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+********** requirements
+requires cherrypy 3.x:
+. available in f14 with
+yum install python-cherrypy
+. available in macos with
+sudo port install py26-cherrypy3
+
+note that running https requires the OpenSSL module as well
+. f14
+yum install pyOpenSSL
+. macos
+???
+
+********** SSL
+on my devel box I created a fake cert using
+. openssl req -new -x509 -days 120 -set_serial $RANDOM -batch -subj "/CN=zankai.inria.fr" -nodes -keyout zankai.key -out zankai.crt
+
+worked like a charm
+
+********** xmlrpc
+http://www.cherrypy.org/wiki/BuiltinTools#tools.xmlrpc
+http://tools.cherrypy.org/wiki/XmlRpcIntrospection