From egenix-announcements at egenix.com Thu Nov 6 11:19:45 2014 From: egenix-announcements at egenix.com (egenix-announcements@egenix.com) Date: Thu Nov 6 11:14:05 2014 Subject: [eGenix.com] ANN: eGenix ThreadLock Distribution 2.13.0.1 Message-ID: <545B4B41.4040704@egenix.com> ________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com ThreadLock Distribution Version 2.13.0.1 eGenix is making a ThreadLock binary distribution available to simplify the setup for users of our mxODBC Plone/Zope database adapter. This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-ThreadLock-Distribution-2.13.0.1.html ________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION Several people have approached us about a problem they are facing with installing our mxODBC database adapter for Plone and Zope: http://www.egenix.com/products/zope/mxODBCZopeDA/ The adapter product has dependencies on * ThreadLock * Products.ZSQLMethods The Products.ZSQLMethods package is a pure Python package, so it installs fine on all platforms. ThreadLock comes with a Python C extension, so buildout needs to either find egg files for the platforms or have a compiler installed to build the C extensions. On Unix platforms, installing a compiler is fairly straight forward, but on Windows setting up compilers for Python is difficult and the ThreadLock entry on PyPI only comes with egg files for Python 2.6 on Windows. ________________________________________________________________________ SOLUTION To overcome this problem, we have taken the ThreadLock package and created an internal setup to have it compiled by our build farm. You can now use these buildout configuration settings to pull the egg files from our indexes. For UCS2 Python builds (16-bit Unicode on Unix, Python for Windows): -------------------------------------------------------------------- [buildout] ... find-links = ... https://downloads.egenix.com/python/index/ucs2/ eggs = ... ThreadLock [versions] ... ThreadLock = 2.13.0.1 For UCS4 Python builds (32-bit Unicode on Unix): -------------------------------------------------------------------- [buildout] ... find-links = ... https://downloads.egenix.com/python/index/ucs4/ eggs = ... ThreadLock [versions] ... ThreadLock = 2.13.0.1 Available binaries ------------------ We provide egg files for Linux x86 and x64, Windows x86 and x64 as well as the source package as fallback solution. The binaries were compiled with Python 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7. Version number -------------- Note that we have added a build number to the package version. This allows us to issue updates to the package builds should these be necessary and also makes sure that your buildout will use the packages from our indexes instead of PyPI or other indexes. ________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE EGENIX MXODBC PLONE/ZOPE DATABASE ADAPTER The eGenix mxODBC Zope DA allows you to easily connect your Zope or Plone CMS installation to just about any database backend on the market today, giving you the reliability of the commercially supported eGenix product mxODBC and the flexibility of the ODBC standard as middle-tier architecture. The mxODBC Zope Database Adapter is highly portable, just like Zope itself and provides a high performance interface to all your ODBC data sources, using a single well-supported interface on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and other platforms. This makes it ideal for deployment in ZEO Clusters and Zope hosting environments where stability and high performance are a top priority, establishing an excellent basis and scalable solution for your Plone CMS. Product page: http://www.egenix.com/products/zope/mxODBCZopeDA/ ________________________________________________________________________ MORE INFORMATION For more information on the eGenix ThreadLock distribution, the eGenix mxODBC Zope DA, licensing and download instructions, please write to sales@egenix.com. Enjoy, -- -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 06 2014) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2014-10-24: Released eGenix pyOpenSSL 0.13.5 ... http://egenix.com/go63 ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ From egenix-announcements at egenix.com Tue Nov 11 10:05:57 2014 From: egenix-announcements at egenix.com (egenix-announcements@egenix.com) Date: Tue Nov 11 09:59:48 2014 Subject: [eGenix.com] ANN: eGenix pyOpenSSL Distribution 0.13.6 Message-ID: <5461D175.7020005@egenix.com> ________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution Version 0.13.6 An easy-to-install and easy-to-use distribution of the pyOpenSSL Python interface for OpenSSL - available for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix platforms This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-pyOpenSSL-Distribution-0.13.6.html ________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION The eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution includes everything you need to get started with SSL in Python. It comes with an easy-to-use installer that includes the most recent OpenSSL library versions in pre-compiled form, making your application independent of OS provided OpenSSL libraries: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/ pyOpenSSL is an open-source Python add-on that allows writing SSL/TLS- aware network applications as well as certificate management tools: https://launchpad.net/pyopenssl/ OpenSSL is an open-source implementation of the SSL/TLS protocol: http://www.openssl.org/ ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS This new release of the eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution updates the included OpenSSL version to the latest OpenSSL 1.0.1h version and adds a few more context options: New in OpenSSL -------------- * Reenabled the SSLv2 support in the bundled OpenSSL libraries which we had removed in 0.13.5, since removing the SSLv2 symbols resulted in too many compatibility problems with existing code such as e.g. >>> import OpenSSL >>> import ssl Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "ssl.py", line 60, in import _ssl ImportError: _ssl.so: undefined symbol: SSLv2_method The ImportError is the result of using the 0.13.5 version of the OpenSSL libs with an ssl module which was compiled against a system version with SSLv2 support, effectively making the ssl module unusable. To protect against SSLv2 and SSLv3 downgrade attacks, please make sure you setup the SSL context to disallow using SSLv2 and SSLv3, e.g. context = SSL.Context(SSL.SSLv23_METHOD) context.set_options(SSL.OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL.OP_NO_SSLv3) New in pyOpenSSL ---------------- * OpenSSL.