Name | Data Type | Qualifiers |
Name | Data Type | Value | Scope | Flavors |
AlertingElementFormat | uint16 |
Description | string | The format of the AlertingManagedElement property is interpretable based upon the value of this property. Values are defined as:
0 - Unknown. The format is unknown or not meaningfully interpretable by a CIM client application.
1 - Other. The format is defined by the value of the OtherAlertingElementFormat property.
2 - CIMObjectPath. The format is a CIMObjectPath, with format <NamespacePath>:<ClassName>.<Prop1>="<Value1>", <Prop2>="<Value2>", . . . specifying an instance in the CIM Schema. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.AlertingManagedElement, CIM_AlertIndication.OtherAlertingElementFormat | None | None |
ValueMap | string | 0, 1, 2 | None | None |
Values | string | Unknown, Other, CIMObjectPath | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
AlertingManagedElement | string |
Description | string | The identifying information of the entity (ie, the instance) for which this Indication is generated. The property contains the path of an instance, encoded as a string parameter - if the instance is modeled in the CIM Schema. If not a CIM instance, the property contains some identifying string that names the entity for which the Alert is generated. The path or identifying string is formatted per the AlertingElementFormat property. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.AlertingElementFormat | None | None |
AlertType | uint16 |
Description | string | Primary classification of the Indication. The following value is the only value permitted from AlertIndication:
8 - Security Alert. An Indication of this type is associated with security violations, detection of viruses, and similar issues. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MappingStrings | string | Recommendation.ITU|X733.Event type | None | None |
Override | string | AlertType | TOSUBCLASS= false | None |
Required | boolean | true | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
ValueMap | string | 8 | None | None |
Values | string | Security Alert | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
CorrelatedIndications | string |
Description | string | A list of IndicationIdentifiers whose notifications are correlated with (related to) this one. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MappingStrings | string | Recommendation.ITU|X733.Correlated notifications | None | None |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_Indication.IndicationIdentifier | None | None |
Description | string |
Description | string | A short description of the Indication. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MappingStrings | string | Recommendation.ITU|X733.Additional text | None | None |
Effects | uint16 |
ArrayType | string | Indexed | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
Description | string | An array of enumerated values that describes the effect(s) of an event from the Detector's point of view. Some security devices such as simple packet filters may not be able to detect the notion of an event's Effect. In these cases, the Effect is "Unknown". Although in many cases the Effect of an attack is intended, not all attacks have a known intent, such as viruses or other malicious code, which may have multiple varied Effects. If there is more than one Effect, the first element in the array SHOULD represent the most significant or most severe Effect, from the Detector's point of view. The following values are defined:
0 - Unknown means the Effect of the event is purely unknown.
2 - Degradation. The message indicates that an attempt was made to damage or impair usability, performance, service availability, etc.
3 - Reconnaissance. The message indicates that there was an attempt to gather information useful for attacks, or probe for vulnerabilities without necessarily exploiting them.
4 - Access. The message indicates that access has been attempted or made to data or services.
5 - Integrity. The message indicates that there was an attempt to modify or delete data.
