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EtherDam is a firewall configuration engine that relies on iptables. It presents firewall configuration as a somewhat simpler scripting language thats still flexible enough for most purposes. So why not just use iptables? Well, lets just face one thing: iptables is a pain to manage. By pain,... Platforms: *nix

GNU Gengen (GENerator GENerator) is a tool that, starting from a parameterized text, called template, generates a text generator that can substitute parameters with values. At the moment Gengen can generate C++ or C code; however other target languages are under development (e.g., Java). This... Platforms: *nix

Luban is a component oriented scripting language. Luban is free and open source. Luban is named after a legendary ancient Chinese civil engineer and carpenter two thousand year ago whose constructions are still in use today. The programming language spectrum seems crowded. Do we have all the... Platforms: *nix

rmp3 is a receiver for the rmp3 broadcast protocol. This protocol uses teletext data transmitted in the VBI (vertical blanking interval) of TV transmissions to broadcast mp3-files (e.g. RadioMP3 and MegaRadio). rmp3 currently is a command-line application. A GUI is forthcoming. rmp3 is free... Platforms: *nix

AFT is a document preparation system. It is mostly free form meaning that there is little intrusive markup. AFT source documents look a lot like plain old ASCII text. AFT has a few rules for structuring your document and these rules have more to do with formatting your text rather than... Platforms: *nix

Caml-get project is a tool to distribute and get Objective-Caml code in a way similar to the apt-get utility. We all have various functions, types, or even whole modules that we use in many different programs or libraries, but that somehow we dont put in a separate library. I see two reasons... Platforms: *nix

Menoku is an innovative new menu system that combines the best features of several common application launching schemes. Menoku project lets you graphicaly search through neatly organized icons and choose any icon quickly with a short sequence of keys. It supports hierarchical submenus and is... Platforms: *nix

Dialog is a Perl interface to dialog(3). SYNOPSIS B< use Dialog; > #now we are creating the new dialog window $dlg = Dialog->new(title, y,x,height,width); #inserting input line $line = $dlg->inputline(name, y, x, width, text); #adding button $btn = $dlg->button(name, y, x, text,... Platforms: *nix

Albatross library is a small and flexible Python toolkit for developing highly stateful web applications. The toolkit has been designed to take a lot of the pain out of constructing intranet applications although you can also use Albatross for deploying publicly accessed web applications. In... Platforms: *nix

ogre4j project enables the use of the OGRE (Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine) libraries in Java applications. The first approach was made by Ivica Aracic aka bytelord (http://www.bytelords.de). Thanks to him for taking the first steps! The last stable CVS version located at the OGRE... Platforms: *nix

GIMP circle brushes provides circle brushes for use as "rubber stamps" in the GIMP. GIMP circle brushes can be used with one click instead of creating outline circles by making a circle, filling with black, shrinking, and filling with white. The following pixel sizes are provided: 6, 12, 15,... Platforms: *nix

Dataxi project is a collection of tools for developing form-based information systems. Dataxi enables one to quickly build an application based on forms with which the user can access the underlying database in order to query, read, edit and write. Dataxi is the link between the user interface... Platforms: *nix

Rails Live CD project was born on Ezra Zygmuntowicz blog and realized with help from Brian Ketelsen. Rails Live CD is based on PCLinuxOS which is a great Linux distribution for creating LiveCDs. More information at PCLinusOS.com To use it, just download, burn and reboot! Or if you have a... Platforms: *nix

Password Hasher enables a good security practice. What good security practice demands: * Strong passwords that are hard to guess. * Different passwords at each site. * Periodically changing existing passwords. Why you probably arent practicing good security: * Strong passwords are... Platforms: *nix

stephanie is a program for hardening OpenBSD for multiuser environments. Mmmmm, OpenBSD. Functional, secure, free. With an emphasis on security and integrated cryptography, it carries an excellent reputation for plain old "you-just-cant-hack-this-ness". Not perfect, but nothing is, at least... Platforms: *nix

Slirp provides a SLIP/PPP emulator over shell/telnet/ssh/etc. Slirp is a (C)SLIP/PPP emulator based on the original BSD sources. It allows the user to pull up a full internet connection over a shell connection, and features sharing multiple modems for additional bandwidth. Slirp emulates a... Platforms: *nix

PHPReports project started when I needed something to create some reports on the browser as replacement of those ones my company used to generate using tools like FoxPro, Visual Basic and all that m$ stuff you dudes know about. I was starting PHP programming (still am) and was really excited... Platforms: *nix

Tersus is a visual programing platform that lets you create enterprise Web applications easily by drawing visual diagrams instead of writing code. If you need to create enterprise web applications, Tersus is for you. With Tersus, a single person or a small team can quickly accomplish what would... Platforms: *nix

Apt-get Install / Remove Packet is a tool to install/remove packets with debian apt-get. About Apt-Get: Advanced Packaging Tool, or APT, is a package management system used by Debian and its derivatives. APT was originally designed to work with .deb packages on Debian systems, but it has... Platforms: *nix

WaterRace is an offshore racing game with unique characters, levels and ships, each having their own technical characteristics. Mastering the different ships and levels is an extraordinary challenge. The beauty and the diversity of the circuits located in different parts of the world, and the... Platforms: Mac