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cx_Oracle is a Python extension module that allows access to Oracle, and conforms to the Python database API specifications. cx_Oracle module is currently built against Oracle 8.1.7, Oracle 9.2, and Oracle 10.2.
This API has been defined to encourage similarity between the Python modules that are used to access databases. By doing this, we hope to achieve a consistency leading to more easily understood modules, code that is generally more portable across databases, and a broader reach of database connectivity from Python.
The interface specification consists of several sections:
- Module Interface
- Connection Objects
- Cursor Objects
- DBI Helper Objects
- Type Objects and Constructors
- Implementation Hints
- Major Changes from 1.0 to 2.0
Enhancements:
- This release adds methods to LOB objects in order to improve performance of reading/writing LOB values.
- It also fixes support for native doubles and floats in Oracle 10g.
- Support was added for autocommit mode and reading/writing the size of the statement cache.
- A hook for returning objects other than tuples from cursors was also added.

Sectoo Linux attempts to provide an up-to-date and easy-to-use set of security tools.
Main features:
- Vulnerability Scanning : Sectoo Linux provides you base services such as port scanning using Nmap. You can then gather banner informations, looking for versions of services installed, and discover some exploits using Nessus. You can also use this to test what your IDS can pick up and what it cant.
- Network Analysis : Using a standard sniffer like TCPDump or Ethereal/Wireshark, you can see whats going through a network in terms of protocols and content. And by using tools like p0f, you can achieve passive OS fingerprinting like never !
- Security Research : Want to learn how to achieve this or that type of attack ? How to conduct other types of spoofing attacks ? Using Sectoo and reading the manpages for the tools (youll certainly have to search what tool & what manpage !), youll learn how. But be warned : Use of these tools in production environments is highly discouraged and could get you fired, or arrested in some countries.
- Secure Connectivity : Sectoo Linux is including OpenSSH, for securely administrating remote systems...

mod_daytime Apache module is a RFC-867-compliant Daytime service.

Multi Protocol Support is one of the most important new features in Apache 2: The server is able to handle other TCP network services than just HTTP. As an example, the default distribution of Apache 2 HTTPD contains the mod_echo module that implements the Echo protocol. This standard TCP service answers any request by returning its complete contents. As a result, it can be helpful in testing network connections.

Based on the source code of mod_echo, I have written the mod_daytime module. It implements the Daytime Service according to RFC 867. This service answers any request by sending the current date and time. The RFC doesnt specify a format; this implementation is using ctime(3).

It is usually recommended to create a virtual host that works as a Daytime server exclusively. You might configure it for TCP port 13 on which the Daytime Service listens by default. The configuration to achieve that looks like this:

# Listen on Port 13
Listen 13

< VirtualHost *:13 >
ProtocolDaytime On
< /VirtualHost >

The first thing you need to do, however, is compile the source code provided here. On a UNIX system where Apache 2 has been installed with DSO support, you can simply type the following command (as root):

# [/path/of/apache/bin/]apxs -cia mod_daytime.c

This will create the DSO file mod_daytime.so, copy it into the Apache installations /modules directory, and add the following directive for loading the module to httpd.conf:

LoadModule daytime_module modules/mod_daytime.c

XOscript is a transparent communication bridge between objects running in an application server and the browser. JavaScript programmers have access to the methods supported by server side objects. No additional coding techniques are required to call the method of a server side object. Java programmers are free to build an application using any coding style they choose.

The xoscript framework fully supports Java security. During the invocation of any method the Java programmer may have access to the session metadata as well as cookies, params and attributes passed at method call time. No additional argument signatures are required. The framework supports any method return type including object, primitive or client supported Map and Collection interfaces and may pass an array of the aforementioned.

The JavaScript programmer can take advantage of client side support for all of the Map and Collection interfaces used by Java programmers. Supports for 33 of the most useful classes found in the java.util package have been written in JavaScript.

The goal of this project is to let you code the way you want. Providing a simple framework that stays out of the way yet opens the communication gap between the browser and server. Allowing applications to be written without regard to what the framework can or can not handle. A great deal of thought has gone into the most natural way to achieve this end. Using the default implementation of the framework allows for 90 percent of the code just the way it is written today. Under the covers xoscript is divided into 3 services, invocation, persistence and logging. Each of these services can be implemented through a factory class that understands how to create and use your implementation of the service.

Future goals include bringing a server to client event model into the framework enabling the browser and server to interact as if they were one program and building in support for client side custom tags that can be driven by server side logic. Hope you enjoy XOscript.

Sotacs is a collection of components for the Tapestry Web Framework. Sotacs provides NavigationBar, a JavaScript-powered hierarchical navigation bar with collapsable folders, mouse-over highlighting, and selection highlighting.
DynamicImage, which produces JPEG or PNG images on the server with an AWT-like painting listener method and sophisticated caching options, AjaxTextField, an AJAX powered text field that supports auto-complete hints in a pop-up box, and TransparentPNG, which makes alpha-transparent .png images display correctly on all browsers incuding Internet Explorer 5.
Enhancements:
- AjaxTextField works with Tapestry 4.1.x now : Bug 1704968 fixed
- Tapestry 4.1.x NavigationBar : ServiceLinks are no longer supported in order to achieve compatibility with both Tap 4.0 and 4.1.

phpBugTracker is meant to be a replacement for Bugzilla (one day). Its not quite there yet, but were working on it.
This project grew out of the frustrations I experienced in installing and using bugzilla.
Main features:
- Simplicity in use and installation
- Use templates to achieve presentation independence
- Use a database abstraction layer to achieve database independence
- Track bugs by multiple users on multiple projects
- Bug history showing changes made to a bug over its lifetime
- Restrict projects to certain groups of users
- The option to store passwords encrypted in the database
- Use of CSS to easily change the color scheme
- HTML templates allow you to completely change the look of the interface
- Flexible bug search capabilities
- Localization -- Have status messages in your native language (help needed)
- File attachments for bugs
- Anonymous browsing of bugs
- Web-based installation
- Links to a cvs web interface from bug comments
- Bug dependencies
- And a few more... :)

Radiance project is a set of tools which provide an advanced lighting simulation software package.
It allows very detailed definition of materials and light sources properties through the use of advanced techniques like brdf and ies files, as well as a powerful mathematical scripting language, resulting in accurate renderings of scenes which are usually imported from CAD and 3D modelers.
It uses the hybrid approach of Monte Carlo and deterministic ray tracing to achieve a reasonably accurate result in a reasonable time.
Enhancements:
- New scripts for higher productivity have been added.
- Code was cleaned to improve performance on new machines and in parallel environments.
- Handling of the recent mesh primitive was improved.
- Lots of clean-ups were done.
- This release has been tested a lot and is meant to be especially stable.