Things that I've Written:

I used to have a bad habit of losing things that I had written. This page is a bit of a dumping ground - the good with the bad - so that I don't lose them. Licensing information may vary from project to project.

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Networking/Troubleshooting:

• http://www.whatismyproxy.com
  This site is a network connection debugging tool that reports on your current proxy settings.
• Hardscan
  Hardscan is a command-line tool that detects open ports on the local machine. It is intended for uses where "netstat" and its ilk are untrustworthy. It should run on any system that supports python 2.3 or better.
• tcping.exe
  An implementation of ping-over-tcp for the win32 console. Also includes http get/post support.
• snot.exe
  A 'network sniff notetaker' that embeds a specified message into a currently running Ethereal/TCPDump/etc packet log via udp discard packets.
• waitforip.exe
  Pause your batch file until the host has a specific ip address on an interface
• wakearp.exe
  A utility to quickly induce arp resolution for every ip address within a specified /24 network.
• mturoute.exe
  This is console application, analogous to 'ping' and 'traceroute', which finds the maximum mtu between you and another host by passing icmp requests with differing payload sizes. Binary is provided for Win32.
• The MTU Eyechart
  This is a small html file that displays a series of images in various sizes. If you are having an MTU problem with your webserver, the missing pictures will help reveal just what that problem might be.
• Python UDP stress tester
  An extremely quick-and-dirty utility that tests how much UDP traffic it can shove through a connection.
• xmlroute.exe
  A variant of tracert/traceroute that formats its output in XML.
• Library Stuff
  Various command line utilities to troubleshoot SIP2 and API. sip2talk.exe, sip2ping.exe
• arp-ping
  An implementation of an ARP ping
• Pressure
  A windows service based CPU stress tester.

Shell Scripts:

• "Heads up" status script for Linux/Sendmail servers
  A sh script that can be run from within 'watch' to show a current status update of a linux sendmail (or similiar) server.
• syslog scripts for the Barracuda Spam Firewall
  Bash scripts to parse virus and error information out of a Barracuda's syslog entries
• NetApp helper scripts
  Shell scripts to help interact with a NetApp filer.
• Pathos.bat
  A windows batchfile for easily manipulating your $PATH.

Cisco

• Cisco Pix "show conn" summary script
  A python script that scrapes the output of the command "show conn" from within the Cisco Pix and summarizes the results in tabular form.
• Pix Object groups for Microsoft Server deployments
  Object groups for Lazy Pix administrators, based on port ranges defined in the Microsoft knowledge base.
• explode-macro.py
  A python script implementing a simple macro language for quickly generating Cisco config files (or fragments). Intended especially for use when configuring many many identical interfaces or for generating standard configurations from a base template.

Cacti Scripts and Templates

• Cacti Template for the Cisco Aironet
  A cacti template for tracking the Cisco Aironet via SNMP.
• Cacti Templates for the Cisco Pix
  Cacti templates for tracking the memory and connection count on a Cisco Pix.
• Cacti Template (and polling script) for the Sensorsoft SSA7008 Environmental Sensor
  Cacti template for tracking temperature and humidity with a Sensorsoft SSA7008 Enviromental Sensor. Also a perl script for doing the polling, as this device is a bit more complicated than squid likes by itself.
• Cacti Template for the Alvarion BreezeAccess VL
  Cacti template for tracking the SNR and frequency of an Alvarion BreezeAccess VL.
• Additional SNMP information and scripts for the Alvarion BreezeAccess VL
• Cacti Template and polling XML script for the NetApp filer. Graphs interface usage, cpu, cifs, nfs, cache age and per volume usage, files and inodes.

Web Development:

• PHP Boolean Query Generator
  This is a php snippet for converting boolean search queries (for instance "elephants AND giraffes" that people are used to typing into search blanks into SQL query syntax. ASP version now available as well.
• HTTP -> HTTPS Redirector
  This is a small python script that can be run in the background to redirect http queries to another URL. In particular, it is set up to redirect insecure HTTP connections to an HTTP/SSL port.
• Generate Google Sitemap script
  A python script that autogenerates a Google Sitemap XML file from the contents of your webserver. I use it to generate this sitemap: sitemap.xml. The script itself should generally be applicable to other sites with a few minor changes.
• The MSSQL Trouble Button
  An ASP page to grab the current state of a MSSQL backed application when an end-user is experiencing a problem.

Code Snippets:

• Split-Respect-SingleQuotes - a version of python 'split()' that treats single-quoted text as unsplittable
• FormatTable - tries to fairly draw a set of columns with variable sized data to the console
• ARIN Lookup - Scrape ARIN for information about an IP address
• RGB Gradation - Functions for blending RGB colors as specified on web pages
• RGB Blending Tables - Script that generates RGB color blends
• 16K Python Mud - A tradewars type mud written in 16k of code
• Subnet Allocator - A python script for breaking down larger networks into smaller ones along subnet boundaries.
• 'Safe' Python module reload - A python script to dynamically recompile/reload a python module with built-in syntax checking.
• One time popups - PHP + javascript to add one-time (per visitor) popups to a webpage.
• Double URL-encode - Python function to Double-URL-encode text, as per the documentation for the Google Search Appliance.
• Function for checking if one string is a prefix of another under PHP
• ccmod10.py - Python module for testing and generating credit card numbers.
• php recaptcha via proxy - Patch for the PHP recaptcha lib to use a proxy server rather than a direct connection to the web.

Other:

• Zoom Lens - An "around the mouse" screen magnifier for windows.
• make pretty - Script to Beautify C++ Code
• A telnet-serial bridge script
  This makes your serial port available to any telnet client. Especially useful for e.g. PuTTY which is my favorite terminal client, but doesn't have any serial support.
• d5000_serial - Python module to interface with a d5000 series thermocouple
• millisleep.exe - sleep your batch file for X milliseconds
• sounder.exe - play 2 seconds of a .wav file from within a batchfile
• Bookmarklet Generator - Generate your own bookmarklets like the ones below without having to mess with any javascript.
• keypress - Small gui program to measure average keystroke length.
• Serial Watcher - Small .NET program that watches your serial ports and tells you when one becomes available.
• Webmail Chooser - a registry file and accompanying website to fix problems with having to install a mailto: client on public computers
• Keyboard Lint - a keyboard input fuzzer for flushing out keyloggers

Below the Fold:

These are projects that I consider withdrawn/broken/incomplete or otherwise unworthy.

• httping.exe
  Still works, but the capability has been moved into tcping.exe rather than continuing on its own.
• ip-threespace.py
  A packet sniffing script that displays traffic moving through a three-dimensional cube representing the global IP space. Uses pyOpenGL for display.
• Decloak
  A "pid exhaustion scanner" for Linux. Detects hidden processes by mapping out the holes they leave in the available pid space.
• icmp spy
  The idea here was to use a raw ICMP socket to listen for incoming pings. Turns out it doesn't work: the winsock lib apparently doesn't pass ICMP echo requests back up to the socket.
• Renoser - Utility to restore injured emoticons.
• Winkin Bill - Can *you* solve the sliding puzzle game before Bill Clinton seduces you?
• retriever - Shell script to retrieve and log Dogpile's 'Search Spy' XML feed.
• http://www.pluginchecker.com
  This site requires one of each of the more common browser plugins so that you can quickly tell what you have installed and operational.
• pwgen
  A small C program that generates passwords based on the characteristics of a network device and a pre-arranged master password.

Uncategorized:

• uncategorized stuff - I don't make a page for every little thing anymore.