6 - System Compromised. The message indicates that an attacker succeeded in gaining complete access to the system. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_SecurityIndication.MoreSpecificEffects | None | None |
Required | boolean | true | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
ValueMap | string | 0, .., 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16000.. | None | None |
Values | string | Unknown, DMTF Reserved, Degradation, Reconnaissance, Access, Integrity, System Compromised, Vendor Reserved | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
EventCount | uint16 |
Counter | boolean | true | None | None |
Description | string | The number of events represented by this Indication. If IndicationStartCountTime is not NULL, EventCount MUST be greater than 1 which means that the Indication represents an event aggregate. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MinValue | sint64 | 1 | None | None |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_SecurityIndication.IndicationStartCountTime | None | None |
EventID | string |
Description | string | An instrumentation or provider specific value that describes the underlying "real-world" event represented by the Indication. Two Indications with the same, non NULL EventID value are considered, by the creating entity, to represent the same event. The comparison of two EventID values is only defined for Alert Indications with identical, non NULL values of SystemCreateClassName, SystemName and ProviderName. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.ProbableCause | None | None |
EventTime | datetime |
Description | string | The time and date the underlying event was first detected. If specified, this property MUST be set to NULL if the creating entity is not capable of providing this information. This value is based on the notion of local date and time of the Managed System Element generating the Indication. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.ProbableCause | None | None |
IndicationFilterName | string |
Description | string | An identifier for the indication filter that selects this indication and causes it to be sent. This property is to be filled out by the indication sending service. The value shall be correlatable with the Name property of the instance of CIM_IndicationFilter describing the criteria of the indication. The value of the IndicationFilterName should be formatted using the following algorithm: < OrgID > : < LocalID >, where < OrgID > and < LocalID > are separated by a colon (:) and < OrgID > shall include a copyrighted, trademarked, or otherwise unique name that is owned by the business entity that is creating or defining the value or that is a registered ID assigned to the business entity by a recognized global authority. In addition, to ensure uniqueness, < OrgID > shall not contain a colon (:).When using this algorithm, the first colon to appear in the value shall appear between < OrgID > and < LocalID >. < LocalID > is chosen by the business entity and shall be used uniquely. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
Experimental | boolean | true | TOSUBCLASS= false | None |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_IndicationFilter.Name | None | None |
IndicationIdentifier | string |
Description | string | An identifier for the Indication. This property is similar to a key value in that it can be used for identification, when correlating Indications (see the CorrelatedIndications array). Its value SHOULD be unique as long as Alert correlations are reported, but MAY be reused or left NULL if no future Indications will reference it in their CorrelatedIndications array. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MappingStrings | string | Recommendation.ITU|X733.Notification identifier | None | None |
Override | string | IndicationIdentifier | TOSUBCLASS= false | None |
Required | boolean | true | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
IndicationStartCountTime | datetime |
Description | string | The start time and date of a range of events represented by the Indication whose current event time is specified by IndicationTime. If the Indication represents a single event, this property MUST be set to NULL. If the Indication represents multiple events over time, the EventCount property MUST be greater than 1 and this property MUST be less than or equal to the IndicationTime value. In this case, the Indication represents an event aggregate with the aggregate amplitude being the EventCount property. The time range or EventCount does not imply a threshold in and of itself, but a time or amplitude threshold MAY be used in determining how a Detector populates this property. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_SecurityIndication.EventCount, CIM_SecurityIndication.IndicationTime | None | None |
IndicationTime | datetime |
Description | string | The time and date of creation of the Indication. The property may be set to NULL if the entity creating the Indication is not capable of determining this information. Note that IndicationTime may be the same for two Indications that are generated in rapid succession. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_SecurityIndication.IndicationStartCountTime | None | None |
Override | string | IndicationTime | TOSUBCLASS= false | None |
Required | boolean | true | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
Mechanisms | uint16 |
ArrayType | string | Indexed | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
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Description | string | An array of integers indicating the method(s) used in an attack, probe, or other action. When more than one value is used there MAY be a parent/child or hierarchical relationship between values where the more general or parent value is at the lowest index and the more specific or child value(s) are at increasing indices. Values with a parent/child relationship are:
