feat:removed manual timezone management, delegate timezone configuration to execution environment

removed code that manages timezone setup from config file, krawl now
obeys to the environment configuration

config.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 server:
   port: 5000
   delay: 100  # Response delay in milliseconds
-  timezone: null  # e.g., "America/New_York", "Europe/Paris" or null for system default
 
   # manually set the server header, if null a random one will be used.
   server_header: null

src/analyzer.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Analyzer:
     """
     Analyzes users activity and produces aggregated insights
     """
-    def __init__(self, db_manager: Optional[DatabaseManager] = None, timezone: Optional[ZoneInfo] = None):
+    def __init__(self, db_manager: Optional[DatabaseManager] = None):
         """
         Initialize the access tracker.
 
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class Analyzer:
             db_manager: Optional DatabaseManager for persistence.
                         If None, will use the global singleton.
         """
-        self.timezone = timezone or ZoneInfo('UTC')
 
         # Database manager for persistence (lazily initialized)
         self._db_manager = db_manager

src/config.py

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class Config:
     # Database settings
     database_path: str = "data/krawl.db"
     database_retention_days: int = 30
-    timezone: str = None  # IANA timezone (e.g., 'America/New_York', 'Europe/Rome')
 
     # Analyzer settings
     http_risky_methods_threshold: float = None
@@ -42,39 +41,6 @@ class Config:
     user_agents_used_threshold: float = None
     attack_urls_threshold: float = None
 
-    @staticmethod
-    # Try to fetch timezone before if not set
-    def get_system_timezone() -> str:
-        """Get the system's default timezone"""
-        try:
-            if os.path.islink('/etc/localtime'):
-                tz_path = os.readlink('/etc/localtime')
-                if 'zoneinfo/' in tz_path:
-                    return tz_path.split('zoneinfo/')[-1]
-
-            local_tz = time.tzname[time.daylight]
-            if local_tz and local_tz != 'UTC':
-                return local_tz
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-        # Default fallback to UTC
-        return 'UTC'
-
-    def get_timezone(self) -> ZoneInfo:
-        """Get configured timezone as ZoneInfo object"""
-        if self.timezone:
-            try:
-                return ZoneInfo(self.timezone)
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-
-        system_tz = self.get_system_timezone()
-        try:
-            return ZoneInfo(system_tz)
-        except Exception:
-            return ZoneInfo('UTC')
-
     @classmethod
     def from_yaml(cls) -> 'Config':
         """Create configuration from YAML file"""
@@ -118,7 +84,6 @@ class Config:
             port=server.get('port', 5000),
             delay=server.get('delay', 100),
             server_header=server.get('server_header',""),
-            timezone=server.get('timezone'),
             links_length_range=(
                 links.get('min_length', 5),
                 links.get('max_length', 15)

src/database.py

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
                 method=method[:10],
                 is_suspicious=is_suspicious,
                 is_honeypot_trigger=is_honeypot_trigger,
-                timestamp=datetime.now(tz=ZoneInfo('UTC'))
+                timestamp=datetime.now()
             )
             session.add(access_log)
             session.flush()  # Get the ID before committing
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
                 path=sanitize_path(path),
                 username=sanitize_credential(username),
                 password=sanitize_credential(password),
-                timestamp=datetime.now(tz=ZoneInfo('UTC'))
+                timestamp=datetime.now()
             )
             session.add(credential)
             session.commit()
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
             ip: IP address to update
         """
         sanitized_ip = sanitize_ip(ip)
-        now = datetime.now(tz=ZoneInfo('UTC'))
+        now = datetime.now()
 
         ip_stats = session.query(IpStats).filter(IpStats.ip == sanitized_ip).first()
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
         # Record the manual category change
         old_category = ip_stats.category
         if old_category != category:
-            self._record_category_change(sanitized_ip, old_category, category, datetime.now(tz=ZoneInfo('UTC')))
+            self._record_category_change(sanitized_ip, old_category, category, datetime.now())
 
         ip_stats.category = category
         ip_stats.manual_category = True
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
                 {
                     'old_category': h.old_category,
                     'new_category': h.new_category,
-                    'timestamp': h.timestamp.isoformat() + '+00:00'
+                    'timestamp': h.timestamp.isoformat()
                 }
                 for h in history
             ]
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
             if suspicious_only:
                 query = query.filter(AccessLog.is_suspicious == True)
             if since_minutes is not None:
-                cutoff_time = datetime.now(tz=ZoneInfo('UTC')) - timedelta(minutes=since_minutes)
+                cutoff_time = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=since_minutes)
                 query = query.filter(AccessLog.timestamp >= cutoff_time)
 
