May applications require authentication to secure protected resources. While standards like oAuth accommodate sharing resources between applications, more variance exists in implementations of securing the app in the first place. A recent standard, JWT, provides a mechanism for creating tokens with embedded data, signing these tokens and even encrypting them when warranted. This post explores… Continue reading
Posts tagged bottle
Configuration of python web applications
Hopefully it’s obvious that separating configuration from application code is always a good idea. One simple and effective way I’ve found to do this in my python (think bottle, flask, etc.) apps is with a simple JSON configuration file. Choosing JSON makes sense for a few reasons: Easy to read (for humans) Easy to consume… Continue reading →
Explore CloudFoundry using Stackato and VirtualBox
Stackato, which is released by ActiveState, extends out of the box CloudFoundry. It adds a web interface and a command line client (‘stackato’), although the existing ‘cf’ command line client still works (as long as versions match up). Stackato includes some autoscale features and a very well done set of documentation. ActiveState publishes various VM… Continue reading →
Detecting Credit Card Fraud – Frequency Algorithm
About 13 years ago I created my first integration with Authorize.net for a client who wanted to accept credit card payments directly on his website. The internet has changed a lot since then and the frequency of fraud attempts has increased. One credit card fraud signature I identified while reviewing my server logs for one… Continue reading →