Articles and tools about Python, IT Security and more.

Python projects

Here is the list of open-source Python projects that I am maintaining or contributing to.

Articles and presentations about IT Security

Here is a list of all articles and presentations I've published about IT Security so far.

My Python howtos

Here is a collection of short articles I have written about how to do many useful things in Python.

File Formats Security Issues

Sat, 02/13/2010 - 13:00 — decalage

This is a series of articles about file formats and related security issues. In 2003 I had presented an article in French about this subject at the SSTIC conference: [SSTIC03]. In the following articles I will provide an updated version in English with more information about common file formats.

pywordform - a Python module to parse MS Word forms (docx) to extract field values and tags

pywordform is a python module to parse Microsoft Word forms in docx format, and extract all field values with their tags into a python dictionary.

iodeflib - a python library to create, parse and edit IODEF incident reports

iodeflib is a python library to create, parse and edit cyber incident reports using the IODEF XML format (RFC 5070).

OleFileIO_PL - a Python module to read MS OLE2 files

OleFileIO_PL is a Python module to read Microsoft OLE2 files (also called Structured Storage, Compound File Binary Format or Compound Document File Format), such as Microsoft Office documents, Image Composer and FlashPix files, Outlook messages, ... This is an improved version of the OleFileIO module from PIL, the excellent Python Imaging Library, created and maintained by Fredrik Lundh. The API is still compatible with PIL, but I have improved the internal implementation significantly, with bugfixes and a more robust design.

How to package a Python app and the Python interpreter in a single EXE

This article describes solutions to create a single executable file containing a Python application/script and the Python interpreter DLL with all necessary libraries. The executable file can then be launched on any system even if Python is not installed.

CherryProxy - a filtering HTTP proxy extensible in Python

CherryProxy is a simple HTTP proxy written in Python 2.x, based on the CherryPy WSGI server and httplib, extensible for content analysis and filtering.

How to create network servers in Python (HTTP, FTP, SMTP, SOAP, syslog, ...)

This article lists solutions to create network servers in Python for different standard protocols: HTTP, FTP, SMTP, SOAP, syslog, WebDAV, ...

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