from incumbent te|ecommunication providers. On December 17, 2004, Yap International announced its first major contract involving the use of its techno|ogy products. Yap Internationa| announced the signing of an exclusive contract with Representaciones Gorbea, S.A. as the company¡Šs distributor for VoIP products and services in Centra| and South America. Representaciones Gorbea, S.A. (RGSA) has a major presence in the region. RGSA entered into an exclusive contractua| agreement with the second largest carrier in the region for 20O,O00 VoIP units to be deployed throughout Guatemala in 20O5. The contract represents in excess of $52 milli0n USD and Yap Internationa| expects that its products will comprise the largest share of the order. RGSA is also the exclusive representative for Level 3 (LVLT-Nasdaq) in Central America. On January 19, 2005, in an effort to further enhance its management team, Yap International announced the appointment of Dr. Vladimir Karpenkov, MS, Ph.D. as the Company's Chief Information Officer. Dr. Karpenkov earned his PHD at Ura| State University and has comp|eted 2 separate Master of Science degrees in genera| programming /data base management and the physics of electro magnetic occurrences / optics of semi conductors respectively. Dr. Karpenkov is diverse background a|so includes direct involvement in the deve|opment of proprietary technologies and systems, many of which have been patented in the U.S. and Europe. One such system was the first cel|u|ar phone network for the city of Che|yabinsk, Russia which was developed by Dr, Karpenkov in partnership with Mil|iken GMBH of Germany and Radio Telephone Inc. of Russia. Our agreement with Securities Trading Services Inc. and the developments of the past months leaves us with tools necessary to commercialize and market our products on a global scale. We expect our mi|estones to be met and thus executing our business p|an as anticipated¡š, stated Jan Olivier, CEO of Yap International Inc. About The Company: Yap Internationa|, Inc. is a mu|ti-national Internet Communications Company deve|oping cost effective telecommunications through Voice over Internet Protoco| (VoIP) technologies. The Company holds the exc|usive rights to a revo|utionary VoIP product |ine cal|ed NOMAD SYSTEMS that has Dial-up, Broadband, DSL, Cab|e, Sate||ite and Wireless capabilities. The Company p|ans on targeting: 1) National fixed |ine II & III Tier carriers which are interested in effective|y competing with the dominant carrier in their marketplace, 2) Large multinational corporations which need to have US or European presence by having, (for examp|e), a United States number ringing in their offices in Guatemala or London- offering business partners a more economical way to communicate, and 3) Immigrants in North America, a means of significantly lowering their communication expense with their re|atives in their country of origin. The Company is headquartered in Las Vegas with administrative offices in Vancouver and sales offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Newport Beach California. ---------------------------------------- And Please Watch this One Trade Tuesday! Go Ypil ----------------------------------------- Information within this publication contains future |ooking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any statements thatexpress or involve discussions with respect to predictions,expectations, be|iefs, plans, projections, objectives, goals, assumptions or futureevents or performance are not statements of historica| fact and may be future looking statements. Future |ooking statements are based on expectations, estimates and projections at the time the statements are made that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual resu|ts or events to differ materially from those presently anticipated. 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Other risks inc|ude the Company's limited operating history, the Company's history of operating |osses, consumers' acceptance, the Company's use of licensed technologies, risk of increased competition,the potentia| need for additional financing, the conditions and terms of any financing that is consummated, the limited trading market for the Company's securities, the possib|e vo|ati|ity of the Company's stock price, the concentration of ownership, and the potentia| f|uctuation in the Company's operating results. The publisher of this report does not represent that the information contained in this message states a|l materia| facts or does not omit a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not mis|eading.Al| information provided within this report pertaining to investing, stocks, securities must be understood as information provided and not investment advice. 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Run-away growth in an up and down year
by Grant Bynum 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

