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+### This config may optionally select a subset of tests to run or skip by
+### filling out the 'tests' and 'skips' lists given below. If no tests are
+### specified for inclusion then it is assumed all tests are desired. The skips
+### set will remove specific tests from the include set.
+### Note that the same test ID should not appear in both 'tests' and 'skips', 
+### this would be nonsensical and is detected by Bandit at runtime.
+
+# (optional) list included test IDs here, eg '[B101, B406]':
+tests:
+
+# (optional) list skipped test IDs here, eg '[B101, B406]':
+skips:
+
+### (optional) plugin settings - some test plugins require configuration data
+### that may be given here, per-plugin. All bandit test plugins have a built in
+### set of sensible defaults and these will be used if no configuration is
+### provided. It is not necessary to provide settings for every (or any) plugin
+### if the defaults are acceptable.
+
+any_other_function_with_shell_equals_true:
+  no_shell: [os.execl, os.execle, os.execlp, os.execlpe, os.execv, os.execve, os.execvp,
+    os.execvpe, os.spawnl, os.spawnle, os.spawnlp, os.spawnlpe, os.spawnv, os.spawnve,
+    os.spawnvp, os.spawnvpe, os.startfile]
+  shell: [os.system, os.popen, os.popen2, os.popen3, os.popen4, popen2.popen2, popen2.popen3,
+    popen2.popen4, popen2.Popen3, popen2.Popen4, commands.getoutput, commands.getstatusoutput]
+  subprocess: [subprocess.Popen, subprocess.call, subprocess.check_call, subprocess.check_output,
+    utils.execute, utils.execute_with_timeout]
+execute_with_run_as_root_equals_true:
+  function_names: [ceilometer.utils.execute, cinder.utils.execute, neutron.agent.linux.utils.execute,
+    nova.utils.execute, nova.utils.trycmd]
+hardcoded_tmp_directory:
+  tmp_dirs: [/tmp, /var/tmp, /dev/shm]
+linux_commands_wildcard_injection:
+  no_shell: [os.execl, os.execle, os.execlp, os.execlpe, os.execv, os.execve, os.execvp,
+    os.execvpe, os.spawnl, os.spawnle, os.spawnlp, os.spawnlpe, os.spawnv, os.spawnve,
+    os.spawnvp, os.spawnvpe, os.startfile]
+  shell: [os.system, os.popen, os.popen2, os.popen3, os.popen4, popen2.popen2, popen2.popen3,
+    popen2.popen4, popen2.Popen3, popen2.Popen4, commands.getoutput, commands.getstatusoutput]
+  subprocess: [subprocess.Popen, subprocess.call, subprocess.check_call, subprocess.check_output,
+    utils.execute, utils.execute_with_timeout]
+password_config_option_not_marked_secret:
+  function_names: [oslo.config.cfg.StrOpt, oslo_config.cfg.StrOpt]
+ssl_with_bad_defaults:
+  bad_protocol_versions: [PROTOCOL_SSLv2, SSLv2_METHOD, SSLv23_METHOD, PROTOCOL_SSLv3,
+    PROTOCOL_TLSv1, SSLv3_METHOD, TLSv1_METHOD]
+ssl_with_bad_version:
+  bad_protocol_versions: [PROTOCOL_SSLv2, SSLv2_METHOD, SSLv23_METHOD, PROTOCOL_SSLv3,
+    PROTOCOL_TLSv1, SSLv3_METHOD, TLSv1_METHOD]
+start_process_with_a_shell:
+  no_shell: [os.execl, os.execle, os.execlp, os.execlpe, os.execv, os.execve, os.execvp,
+    os.execvpe, os.spawnl, os.spawnle, os.spawnlp, os.spawnlpe, os.spawnv, os.spawnve,
+    os.spawnvp, os.spawnvpe, os.startfile]
+  shell: [os.system, os.popen, os.popen2, os.popen3, os.popen4, popen2.popen2, popen2.popen3,
+    popen2.popen4, popen2.Popen3, popen2.Popen4, commands.getoutput, commands.getstatusoutput]
+  subprocess: [subprocess.Popen, subprocess.call, subprocess.check_call, subprocess.check_output,
+    utils.execute, utils.execute_with_timeout]
+start_process_with_no_shell:
+  no_shell: [os.execl, os.execle, os.execlp, os.execlpe, os.execv, os.execve, os.execvp,
+    os.execvpe, os.spawnl, os.spawnle, os.spawnlp, os.spawnlpe, os.spawnv, os.spawnve,
+    os.spawnvp, os.spawnvpe, os.startfile]
+  shell: [os.system, os.popen, os.popen2, os.popen3, os.popen4, popen2.popen2, popen2.popen3,
+    popen2.popen4, popen2.Popen3, popen2.Popen4, commands.getoutput, commands.getstatusoutput]
