Open Source Python System Software

Ganglia is a scalable distributed monitoring system for high-performance computing systems such as clusters and Grids. It is based on a hierarchical design targeted at federations of clusters. Supports clusters up to 2000 nodes in size.

vmm is the easy to use and configurable command line tool for administrators and postmasters, to manage domains, alias-domains, accounts and relocated mail users. It allows the fast and easy management of mail servers. vmm is written in Python. It's designed for installations using Dovecot and Postfix with a PostgreSQL backend.

DictDefence is program written in Python to stop dictionary attacks of all sorts. The basic idea behind DictDefence is the automated blocking of Script Kiddies that run dictionary based attacks on your servers.

Boarded is a virtual on-screen keyboard for the X11 window system. It's intended to be used on mobile devices without a hardware keyboard. It allows you to design your own keyboard layouts, specifying key positioning/grouping and setting own colors.

DynaFabric is an SSH based command dispatching and systems management framework, designed for easy implementation on existing networks. It allows you to configure SSH key based authentication, and centrally dispatch commands, manage installed software, maintain services, and enforce policies across your systems. DynaFabric is designed to be platform agnostic; support is being developed for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu, Solaris 10, Solaris 11, and Illumos.

A set of python scripts to provide command-line access to GroundWork Open Source. gwcmd allows to perform operations from commandline, and from remote servers.

PortscanGeoinfo is a plugin for the powerful Prelude correlation engine. This plugin correlates alerts from Snort NIDS and OSSEC HIDS sensors regarding portscans. Geographical information (GeoIP) is included in the correlated alert.

A simple and powerful interface for Tightvnc Server, written in python and developed with glade.

Shapley is a compilation of free PyGTK networking tools distributed under the BSD license.

cap-py: A captive portal for wireless access points with ties to OpenBSD's PF firewall system.

managerComp is an application used to monitor and manage Ice components (http://www.zeroc.com) under GNU/Linux environments. It displays the components, their states and dependences using a graph view.

yaSSL, or yet another SSL, is an embedded ssl library for programmers building security functionality into their applications and devices. yaSSL is highly portable, and runs on standard as well as embedded platforms(QNX, ThreadX, VxWorks, Tron) yaSSL is still available but no longer being developed. Current development on the same project continues under wolfSSL. Visit yaSSL Home above for the latest stable release.