aioacme

v0.6.0 safe
4.0
Medium Risk

Async ACME client implementation

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SAFE

The package is generally safe with minimal risks identified. While there are concerns about SSL verification being disabled and the maintainer's account status, these alone do not strongly indicate malicious intent.

  • Network risk due to disabled SSL verification
  • Maintainer has a new or inactive account
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: The package makes network calls to ACME servers which is normal for a package dealing with ACME protocol, but disabling SSL verification may pose a risk.
  • Shell: No shell execution patterns were detected.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious activity.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, suggesting safe handling of secrets and credentials.
  • Metadata: The maintainer has a new or inactive account and lacks author details, which raises some concern but does not strongly indicate malicious intent.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Medium (6.6/10)

✦ High Test Suite 9.0

Test suite present — 4 test file(s) found

  • Test runner config found: conftest.py
  • 4 test file(s) detected (e.g. conftest.py)
✦ High Documentation 9.0

Well-documented package

  • Documentation URL: "Documentation" -> https://aioacme.readthedocs.io/stable
  • 1 documentation file(s) (e.g. conf.py)
  • Detailed PyPI description (3873 chars)
○ Low Contributing Guide 4.0

No contributing guide or governance files found

  • Development Status classifier >= Beta
◈ Medium Type Annotations 5.0

Partial type annotation coverage

  • 31 type-annotated function signatures detected in source
◈ Medium Multiple Contributors 6.0

Limited contributor diversity

  • 2 unique contributor(s) across 50 commits in tkukushkin/aioacme
  • Two distinct contributors found

🔬 Heuristic Checks

⚠ Outbound Network Calls score 4.5

Found 3 network call pattern(s)

  • = None self._client = httpx.AsyncClient(verify=ssl, timeout=httpx.Timeout(300)) self._nonce
  • ast_exc = None async with httpx.AsyncClient(verify=False) as client: for _ in range(100):
  • ) -> None: async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client: response = await client.post(
✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

✓ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: kukushkin.me>

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

Repository tkukushkin/aioacme appears legitimate

⚠ Maintainer History score 4.0

2 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
✓ Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with aioacme 
Create a fully functional mini-application that automates the process of obtaining SSL certificates using the Let's Encrypt ACME protocol. Your application will use the 'aioacme' package, which provides an asynchronous client implementation for interacting with ACME servers. This tool aims to simplify the management of SSL certificates for multiple domains, making it easier for developers and system administrators to secure their web services.

### Application Requirements:
1. **User Input**: Allow users to input one or more domain names for which they want to request SSL certificates.
2. **Validation Methods**: Implement at least two different validation methods supported by ACME (e.g., HTTP-01 and DNS-01). Users should be able to choose which method(s) they prefer.
3. **Certificate Retrieval**: Use 'aioacme' to communicate with the Let's Encrypt server, perform necessary validations, and retrieve the SSL certificate.
4. **Storage**: Store the obtained certificates securely on the local file system or another storage solution of your choice.
5. **Renewal Mechanism**: Include a feature to automatically renew certificates before they expire. This can be achieved by scheduling tasks or monitoring certificate expiration dates.
6. **Logging**: Provide detailed logs of all actions performed by the application, including successful operations and any errors encountered during the process.
7. **Command Line Interface (CLI)**: Develop a CLI interface for ease of use, allowing users to interact with the application without needing to write additional scripts.
8. **Documentation**: Write comprehensive documentation detailing how to install and use the application, as well as any prerequisites needed for running the application successfully.

### Utilizing 'aioacme':
- **Setup**: Begin by installing 'aioacme' via pip. Familiarize yourself with its API documentation to understand how to initiate connections, handle challenges, and manage certificate requests.
- **Asynchronous Operations**: Since 'aioacme' is designed for asynchronous operations, make sure to structure your application to take full advantage of this capability. This includes handling multiple domain requests concurrently where possible.
- **Error Handling**: Implement robust error handling to manage various scenarios such as network issues, invalid domain names, or failed validations.

By completing this project, you'll gain valuable experience working with SSL/TLS certificates, asynchronous programming in Python, and utilizing third-party libraries to build practical applications.