+  subprocess: [subprocess.Popen, subprocess.call, subprocess.check_call, subprocess.check_output,
+    utils.execute, utils.execute_with_timeout]
+start_process_with_partial_path:
+  no_shell: [os.execl, os.execle, os.execlp, os.execlpe, os.execv, os.execve, os.execvp,
+    os.execvpe, os.spawnl, os.spawnle, os.spawnlp, os.spawnlpe, os.spawnv, os.spawnve,
+    os.spawnvp, os.spawnvpe, os.startfile]
+  shell: [os.system, os.popen, os.popen2, os.popen3, os.popen4, popen2.popen2, popen2.popen3,
+    popen2.popen4, popen2.Popen3, popen2.Popen4, commands.getoutput, commands.getstatusoutput]
+  subprocess: [subprocess.Popen, subprocess.call, subprocess.check_call, subprocess.check_output,
+    utils.execute, utils.execute_with_timeout]
+subprocess_popen_with_shell_equals_true:
+  no_shell: [os.execl, os.execle, os.execlp, os.execlpe, os.execv, os.execve, os.execvp,
+    os.execvpe, os.spawnl, os.spawnle, os.spawnlp, os.spawnlpe, os.spawnv, os.spawnve,
+    os.spawnvp, os.spawnvpe, os.startfile]
+  shell: [os.system, os.popen, os.popen2, os.popen3, os.popen4, popen2.popen2, popen2.popen3,
+    popen2.popen4, popen2.Popen3, popen2.Popen4, commands.getoutput, commands.getstatusoutput]
+  subprocess: [subprocess.Popen, subprocess.call, subprocess.check_call, subprocess.check_output,
+    utils.execute, utils.execute_with_timeout]
+subprocess_without_shell_equals_true:
+  no_shell: [os.execl, os.execle, os.execlp, os.execlpe, os.execv, os.execve, os.execvp,
+    os.execvpe, os.spawnl, os.spawnle, os.spawnlp, os.spawnlpe, os.spawnv, os.spawnve,
+    os.spawnvp, os.spawnvpe, os.startfile]
+  shell: [os.system, os.popen, os.popen2, os.popen3, os.popen4, popen2.popen2, popen2.popen3,
+    popen2.popen4, popen2.Popen3, popen2.Popen4, commands.getoutput, commands.getstatusoutput]
+  subprocess: [subprocess.Popen, subprocess.call, subprocess.check_call, subprocess.check_output,
+    utils.execute, utils.execute_with_timeout]
+try_except_continue: {check_typed_exception: false}
+try_except_pass: {check_typed_exception: false}
+
+### Reference of Available tests:
+# B101 : assert_used
+# B102 : exec_used
+# B103 : set_bad_file_permissions
+# B104 : hardcoded_bind_all_interfaces
+# B105 : hardcoded_password_string
+# B106 : hardcoded_password_funcarg
+# B107 : hardcoded_password_default
+# B108 : hardcoded_tmp_directory
+# B109 : password_config_option_not_marked_secret
+# B110 : try_except_pass
+# B111 : execute_with_run_as_root_equals_true
+# B112 : try_except_continue
+# B201 : flask_debug_true
+# B301 : pickle
+# B302 : marshal
+# B303 : md5
+# B304 : ciphers
+# B305 : cipher_modes
+# B306 : mktemp_q
+# B307 : eval
+# B308 : mark_safe
+# B309 : httpsconnection
+# B310 : urllib_urlopen
+# B311 : random
+# B312 : telnetlib
+# B313 : xml_bad_cElementTree
+# B314 : xml_bad_ElementTree
+# B315 : xml_bad_expatreader
+# B316 : xml_bad_expatbuilder
+# B317 : xml_bad_sax
+# B318 : xml_bad_minidom
+# B319 : xml_bad_pulldom
+# B320 : xml_bad_etree
+# B321 : ftplib
+# B322 : input
+# B401 : import_telnetlib
+# B402 : import_ftplib
+# B403 : import_pickle
+# B404 : import_subprocess
+# B405 : import_xml_etree
+# B406 : import_xml_sax
+# B407 : import_xml_expat
+# B408 : import_xml_minidom
+# B409 : import_xml_pulldom
+# B410 : import_lxml
+# B411 : import_xmlrpclib
+# B412 : import_httpoxy
+# B501 : request_with_no_cert_validation
+# B502 : ssl_with_bad_version
+# B503 : ssl_with_bad_defaults
+# B504 : ssl_with_no_version
+# B505 : weak_cryptographic_key
+# B506 : yaml_load
+# B601 : paramiko_calls
+# B602 : subprocess_popen_with_shell_equals_true
+# B603 : subprocess_without_shell_equals_true
+# B604 : any_other_function_with_shell_equals_true
+# B605 : start_process_with_a_shell
+# B606 : start_process_with_no_shell
+# B607 : start_process_with_partial_path
+# B608 : hardcoded_sql_expressions
+# B609 : linux_commands_wildcard_injection
+# B701 : jinja2_autoescape_false
+# B702 : use_of_mako_templates