__version__ is now updated to the distribution version rather than left at "0.13" as it was in previous releases. It now shows "0.13.6" for this release. * Emphasized on the need to "import OpenSSL" early to prevent Python from loading the system OpenSSL libraries instead of the embedded ones. Be sure to read the section Loading the embedded OpenSSL Libraries of the documentation for details on how to make sure that the embedded libraries are loaded: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/doc/#LoadingOpenSSL Please see the product changelog for the full set of changes: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/changelog.html pyOpenSSL / OpenSSL Binaries Included ------------------------------------- In addition to providing sources, we make binaries available that include both pyOpenSSL and the necessary OpenSSL libraries for all supported platforms: Windows x86 and x64, Linux x86 and x64, Mac OS X PPC, x86 and x64. We've also added egg-file distribution versions of our eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X to the available download options. These make setups using e.g. zc.buildout and other egg-file based installers a lot easier. ________________________________________________________________________ DOWNLOADS The download archives and instructions for installing the package can be found at: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/ ________________________________________________________________________ UPGRADING Before installing this version of pyOpenSSL, please make sure that you uninstall any previously installed pyOpenSSL version. Otherwise, you could end up not using the included OpenSSL libs. _______________________________________________________________________ SUPPORT Commercial support for these packages is available from eGenix.com. Please see http://www.egenix.com/services/support/ for details about our support offerings. ________________________________________________________________________ MORE INFORMATION For more information about the eGenix pyOpenSSL Distribution, licensing and download instructions, please visit our web-site or write to sales@egenix.com. Enjoy, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 11 2014) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ From egenix-announcements at egenix.com Wed Nov 19 09:56:08 2014 From: egenix-announcements at egenix.com (egenix-announcements@egenix.com) Date: Wed Nov 19 09:56:19 2014 Subject: [eGenix.com] ANN: eGenix mxODBC Connect 2.1.1 - Python Database Interface Message-ID: <546C5B28.5010204@egenix.com> ________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com mxODBC Connect Python Database Interface Version 2.1.1 mxODBC Connect is our commercially supported client-server product for connecting Python applications to relational databases in a truly platform independent way. This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-Connect-2.1.1-GA.html ________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION The mxODBC Connect Database Interface for Python allows users to easily connect Python applications to all major databases on the market today in a highly portable, convenient and secure way. Python Database Connectivity the Easy Way ----------------------------------------- Unlike our mxODBC Python extension, mxODBC Connect is designed as client-server application, so you no longer need to find production quality ODBC drivers for all the platforms you target with your Python application. Instead you use an easy to install royalty-free Python client library which connects directly to the mxODBC Connect database server over the network. This makes mxODBC Connect a great basis for writing cross-platform multi-tier database applications and utilities in Python, especially if you run applications that need to communicate with databases such as MS SQL Server and MS Access, Oracle Database, IBM DB2 and Informix, Sybase ASE and Sybase Anywhere, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAP MaxDB and many more, that run on Windows or Linux machines. Ideal for Database Driven Client Applications --------------------------------------------- By removing the need to install and configure ODBC drivers on the client side and dealing with complicated network setups for each set of drivers, mxODBC Connect greatly simplifies deployment of database driven client applications, while at the same time making the network communication between client and database server more efficient and more secure. For more information, please have a look at the mxODBC Connect product page, in particular, the full list of available features. For more information, please see the product page: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBCConnect/ ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS mxODBC Connect 2.1.0 is a patch level release of our successful mxODBC Connect product. We have put great emphasis on enhancing the TLS/SSL setup of the mxODBC Connect product, addressing recent attacks on SSLv3 and improving the security defaults. Security Enhancements --------------------- * Updated included eGenix pyOpenSSL to 0.13.6, which includes OpenSSL 1.0.1j and enables the TLS_FALLBACK_SCSV protection against protocol downgrade attacks. * OpenSSL cipher string list updated to use the best