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Find Sensitive Information in Log Files with Python

Scan log files for emails, IP addresses, API keys, and passwords using regular expressions in Python.

regex security log-analysis
Python
import re
import os
from pathlib import Path

def find_sensitive_info(log_path):
    """Scans log files for patterns like emails, IPs, API keys, and passwords."""
    patterns = {
        'Email': r'[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}',
        'IP Address': r'\b(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\b',
        'API Key'…
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Automation & scripting medium

Generate Strong SSH Keys and Save Them Securely with Python

Generate a 4096-bit RSA SSH key pair using Python's cryptography library and save both private and public keys with restricted file permissions.

ssh key-generation cryptography
Python
import os
import stat
from pathlib import Path
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend

def generate_ssh_keypair(key_path: str = "id_rsa", passphrase: str = None):
    """Generate a 4096-…
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Automation & scripting easy

Rotate API keys in Python by updating an .env template

Replace an old API key with a new one inside an .env template file, with a guard for missing keys.

api-keys env-files automation
Python
import json
from pathlib import Path

def rotate_api_keys(env_template_path: Path, old_key: str, new_key: str) -> None:
    """Replace an old API key with a new one in an .env template file."""
    content = env_template_path.read_text()
    if old_key not in content:
        print(f"Error: '{old_key}' not found in {e…
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