NovaCert & NovaDNS
Inspect TLS certificates and HSTS, and audit DNS and email-domain configuration.
OUR WORK / Open-source projects
NovaSoft Libre Suite
Six focused Python utilities for certificates, DNS, server auditing, encrypted backups and infrastructure health.
Type of workOpen-source projects
ContextDefensive infrastructure tools
StatusMVPs · active development
The challenge
Routine infrastructure checks span several systems. Administrators need small, inspectable tools that provide useful evidence and fit the way they already manage servers and sites.
Novasoft’s contribution
Novasoft brings six independently installable projects together in one public repository. The tools cover defensive inspection, backup handling and outbound health reporting, with typed results and documented release boundaries.
What this makes possible
Each tool does one job, installs on its own and documents exactly what it covers.
The wider toolset
Around the suite sit smaller single-purpose repositories: a one-shot uptime checker, a certificate-expiry check for GitHub Actions, environment validation that keeps secrets out of output, local log redaction, read-only PostgreSQL archive validation, static Docker Compose risk checks and an HMAC-signed webhook inbox.
Every project installs and versions on its own, so you can use one without adopting the rest. Security problems are reported to NovaSoft privately, not in public issues. We bring the same thinking to our backup and recovery and cybersecurity work: small checks that show evidence, not dashboards that promise safety.
Six tools, separate responsibilities
NovaCert checks one host’s certificate and HTTPS configuration. NovaDNS inspects domain and email records. NovaGuard reports server findings without changing configuration. NovaVault handles encrypted backups and explicit restore operations. NovaWatch collects host metrics, while NovaBeacon reports site health.
Implemented scope
These are incrementally developed MVPs. Monitoring alerts and a React dashboard, full DNSSEC chain validation, automatic server remediation and several backup integrations remain roadmap work. NovaVault verification checks authenticated decryption; it is distinct from the disposable restore testing provided by PG Restore Proof.
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CAPABILITY IN PRACTICE
What the work included
NovaGuard & NovaVault
Run read-only Ubuntu and Debian security checks, or create and verify encrypted PostgreSQL backups.
NovaWatch & NovaBeacon
Collect host metrics through an outbound agent and report DNS, gateway and local endpoint health.
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