Open Source Software
Major Packages
wifiroamd is a background process which can be easily configured to do
a rich (and customizable) set of operations for bringing up your preferred
wireless networks. It is a command-line tool, that is usable by anyone
comfortable with unix-like configuration via config files and simple
init.d-like scripts. It would make a great engine for a graphical
wireless management tool.
JOTWeb
is the software that runs our website. It is a system
for developing dynamic web pages using HTML markup,
TAL for
templating and Python for programming. I like the simplicity of the markup
style, and the power of having real Python programs available to create
content. TAL is an component of the
Zope
system written by Fred Drake. JOTWeb provides a good example of how TAL
can be used independantly of Zope.
radiusContext is a log analyzer for RADIUS servers. RADIUS is used by ISPs
A program to manage making and restoring links in a Linux
HA cluster using DRBD. When
the shared cluster drive is mounted, certain files and directories are
moved aside and links are created into the shared partition.
A port of the Linux HA program to FreeBSD.
Minor Packages
Email and Qmail Related
tumgreyspf is an external policy filter for
Postfix
which does Greylisting and SPF lookups on incoming e-mail. It uses the
file-system for storing greylist data and configuration information, so it
doesn't rely on any database packages or suffer from database corruption.
mailman-clamav
is a
Mailman Mailing List Manager handler
which allows incoming messages to be scanned for viruses and automatically
held or discarded if the message is identified to be a virus.
autoarch is meant
to allow easily setting up mailing list archives. Once set up, e-mail
sent to "user-autoarch-archivename@domain.com" will automaticly create
the archive (if it doesn't exist) and add the message to it. An HTML
index will be created, up to date as every message comes in.
qmail
includes patches to the qmail mail transfer agent.
qmaildef
is a program that automatically creates ".qmail-extension" files
when an e-mail comes in for "user-extension", allowing it to be obvious
what extensions you are getting mail for, and allowing you the opportunity
to easily handle different extensions in their own ways.
mail2db is a proxy
which archives all incoming and outgoing mail to a database.
postfix is for
postfix-related things. Currently it just has a "makefile" in it which
can be used to automate the task of updating databases and reloading
postfix when config files are changed.
Other Python Programs
python-memcached
Python client library for working with the memcache server.
python-vim is some
tools for writing python code in vim.
fileinfo.py is a convenience module for testing file access permissions with Python.
sockserv is a Python Socket library.
filterinput.py
is a helper class to build filters and other routines similar to the Perl
"while (<>) { if ( /regex/ ) }"-type loops.
jlock.py is a module for doing file locking in a safe way.
netstring.py is a
module implementing DJB-style netstrings (
http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt)
pydentd is a
simple Python-based ident-faking server. It's for systems which require
ident responses for some services, but you don't want to set up ident.
The Python access patch is: A patch which implements the POSIX access() and
ttyname() methods. It's been accepted into the base Python distribution.
python-chap
implements CHAP-like authentication for sockets and other access streams.
CHAP is a standard challenge-response scheme where both sides have
a password, but they authenticate each other without revealing that
password to anyone who may be listening.
tail.py is a module for watching when files change and processing the new
lines.
areacode is
a program that, given an area code, tells you where that number
was assigned.
cccheck is
a module for validating credit card numbers in Python.
System Administration and Linux Related programs
fwrestart is
a program that safely restarts the firewall if you are logged
in over the network, ensuring that you don't lock yourself out.
rebootonpanic is
an Init script to enable reboot on panic. This is useful if you are doing a
dark datacenter, and don't want to make a trip to touch your servers if one
of them panics.
sa-useradmin
includes a patch for using the spamassassin CGI-based
configuration tool.
setupvirtuals
is a simple Python program which, at the direction of a
configuration file, manages virtual IP addresses on a host. Re-running
setupvirtuals after modifying the config file will add or remove
aliases making the system become concurrant with the configuration file.
swalow
is software for doing software catalog management and automatic
download and install of software.
trestarter
is a program that monitors other programs and restarts them when
they die.
clockupdate
updates the BIOS clock to match the system clock when run.
fscknonint
is a program to enable fsck to run non-interactively on boot.
The
gkrellm
patch is a patch to remove some processes from the graph of CPU
usage.
jivesyslog
is a patch I wrote for april fools day, possibly in 1999, which
causes all syslog messages to be written after being translated to jive.
libjive is a conversion of the "jive" program to a library for use with
other programs.
jpoll
is a compatibility library I wrote for systems which do not have
poll. I wrote it for lsh, IIRC.
kx
is a simple shell script that extracts the latest kernel tar file and
sets it up to build.
netup
is a simple program for bringing up your wireless device and doing
special actions based on where it detects you are. This is useful for
restarting your laptop networking if you connect to different access points
frequently, like if you go to different coffee shops to work.
powercontrol
is a program which allows control of the IPC serial-controlled
power devices.
pynetcat
is a set of programs for sending data to or from TCP ports on a
network, like "cat" only to a different host. It includes minimal
implementations of both which are easy to type in on broken systems or when
using rescue discs to get data on or off the system.
pynetd
is a simple port-forwarding daemon, allowing one port on a system to
be forwarded to another port, possibly on another system.
pyntar
is a backup program using tar over the network. It keeps indexes of
the tar files for quick extraction, and splitting the tar files into chunks
for archival.
setupvirtuals
-- Manage virtual IP allocation on a machine.
tcmqs
-- Tummy Cluster Message Queue System. Reliably deliver
"messages" among a cluster of machines.
yummir
yummir is a client/server program for keeping your yum.conf file updated
with lists of mirrors.
usbplugd
watches "/proc/device/usb/devices" for USB device removals or
insertions and then runs a script based on the vendor/product id.
Graphical programs
wordbyword
is a simple reading-comprehension program.
pv
is a simple pygame based python image viewer with pre-rendering of the
next image for very fast switching between images.
Deprecated programs
These are included for only historical interest.
cid is a caller id
program. Currently deprecated.
dipc is some patches I made for the Distributed InterProcess Communication
system. I believe this project has been completely abandoned by the
maintainer and has never made it into the kernel.
fileinput2.py
(deprecated, use filterinput) instead.
fmg is a program to process freshmeat e-mail. It is currently deprecated.
The fvwm patch is very old, I haven't touched it in probably 6 to 8 years.
It implements "cool switching" to use the keyboard for switching between
windows on fvwm.:
isinglass is a firewall program for Linux. It is currently deprecated.
pySpam is a simple rule-based anti-spam tool. It has been deprecated and
SpamAssassin is now recommended.
