Notes on Deut., Chap. 33

Cheating CHAP

The Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is used to verify the identity of a peer in a 3-way handshake and is usually embedded in other protocols, commonly PPP. Several extensions (MS-CHAP) exist to allow the encryption of link layer packets via CHAP authenticated connections. In this paper I will describe how CHAP may be attacked, gaining unauthorized access to CHAP protected dia...

Amino Acids - Chap 03

Assimilation of dietary or microbial (ruminants) protein involves the interaction of a series of steps beginning in the stomach (non-ruminants), abomasum (ruminants), or proventriculus (poultry) and ending with the transport of amino acids and peptides from the basolateral membrane of the small intestine. In the glandular stomach, hydrochloric acid (HCl) denatures dietary protein and promotes p...

Muskens 1995 Chap

Water Prod - Chap 09

Considering the persistently growing pressure on finite freshwater and soil resources, it becomes increasingly clear that the challenge of feeding tomorrow’s world population is, to a large extent, about improved water productivity within present land use. Rain-fed agriculture plays a critical role in this respect. Eighty per cent of the agricultural land worldwide is under rain-fed agriculture...

Soil Fertility - Chap 01

If all resources are harnessed, and adequate measures taken to minimize soil degradation, sufficient food to feed the population in 2020 can be produced, and probably sufficient for a few billion more. These were the key conclusions from a Discussion Meeting held at the Royal Society in London in December 1996. The meeting entitled ‘Land resources: on the edge of the Malthusian precipice?’ atte...