Parent - NetworkProtocol
Children - NetworkICMP, NetworkTCP, NetworkUDP, NetworkHTTP
Parent - Overloading
Children - Congestion, Saturation
Mechanisms values can be used with any of the Effects values, depending on the method(s) employed in an attack or probe. For example, a DoS attack using ICMP packets, Effects would contain Degradation, and Mechanisms would contain NetworkProtocol and NetworkICMP in that order. For a port scan, Effects contains Reconnaissance and Mechanisms would contain PortScan. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_SecurityIndication.MoreSpecificMechanisms | None | None |
Required | boolean | true | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
ValueMap | string | 0, .., 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 16000.. | None | None |
Values | string | Unknown, DMTF Reserved, ArpPoisoning, Backdoor, Rootkit, Trojan, BufferOverflow, GuessPassword, ReplayAttack, SQLInjection, SpoofIdentity, PortSweep, HostSweep, NetworkSweep, NetworkICMP, NetworkTCP, NetworkUDP, Worm, Virus, Non-viral Malicious, Spyware, Adware, Login, Logout, Application Exploitation, Script Injection, Stale-data Scan, Congestion, Saturation, Overloading, Port Scan, Network Protocol, Network HTTP, Phishing, Redirection, RemoteExecution, DataManipulation, Cross-site Scripting, Vendor Reserved | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
Message | string |
Description | string | The formatted message. This message is constructed by combining some or all of the dynamic elements specified in the MessageArguments property with the static elements uniquely identified by the MessageID in a message registry or other catalog associated with the OwningEntity. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
Experimental | boolean | true | TOSUBCLASS= false | None |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.MessageID, CIM_AlertIndication.MessageArguments | None | None |
MessageArguments | string |
Description | string | An array containing the dynamic content of the message. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
Experimental | boolean | true | TOSUBCLASS= false | None |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.Message, CIM_AlertIndication.MessageID | None | None |
MessageID | string |
Description | string | A string that uniquely identifies, within the scope of the OwningEntity, the format of the Message. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
Experimental | boolean | true | TOSUBCLASS= false | None |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.Message, CIM_AlertIndication.MessageArguments | None | None |
MessageType | uint16 |
Description | string | MessageType is an identifier distinguishing the instance of a SecurityIndication semantically. Instances of this class or its subclasses have different meaning depending upon the value of MessageType. For example, overrides of this property in subclasses can define new MethodTypes, such as "Virus Found" or "Vulnerability Detected". A range of values, DMTF_Reserved, and Vendor Reserved, has been defined that allows subclasses to override and define their specific event message types.
Note that MessageType does not correspond to the CIM_AlertIndication "Message" property, which holds a formatted string for general AlertIndications. CIM_AlertIndication.Message MAY be used to contain message text sent by the Detector, but in addition to, rather than in lieu of SecurityIndication specific properties. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
Required | boolean | true | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
ValueMap | string | 0, .., 2, 16000.. | None | None |
Values | string | Unknown, DMTF Reserved, Not Applicable, Vendor Reserved | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MoreSpecificEffects | string |
ArrayType | string | Indexed | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
Description | string | If more details are known about the effect of an attack or probe, this property can contain that information. For example, if one of the values of Effects is Access, a more specific Effect might be HostCompromised. Or, if the Effect is Degradation, a more specific effect might be DistributedDoS.
String values for this property are vendor or Detector specific and as such, the property CIM_AlertIndication.OwningEntity SHOULD be populated to identify the business entity or standards body defining the possible values. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_SecurityIndication.Effects, CIM_AlertIndication.OwningEntity | None | None |
MoreSpecificMechanisms | string |
ArrayType | string | Indexed | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
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Description | string | Specifies a more specific mechanism based on a value specified in the Mechanisms property. For example, if one of the values of Mechanisms is Trojan, then a MoreSpecificMechanisms might be Connect for a trojan that opens a port and listens for connections. A different method might be Response if the trojan sends information.
String values for this property are vendor or Detector specific and as such, the property CIM_AlertIndication.OwningEntity SHOULD be populated to identify the business entity or standards body defining the possible values. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_SecurityIndication.Mechanisms, CIM_AlertIndication.OwningEntity | None | None |
MoreSpecificResources | string |
ArrayType | string | Indexed | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
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Description | string | Specifies a more specific resource based on a value specified in the Resources property. For example, if one of the values of Resources is Web, then a MoreSpecificResource might be Apache for an attack or probe against an Apache web server.
