Even though sending payShield Audit and Error logs to a Syslog facility is supported by the most recent firmware, I decided to revamp my payShieldToSyslog by correcting some log decoding issues and making the network connection handling more robust. Retrieval and deletion of Audit log entries are also supported.You can enjoy the new version v0.6.0 […]
payShield PressureTest v1.5.3 is out!
The new version brings many fixes and improvements. The most relevant changes are the following: You can find the source code and a signed executable version for Windows on GitHub here: https://github.com/mszeu/PayShieldPressureTest The pressureTest.exe v1.5.3 has the follwing hash: sha256:a50f836edc98bfe84ab8f7c82a884dd8f0c26af0c1655ee09106d2310020d9b3 If you use the executable version on Windows, always check that the file has been […]
Telemaco di Infocamere: la complicazione nella semplificazione
Dovendo ricercare dei dati di alcune aziende, ho deciso di crearmi un account sul servizio Telemaco di InfoCamere. La procedura è stata abbastanza semplice e dopo un po’ mi arrivano due email: una con l’User ID ed un’altra con la password: Fino a qui tutto bene. L’email è in inglese perché ho messo che risiedo […]
La Dissonanza Digitale in Italia. Stato della Innovazione Tecnologica: opportunità e limiti
Negli ultimi vent’anni, abbiamo assistito ad una evoluzione tecnologica senza precedenti, con strumenti digitali progettati per semplificare la vita dei cittadini. In Italia, tra le innovazioni di spicco troviamo la Carta d’Identità Elettronica (CIE), lo SPID (Sistema Pubblico di Identità Digitale), la PEC (Posta Elettronica Certificata) e la Firma Elettronica (Semplice, Avanzata e Qualificata), tutte […]
YAWoL – Yet Another Wake-on-Lan Utility, version 1.2 released
Hello! I just released version 1.2 of my small tool YAWoL (Yet Another Wake-on-Lan Utility). The purpose is to send the Wake on Lan magic packet to the MAC address provided in the parameters. I corrected some bugs and improved the parsing of the MAC address. Now, you can enter a MAC address even if […]
payShieldPressureTest v1.3 is out, and it’s FASTER!!
Version 1.3 of payShiledPressureTest is out! The new version brings many fixes and improvements. The most relevant one is that I modified how the TCP and SSL connection were established: in the previous versions every the connection was opened and closed every time a command was sent. In this new version, the same connection is […]
payShieldToSyslog: The new version v0.4.2 is out
I just released on GitHub the new version v0.4.2 of payShieldToSyslog. payShieldToSyslog is a tool that gathers the audit log through the payShield host port and forwards it to a Syslog facility. The new version corrects some bugs and typos and introduces some new features: The program is written in Python 100% and an executable […]
PayShieldToSyslog: How to gather audit logs from payShield 10K and send them to Syslog
The aim of the payShield2Syslog project is to gather the Audit log via the host command Q2, interpreter the response of the appliance, and eventually send it to a Syslog facility. The project is still in beta, and the current version is 0.3 A binary version, digitally signed, for Widows is available as well. It requires Python 3. It […]
payShieldPPRessureTest: version 1.1.7 is out
Version 1.1.7 of payShieldPPRessureTest, the tool I wrote to stress and test your payShield HSM is out.This new version comes with some fixes: Fixed typos in comments and README.md Removed not functional code in HEX to IP address dotted decimal notation conversion function Fixed the hex output of –randgen Simplified the printing in hex of the response obtained by the appliance Fixed the […]
YAWoL – Yet Another Wake-on-Lan Utility
Some days ago, a customer asked me if an appliance she’s using can be turned on using WoL.Initially, I replied no, because I could not find a trace of WoL capabilities on the manuals. Still, then I got curious, and I decided to write my own WoL utility in Python to generate the ”magic packets”. […]