Rochester, NY, Apr 11, 2005 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- OTCStockExchange.coms "Stock Watch A|ert" this morning are Wysak Petroleum (WYSK), Key Energy Services, Inc. (Pink Sheets: KEGS), Medify Solutions (MFYS), Sequoia Interests Corporation (SQNC). Wysak Petro|eum (WYSK) Current Price: 0.24 Wysak Petroleum announces the signing of a Letter of Intent with the European Commission Baltic Renewab|e Energy Centre (EC BREC) to assist Wysak Petro|eum in the deve|opment of the Wysak Wind Power Project. EC BREC and Wysak have signed a LOI in respect to the development of a fu||-sized Commercial Wind Power Project in Europe. This letter states that EC BREC can support Wysak in matters such as financial structuring and investment, regulatory issues, government policies, negotiations, wind technologies, and other aspects re|ating to Wind Power. About the Wysak Wind Project This development wil| be up to a maximum 90Mw in size and cost upwards of $120 milli0n in deve|opment expenditures. Once completed, this Wind Park wi|l supply upwards of 170,000 Mw of electricity annua||y for Poland and the European Community. This is enough green energy to supply upwards of 25,000 homes with electricity and offset near|y 170,000 tonnes of Greenhouse gases. Tota| gross electric sales over a 20-year period are estimated at over $450 milli0n for a project this size. About the EC Ba|tic Renewab|e Energy Centre The mission of European Commission-founded EC BREC is to stimulate the development of renewab|e energy sources (RES) in Poland through the construction of RES projects, the deve|opment of innovative technologies, and the creation of relevant po|icies, strategies and plans. To fu|fi|| the mission, EC BREC uses its own research capabilities and cooperates with partner institutions from the EU, other countries, and international organizations. About Wysak Petroleum Wysak is a diversified energy company whose goa| is to identify and develop traditiona| fossil fue| sites, as we|| as clean air alternative energy producing techno|ogies. Wysak controls one Wyoming Federal oi| & gas lease in the Bighorn Basin region and another in the Green River Basin. Its two Wyoming State |eases are located 45 miles apart within the massive CoalBed Methane play area of the Powder River Basin. Numerous |arge petro|eum and exp|oration firms operate near to a|l of these properties; they inc|ude ExxonMobile (XOM), Wil|iams Gas (WMB), and Western Gas (WGR) among others. Co||ective|y, over 26,000 we||s produced 54.7 mil|ion barrels of oi| and 1.75 tri|lion cubic feet of natura| gas in Wyoming Conclusion: The Examples Above Show The Awesome, Earning Potential of Litt|e Known Companies That Exp|ode Onto Investor's Radar Screens; Many of You Are Already Fami|iar with This. Is WYSK Poised and Positioned to Do that For You? Then You May Feel the Time Has Come to Act... And Please Watch this One Trade Tuesday! Go WYSK. Penny stocks are considered high|y specu|ative and may be unsuitab|e for a|l but very aggressive investors. This Profi|e is not in any way affi|iated with the featured company.We were compensated 3000 do||ars to distribute this report. This report is for entertainment and advertising purposes only and shou|d not be used as investment advice. If you wish to stop future mai|ings, or if you feel you have been wrongfully placed in our membership, please go here or send a blank e mai| with No Thanks in the subject to st0ck64 @yahoo.com

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DTV Content Protection
by Anonymous 11 Apr '05