String values for this property are vendor or Detector specific and as such, the property CIM_AlertIndication.OwningEntity SHOULD be populated to identify the business entity or standards body defining the possible values. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_SecurityIndication.Resources, CIM_AlertIndication.OwningEntity | None | None |
OtherAlertingElementFormat | string |
Description | string | A string defining "Other" values for AlertingElementFormat. This value MUST be set to a non NULL value when AlertingElementFormat is set to a value of 1 ("Other"). For all other values of AlertingElementFormat, the value of this string must be set to NULL. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.AlertingElementFormat | None | None |
OtherAlertType | string |
Description | string | A string describing the Alert type - used when the AlertType property is set to 1, "Other State Change". | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.AlertType | None | None |
OtherSeverity | string |
Description | string | Holds the value of the user defined severity value when 'PerceivedSeverity' is 1 ("Other"). | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.PerceivedSeverity | None | None |
OwningEntity | string |
Description | string | A string that uniquely identifies the entity that owns the definition of the format of the Message described in this instance. OwningEntity MUST include a copyrighted, trademarked or otherwise unique name that is owned by the business entity or standards body defining the format. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
Experimental | boolean | true | TOSUBCLASS= false | None |
PerceivedSeverity | uint16 |
Description | string | An enumerated value that describes the severity of the Alert Indication from the notifier's point of view:
1 - Other, by CIM convention, is used to indicate that the Severity's value can be found in the OtherSeverity property.
3 - Degraded/Warning should be used when its appropriate to let the user decide if action is needed.
4 - Minor should be used to indicate action is needed, but the situation is not serious at this time.
5 - Major should be used to indicate action is needed NOW.
6 - Critical should be used to indicate action is needed NOW and the scope is broad (perhaps an imminent outage to a critical resource will result).
7 - Fatal/NonRecoverable should be used to indicate an error occurred, but it's too late to take remedial action.
2 and 0 - Information and Unknown (respectively) follow common usage. Literally, the AlertIndication is purely informational or its severity is simply unknown. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MappingStrings | string | Recommendation.ITU|X733.Perceived severity | None | None |
Override | string | PerceivedSeverity | TOSUBCLASS= false | None |
Required | boolean | true | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
ValueMap | string | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 | None | None |
Values | string | Unknown, Other, Information, Degraded/Warning, Minor, Major, Critical, Fatal/NonRecoverable | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ProbableCause | uint16 |
Description | string | An enumerated value that describes the probable cause of the situation which resulted in the AlertIndication. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MappingStrings | string | Recommendation.ITU|X733.Probable cause, Recommendation.ITU|M3100.probableCause, ITU-IANA-ALARM-TC | None | None |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.ProbableCauseDescription, CIM_AlertIndication.EventID, CIM_AlertIndication.EventTime | None | None |
Required | boolean | true | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
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ValueMap | string | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130 | None | None |
Values | string | Unknown, Other, Adapter/Card Error, Application Subsystem Failure, Bandwidth Reduced, Connection Establishment Error, Communications Protocol Error, Communications Subsystem Failure, Configuration/Customization Error, Congestion, Corrupt Data, CPU Cycles Limit Exceeded, Dataset/Modem Error, Degraded Signal, DTE-DCE Interface Error, Enclosure Door Open, Equipment Malfunction, Excessive Vibration, File Format Error, Fire Detected, Flood Detected, Framing Error, HVAC Problem, Humidity Unacceptable, I/O Device Error, Input Device Error, LAN Error, Non-Toxic Leak Detected, Local Node Transmission Error, Loss of Frame, Loss of Signal, Material Supply Exhausted, Multiplexer Problem, Out of Memory, Output Device Error, Performance Degraded, Power Problem, Pressure Unacceptable, Processor Problem (Internal Machine Error), Pump Failure, Queue Size Exceeded, Receive Failure, Receiver Failure, Remote Node Transmission Error, Resource at or Nearing Capacity, Response Time Excessive, Retransmission Rate Excessive, Software Error, Software Program Abnormally Terminated, Software Program Error (Incorrect Results), Storage Capacity Problem, Temperature Unacceptable, Threshold Crossed, Timing Problem, Toxic Leak Detected, Transmit Failure, Transmitter Failure, Underlying Resource Unavailable, Version MisMatch, Previous Alert Cleared, Login Attempts Failed, Software Virus Detected, Hardware Security