Category: Python

The management software that runs the certificate authority (CA) at DirectCA.org, or more precisely console.directca.org, is now open source. “vcert” is a web-based application written. . .

Serving public certificates via DNS is quite an obscure endeavor. This is made quite evident by the total lack of documentation on how to serve. . .

This is a quick command-line utility for displaying information contained in an SSL certificates and CRLs. It is faster and easier to remember than the. . .

This functionality is not available in openssl’s comand line utility, so I cooked this up to do the job. The library function returns a Python. . .

This blog entry desribes three Django Authenticaon backends you can use instead of the default “django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend”. Below is a brief description of each. EmailBackend –. . .

If you ever need to calculate Body Mass Index (BMI) in Python, here’s how… -acv

The get_object_or_404 is a handy Django shortcut. It keeps my views shorter. In my case however, I had the need to get the latest object.. . .

Hot off the presses is an open source implementation of the Framingham 10 Year Heart Attack Risk Calculator. This software package consists of a command-line. . .

Problem: You want to display some information in a database record in Django, but you also want to display the field’s verbbose name.  In other. . .

My company (Videntity) has been providing support to the Earth Institute (Columbia University). One of the tasks is to build a geospatial web service for. . .