NoNox is intended to help automate the defense of Internet servers against attacks such as dictionary login attacks. NoNox monitors log files for user-specified trigger patterns. When a pattern is seen enough times in a given file within a given period of time, NoNox will execute a command. The patterns, time limits, files to watch, and commands are all user-specified. For example, if NoNox sees too many failed login attempts from one IP address, it could execute a command that tells a firewall to drop packets from that host, instantly cutting off the attacker.
SoftwareUpdate is a Java class that assists with adding an automatic software-update feature to applications. It doesn't perform the update, but takes care of administrative stuff like looking up the version number of the latest version, with the ability to distinguish and check different places based on operating system. It also builds the OS-specific URLs to make it easy to do a quick latest-version check in any desktop or server application.