available ciphers in OpenSSL 1.0.1j per default and support perfect forward security. * OpenSSL context options setup to disallow weak protocol features. * Disabled SSLv3 for the mxODBC Connect Client in response to the recent POODLE attack on SSLv3. mxODBC Connect Client 2.1.1 will not be able to communicate with mxODBC Connect Server 2.1.0 and earlier when using SSL mode. The error message looks like this: [Error] [('SSL routines', 'SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO', 'unsupported protocol')] (using pyOpenSSL) or [SSLError] [Errno 1] _ssl.c:493: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number (using the ssl module). * Enabled TLS v1, v1.1 and v1.2 for the mxODBC Connect Server in SSL mode and have it use the best possible protocol when talking to a client. The server will still support SSLv3 for backwards compatibility reasons, since older mxODBC Connect Clients only support SSLv3. This will be changed in the next major/minor mxODBC Connect Server release. * Fixed a linker setting on Linux to have the mxODBC Connect Server use the embedded OpenSSL libraries instead of the system ones. * Improved the protocol handlers for SSL connection setups using mixed plain text/TLS connections to renew the session id after having established the TLS session. mxODBC Connect Enhancements --------------------------- * Fixed a problem where connection/cursor.messages could not be accessed from the client side. * mxODBC Connect Client is now also available as web installer, greatly simplifying the installation of the client. It is now possible to install the client using a single pip command: pip install egenix-mx-base egenix-mxodbc-connect-client egenix-pyopenssl * Upgraded eGenix PyRun used for mxODBC Connect Server on Linux to 2.0.1. * Upgraded the Python version used for mxODBC Connect Server on Windows to 2.7.8. Asynchronous Processing ----------------------- * Fixed a problem which prevented the mxODBC Connect Client to connect to the server when using both gevent integration and the Python ssl module for communication. mxODBC API Enhancements ----------------------- * Upgraded the mxODBC Connect Server to mxODBC 3.3.1. SQL Server * Documented a solution for a problem with the SQL Server 2012 parser complaining about not being able to deduce types of some operations using more than one bound variable, e.g. "col1 >= ? + ?". Teradata * Improved the Teradata ODBC driver setup instructions to address some common gotchas when setting up mxODBC to work with these drivers. * Fixed a problem with Teradata and the test suite which resulted in an error "[Teradata][ODBC Teradata Driver] Beyond SQL_ACTIVE_STATEMENTS limit". The driver needs an explicit call to cursor.flush() to close any open result sets before running commits or rollbacks. Misc * Fixed a problem in cursor.getcolattributes() that caused errors to be ignored. * Added better protection against ODBC driver bugs in getenvattr(). * Fixed an attribute error when using the NamespaceRowFactory function. * Fixed a deprecation warning when using the NamespaceRowFactory function. For the full set of changes, including those of the 2.1 series of mxODBC Connect, please check the mxODBC Connect change log: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBCConnect/changelog.html ________________________________________________________________________ UPGRADING You are encouraged to upgrade to this latest mxODBC Connect release. When upgrading, please always upgrade both the server and the client installations to the same version - even for patch level releases. We will give out 20% discount coupons for upgrade purchases going from mxODBC Connect Server 1.x to 2.1 and 50% coupons for upgrades from mxODBC 2.x to 2.1. Please contact the eGenix.com Sales Team (sales@egenix.com) with your existing license serials for details. Users of our stand-alone mxODBC product will have to purchase new licenses from our online shop in order to use mxODBC Connect. You can request free 30-day evaluation licenses by visiting our web-site or writing to sales@egenix.com, stating your name (or the name of the company) and the number of eval licenses that you need. http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBCConnect/#Evaluation ________________________________________________________________________ DOWNLOADS The download archives as well as instructions for installation and configuration of the product can be found on the product page: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBCConnect/ If you want to try the package, jump straight to the download instructions: https://cms.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBCConnect/#Download Fully functional evaluation licenses for the mxODBC Connect Server are available free of charge: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBCConnect/#Evaluation mxODBC Connect Client is always free of charge. _______________________________________________________________________ SUPPORT Commercial support for this product is available from eGenix.com. Please see http://www.egenix.com/services/support/ for details about our support offerings. _______________________________________________________________________ INFORMATION About Python (http://www.python.org/): Python is an object-oriented Open Source programming language which runs on all modern platforms. By integrating ease-of-use, clarity in coding, enterprise application connectivity and rapid application design, Python establishes an ideal programming platform for today's IT challenges. About eGenix (http://www.egenix.com/): eGenix is a software project, consulting and product company focusing on expert project services and professional quality products for companies, Python users and developers. Enjoy, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 19 2014) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2014-11-11: Released eGenix pyOpenSSL 0.13.6 ... http://egenix.com/go64 ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/