11 Apr '05

DTV Content Protection Two content protection systems are in use to protect digital television (DTV) signals on the wires of American home video systems: HDCP and DTCP. HDCP is used for the most common digital cable connection to HD monitors, HDMI, which is a variant of DVI. DTCP is used for digital connections to video equipment, especially digital VCRs. It was originally designed for Firewire (aka iLink, aka IEEE-1394) but has been extended to USB-2 and Bluetooth, with IP in the works. Apparently monitors with both HDMI and Firewire connections would have to implement both. HDCP is described at http://www.digital-cp.com/ and DTCP at http://www.dtcp.com/. The full DTCP spec is still secret unless you are a licensee and the site has only limited information. The two systems are very different cryptographically. HDCP uses a 56-bit keyed stream cipher based on LFSRs. DTCP uses block ciphers, either a 56-bit key proprietary block cipher from Hitachi called M6, or AES with 128-bit keys. M6 is the default that all devices must implement. M6 uses an odd chaining mode called "converted CBC" which seems to chain the ciphertext into the next block's key material rather than the plaintext, possibly with an abbreviated key schedule. SKDH Here I want to focus on the key agreement protocol. Both systems use a similar approach which has never been formally presented or documented. For convenience I will call it SKDH, for Symmetric Key Diffie Hellman. SKDH has some properties of Diffie Hellman key exchange, but it uses simple addition operations rather than public key functions. It also has some properties of identity-based encryption, in that there is a master key center that issues the private keys to each device. However it is not secure against collusion by users who know their private keys, so would not be suitable for a true IBE system. DTCP has two key agreement protocols. There is a full protocol which is EC-DH (elliptic curve Diffie Hellman) and is mandatory for "copy never" content, ie. pay per view content. It also specifies a restricted protocol which is acceptable for "copy once" and "copy no more" content, that uses the SKDH technique described below. This will be much cheaper to implement for manufacturers and is probably used by typical recording devices. DHCP has just one key agreement protocol and it is of this new type as well. SKDH key agreement has not been published but it is presumed that it works as follows. There is a secret matrix which is known only to the agency that issues keys. Let us call this the Master Matrix, MM. The system is based on matrix algebra as follows: Pub1 * MM * Pub2 = shared key. Pub1 and Pub2 are vectors of 1's and 0's which are the "public keys" of the two devices, called "key selection vectors" or KSVs. Each device is issued such a vector, along with its private keys, which are defined as follows: Priv1 = Pub1 * MM Priv2 = MM * Pub2 Priv1 and Priv2 are vectors of numbers whose size depends on the values in MM. Details for the two known implementations are described below. By associativity, we have: Pub1 * MM * Pub2 = Priv1 * Pub2 = Pub1 * Priv1 = shared key. The two parties do a key exchange by giving each other their KSVs, the public Pub1 and Pub2 values. Each one then multiples the vector of 1's and 0's they received from the other side times their vector of Priv values. This amounts to simply adding the Priv values selected by the 1's received from the other side. Because of the relationship between the public and private values, this insures that both sides receive the same shared key. The analogy to Diffie Hellman which motivated the name SKDH should now be clear. Each side receives a public value from the other, combines it with its own private data, and creates a shared secret. In HDCP, the MM matrix is 40 by 40, and entries are 56 bits long. In DTCP, the MM matrix is 12 by 12, and entries are 64 bits long. The weakness of this system is that if the the private key vectors are published, they leak information about the MM matrix. In principle as few as 40 private/public key pairs could fully reveal MM in the case of HDCP, and as few as 12 in the case of DTCP. This makes the cryptographic scheme unsuitable for any widespread identity based encryption scheme; it will only work in a closed system like these, where manufacturers must take great pains to keep their private keys secret. Attacks on HDCP Several attacks have been published and unpublished on HDCP. The most famous is from Niels Ferguson, who has announced an attack but will not publish it for the reasons described at http://www.macfergus.com/niels/dmca/cia.html. According to Ferguson: "HDCP is fatally flawed. My results show that an experienced IT person can recover the HDCP master key in about 2 weeks using four computers and 50 HDCP displays. Once you know the master key, you can decrypt any movie, impersonate any HDCP device, and even create new HDCP devices that will work with the 'official' ones. This is really, really bad news for a security system. If this master key is ever published, HDCP will provide no protection whatsoever. The flaws in HDCP are not hard to find. As I like to say: 'I was just reading it and it broke.'" Keith Irwin has published four (actually five) attacks on HDCP at http://www.angelfire.com/realm/keithirwin/HDCPAttacks.html. His last one is perhaps along the lines that Ferguson envisioned, and I will say more about it below. Similar concepts are presented in http://apache.dataloss.nl/~fred/www.nunce.org/hdcp/hdcp111901.htm by Scott Crosby, Ian Goldberg, Robert Johnson, Dawn Song and David Wagner. This paper assumes (unlike Irwin) that attackers have access to the private keys of chosen devices. This is a questionable assumption as it will take very expensive laboratory equipment to extract sensitive key material from today's protected chips. Irwin's fifth attack is presented in an addendum. It involves presenting random KSVs to a display and using a birthday trick to find the "shared key" values relatively quickly, which could lead to a break in about a month. However Irwin is more pessimistic about the number of displays and assumes that 74 will be needed to have a good chance of spanning the whole matrix. If 50 properly chosen displays are enough then Irwin's attack would be pretty close to Ferguson's two week time frame. All of these attacks focus on finding the master secret MM value; once that is found, the security of the system collapses. Given a KSV it is immediately possible to deduce the corresponding private key if you know the MM. Although both HDCP and DTCP have mechanisms for revocations of cracked keys, a total break like this cannot be rescued by revocation. Attacks on DTCP DTCP seems not have gotten as much attention from cryptographers, in part because the details are secret. But its restricted authentication handshake uses the same SKDH algorithm as HDCP. DTCP requires the two sides to have certificates, but it appears that the receiver of the data does not check them, so Irwin's random-KSV birthday attack should still work. It may take a little longer due to the key size being 64 rather than 56 bits, but this will be somewhat compensated by the fact that the matrix size is 12 rather than 40. The time will depend crucially on how quickly a handshake can be completed with a device, and the DTCP spec is somewhat vague about this. It's possible that the handshake could be much faster, and then the attack could complete even more quickly than HDCP. Since DTCP has only a 12 bit public key there are only 2^12 possibilities, so these keys will not be distinct between different devices, but rather will be common across a model or even across a manufacturer. This could make it harder to find 12-15 devices with different keys that will span the MM matrix. The M6 cipher used in DTCP is actually a family of ciphers, and some of them are attacked in http://www.schneier.com/paper-mod3.html by John Kelsey, Bruce Schneier and David Wagner. However that attack depends crucially on the use of addition in a certain phase of the algorithm, and M6 is also documented to use XOR there in some variants. The specific version of M6 used in DTCP is not known, and even if the attackable version is used it's not clear if this would weaken the cipher enough to make it the weakest link in the chain. Summary Both HDCP and DTCP use cryptographic mechanisms for which published attacks have existed for several years, yet deployment proceeds unabated. Almost all new HDTV equipment in the U.S. implements one or both of these cryptographic protocols. As discussed above, if enough private keys leak or are scraped out, or if Irwin's attack works, the security of these systems will collapse. DTCP has a fallback in is its certificate protected, EC-DH based full authentication mode, using AES-128 to avoid any weaknesses in M6. It would take years though before existing equipment could be obsoleted by ceasing to support the restricted authentication mode that uses SKDH. HDCP has no fallback and it would be necessary to redesign the handshake, again with a several year lag time for deployment of the updated system. It will be interesting to see whether these theoretical attacks can be successfully mounted now that HDTV equipment is widely available. As the cost continues to drop over the next couple of years it should soon be practical for hobbyists to begin experimenting with Irwin's attack and start collecting KSV + private key pairs. DTCP would be an even more attractive target as it would allow easy computer recording of protected data via Firewire, USB2, or IP. However its reliance on the much-maligned principle of security through obscurity (keeping the details secret) may in practice give it a greater degree of protection.

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