shadowd 1.0.1

Python connector for the Shadow Daemon web application firewall

Shadow Daemon is a collection of tools to detect, protocol and prevent attacks on web applications. Technically speaking, Shadow Daemon is a web application firewall that intercepts requests and filters out malicious parameters. It is a modular system that separates web application, analysis and interface to increase security, flexibility and expandability.

This component can be used to connect Python applications with the background server.

Documentation

For the full documentation please refer to shadowd.zecure.org.

Installation

You can install the package with easy_install or pip:

easy_install shadowd
pip install shadowd

It is also possible to clone this repository and install the package manually:

python setup.py install

You also have to create a configuration file. You can copy misc/examples/connectors.ini to /etc/shadowd/connectors.ini. The example configuration is annotated and should be self-explanatory.

CGI

To protect CGI applications you simply have to load the module:

import shadowd.cgi_connector