SplitPass: A Mutually Distrusting Two-Party Password Manager

Using a password manager is known to be more convenient and secure than not using one, on the assumption that the password manager itself is safe. However recent studies show that most popular password managers have security vulnerabilities that may be fooled to leak passwords without users’ awareness. In this paper, we propose a new password manager, SplitPass, which vertically separates both the storage and access of passwords into two mutually distrusting parties. During login, all the parties will collaborate to send their password shares to the web server, but none of these parties will ever have the complete password, which significantly raises the bar of a successful attack to compromise all of the parties. To retain transparency to existing applications and web servers, SplitPass seamlessly splits the secure sockets layer (SSL) and transport layer security (TCP) sessions to process on all parties, and makes the joining of two password shares transparent to the web servers. We have implemented SplitPass using an Android phone and a cloud assistant and evaluated it using 100 apps from top free apps in the Android official market. The evaluation shows that SplitPass securely protects users’ passwords, while incurring little performance overhead and power consumption.     

从“流动的现代性”到“液态时尚”

本文主要通过齐格蒙·鲍曼的社会学著作《流动的现代性》(Liquid Modernity),讨论当代社会生活特性,并援引了原著中“Liquid”,即“液态、流动的”这一形容词,提出“液态时尚”这一与“流动的现代性”相适应的时尚概念。通过对“液态时尚”设计案例的分类分析,思考“液态时尚”在当代的社会意义和价值。     

Regulating the Interfacial Electronic Coupling of Fe2N via Orbital Steering for Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis

The capability of manipulating the interfacial electronic coupling is the key to achieving on-demand functionalities of catalysts. Herein, it is demonstrated that the electronic coupling of Fe₂N can be effectively regulated for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysis by vacancy-mediated orbital steering. Ex situ refined structural analysis reveals that the electronic and coordination states of Fe₂N can be well manipulated by nitrogen vacancies, which impressively exhibit strong correlation with the catalytic activities. Theoretical studies further indicate that the nitrogen vacancy can uniquely steer the orbital orientation of the active sites to tailor the electronic coupling and thus benefit the surface adsorption capability. This work sheds light on the understanding of the catalytic mechanism in real systems and could contribute to revolutionizing the current catalyst design for HER and beyond.     

Effects of different segments in polyurethane on the performance of sand stabilization

Synthetic polymers have recently drawn increasing attention to chemical sand stabilization (CSS). The relationship between the molecular structure and the fixing effect, however, is rarely reported aside from the performance. In this article, different segments of waterborne polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) are discussed with respect to their influence on stabilizing sand. We prepared five PUDs by controlling parameters including the diisocyanate-to-polyol ratio (R) and the molecular weight and characterized them with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and laser particle analysis. The unconfined compressive strength (UCS), a key criterion in CSS, was used to evaluate the performance of the PUDs. We found that a bigger R gave the polyurethane (PU) film a higher strength than the smaller R but did not do the same to the sand mold. This indicated that homogeneity was a primary property of the sand mold. Taking the details of the crushed sand molds and the PU films into account, we concluded that the soft segments played a major role in the homogeneity. Force analysis showed that four modes of breaking occurred at the interface of the sand and cured PU. We concluded that whereas the hard segments in PU determined the ceiling of the UCS, the soft segments determined the floor by benefiting adsorption. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019 , 136, 47267.     

基于有限差分法的泵站底板三维地基应力分析

利用有限差分法，对某泵站不规则底板的地基应力进行计算分析，并结合实测数据，得出在不同本构模型及接触情况下地基应力分布规律。     

Origin of the High Permittivity and Varistor Behavior in SnO2–Zn2SnO4 Composite Ceramics

SnO₂–Zn₂SnO₄ composite ceramics with a colossal dielectric permittivity and varistor behavior are prepared by traditional ceramic processing. By increasing bias voltage from 0 to 10 V at a low frequency (~10³ Hz) and at room temperature, the relative permittivity decreased rapidly from about 20 000 to several thousand, whereas the radius of the semicircle in the complex impedance decreased and the tail gradually disappeared. However, the peak height and the position of the imaginary part of the complex modulus in the spectra were independent of the applied DC voltage. The slope deduced from the bias voltage‐dependent straight lines of the double‐logarithmic imaginary permittivity spectra were constant with a value of ?0.63 at high frequencies and they decreased to ?1 at low frequencies. The results strongly indicate that a number of weekly trapped charges existed in the ceramic bulk. From the temperature‐dependent dielectric and electric modulus spectra, the trapped charge activation energy was about 0.32 eV, which may be associated with the oxygen vacancies. Based on the results, a modified equivalent circuit related to the colossal dielectric permittivity and varistor properties was proposed, in which a Warburg impedance was added in parallel with the resistance and capacitance.     

POI共建LTE双路室分系统建设成本分析

详细论述了POI系统实现原理、POI系统技术特点、LTE室分双路常见解决方案;结合工程实际案例,着重论述了多家运营商是如何通过POI共建室分系统实现LTE室分双路建设方案的;详细分析了POI共建节约室分建设投资情况,为LTE双路室分系统共建方案的选取提供宝贵经验。