Breached, Denial of Service Detected, Security Credential MisMatch, Unauthorized Access, Alarm Received, Loss of Pointer, Payload Mismatch, Transmission Error, Excessive Error Rate, Trace Problem, Element Unavailable, Element Missing, Loss of Multi Frame, Broadcast Channel Failure, Invalid Message Received, Routing Failure, Backplane Failure, Identifier Duplication, Protection Path Failure, Sync Loss or Mismatch, Terminal Problem, Real Time Clock Failure, Antenna Failure, Battery Charging Failure, Disk Failure, Frequency Hopping Failure, Loss of Redundancy, Power Supply Failure, Signal Quality Problem, Battery Discharging, Battery Failure, Commercial Power Problem, Fan Failure, Engine Failure, Sensor Failure, Fuse Failure, Generator Failure, Low Battery, Low Fuel, Low Water, Explosive Gas, High Winds, Ice Buildup, Smoke, Memory Mismatch, Out of CPU Cycles, Software Environment Problem, Software Download Failure, Element Reinitialized, Timeout, Logging Problems, Leak Detected, Protection Mechanism Failure, Protecting Resource Failure, Database Inconsistency, Authentication Failure, Breach of Confidentiality, Cable Tamper, Delayed Information, Duplicate Information, Information Missing, Information Modification, Information Out of Sequence, Key Expired, Non-Repudiation Failure, Out of Hours Activity, Out of Service, Procedural Error, Unexpected Information | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ProbableCauseDescription | string |
Description | string | Provides additional information related to the ProbableCause. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_AlertIndication.ProbableCause | None | None |
ProviderName | string |
Description | string | The name of the Provider generating this Indication. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MaxLen | uint32 | 256 | None | None |
RecommendedActions | string |
Description | string | Free form descriptions of the recommended actions to take to resolve the cause of the notification. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MappingStrings | string | Recommendation.ITU|X733.Proposed repair actions | None | None |
Resources | uint16 |
ArrayType | string | Indexed | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
|
Description | string | An integer indicating the type(s) of resource affected by an attack or probe. When more than one value is used there MAY be a parent/child or hierarchical relationship between values where the more general or parent value is at the lowest index and the more specific or child value(s) are at increasing indices. Values with a parent/child relationship are:
Parent - Remote Service
Children - Remote Share, Naming Service, DB, FTP, Mail, RPC, Web
Parent - Remote Share
Children - NFS, SMB, CIFS
Parent - Naming Service
Children - DNS, LDAP
Parent - Application
Children - Application Data, Application Configuration
Parent - OS
Children - OS Kernel, OS Configuration, OS Session, File System, Process, Service, User Account, Privileges, User Policy, Group, Registry, File
Parent - Network Device
Children - Firewall, Router, Switch
For example, DB indicates that an attack was made against a database server, where Mail indicates that some type of email server is affected. DB, DNS, and other values can mean a server or service, e.g. there is no distinction between a DNS server resource and a DNS service resource. Web means a web server/service but more specific resources of this type can be specified using the MoreSpecificResources property, e.g. IIS, Apache, iPlanet, etc. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_SecurityIndication.MoreSpecificResources | None | None |
Required | boolean | true | None | OVERRIDABLE= false
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ValueMap | string | 0, .., 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 16000.. | None | None |
Values | string | Unknown, DMTF Reserved, DB, DNS, FTP, Mail, Web, Host, Firewall, Registry, Network Device, Hardware, User Activity, Cookies, Network Data, Application Data, Application Configuration, OS Kernel, OS Configuration, OS Session, File System, Process, Service, Network Session, URL, User Account, Privileges, User Policy, Group, RPC, SNMP, Remote Service, Remote Share, Naming Service, Application, OS, NFS, SMB, CIFS, CPU, Router, Switch, LDAP, Vendor Reserved | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
SystemCreationClassName | string |
Description | string | The scoping System's CreationClassName for the Provider generating this Indication. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MaxLen | uint32 | 256 | None | None |
SystemName | string |
Description | string | The scoping System's Name for the Provider generating this Indication. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MaxLen | uint32 | 256 | None | None |
Trending | uint16 |
Description | string | Provides information on trending - trending up, down or no change. | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
MappingStrings | string | Recommendation.ITU|X733.TrendIndication | None | None |
ValueMap | string | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 | None | None |
Values | string | Unknown, Not Applicable, Trending Up, Trending Down, No Change | None | TRANSLATABLE= true |
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