             logs = query.offset(offset).limit(limit).all()
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
                     'method': log.method,
                     'is_suspicious': log.is_suspicious,
                     'is_honeypot_trigger': log.is_honeypot_trigger,
-                    'timestamp': log.timestamp.isoformat() + '+00:00',
+                    'timestamp': log.timestamp.isoformat(),
                     'attack_types': [d.attack_type for d in log.attack_detections]
                 }
                 for log in logs
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
                     'path': attempt.path,
                     'username': attempt.username,
                     'password': attempt.password,
-                    'timestamp': attempt.timestamp.isoformat() + '+00:00'
+                    'timestamp': attempt.timestamp.isoformat()
                 }
                 for attempt in attempts
             ]
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ class DatabaseManager:
                 {
                     'ip': s.ip,
                     'total_requests': s.total_requests,
-                    'first_seen': s.first_seen.isoformat() + '+00:00',
+                    'first_seen': s.first_seen.isoformat(),
-                    'last_seen': s.last_seen.isoformat() + '+00:00',
+                    'last_seen': s.last_seen.isoformat(),
                     'country_code': s.country_code,
                     'city': s.city,
                     'asn': s.asn,
@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ class DatabaseManager:
             return {
                 'ip': stat.ip,
                 'total_requests': stat.total_requests,
-                'first_seen': stat.first_seen.isoformat() + '+00:00' if stat.first_seen else None,
+                'first_seen': stat.first_seen.isoformat() if stat.first_seen else None,
-                'last_seen': stat.last_seen.isoformat() + '+00:00' if stat.last_seen else None,
+                'last_seen': stat.last_seen.isoformat() if stat.last_seen else None,
                 'country_code': stat.country_code,
                 'city': stat.city,
                 'asn': stat.asn,
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
                 'category': stat.category,
                 'category_scores': stat.category_scores or {},
                 'manual_category': stat.manual_category,
-                'last_analysis': stat.last_analysis.isoformat() + '+00:00' if stat.last_analysis else None,
+                'last_analysis': stat.last_analysis.isoformat()  if stat.last_analysis else None,
                 'category_history': category_history
             }
         finally:
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
         Args:
             limit: Maximum number of results
 
-        Returns:
+        Returns:data
             List of (path, count) tuples ordered by count descending
         """
         session = self.session
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
                     'ip': log.ip,
                     'path': log.path,
                     'user_agent': log.user_agent,
-                    'timestamp': log.timestamp.isoformat() + '+00:00'
+                    'timestamp': log.timestamp.isoformat()
                 }
                 for log in logs
             ]
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ class DatabaseManager:
                     'ip': log.ip,
                     'path': log.path,
                     'user_agent': log.user_agent,
-                    'timestamp': log.timestamp.isoformat() + '+00:00',
+                    'timestamp': log.timestamp.isoformat(),
                     'attack_types': [d.attack_type for d in log.attack_detections]
                 }
                 for log in logs

src/handler.py

@@ -407,9 +407,8 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             self.end_headers()
             try:
                 stats = self.tracker.get_stats()
-                timezone = str(self.config.timezone) if self.config.timezone else 'UTC'
                 dashboard_path = self.config.dashboard_secret_path
-                self.wfile.write(generate_dashboard(stats, timezone, dashboard_path).encode())
+                self.wfile.write(generate_dashboard(stats, dashboard_path).encode())
             except BrokenPipeError:
                 pass
             except Exception as e:

src/logger.py

@@ -8,20 +8,17 @@ Provides two loggers: app (application) and access (HTTP access logs).
 import logging
 import os
 from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
-from typing import Optional
-from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 from datetime import datetime
 
 
 class TimezoneFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     """Custom formatter that respects configured timezone"""
-    def __init__(self, fmt=None, datefmt=None, timezone: Optional[ZoneInfo] = None):
+    def __init__(self, fmt=None, datefmt=None):
         super().__init__(fmt, datefmt)
-        self.timezone = timezone or ZoneInfo('UTC')
 
     def formatTime(self, record, datefmt=None):
         """Override formatTime to use configured timezone"""
-        dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(record.created, tz=self.timezone)
+        dt = datetime.fromtimestamp(record.created)
         if datefmt:
             return dt.strftime(datefmt)
         return dt.isoformat()
@@ -37,19 +34,16 @@ class LoggerManager:
             cls._instance._initialized = False
         return cls._instance
 
-    def initialize(self, log_dir: str = "logs", timezone: Optional[ZoneInfo] = None) -> None:
+    def initialize(self, log_dir: str = "logs") -> None:
         """
-        Initialize the logging system with rotating file handlers.
+        Initialize the logging system with rotating file handlers.loggers
 
         Args:
             log_dir: Directory for log files (created if not exists)
-            timezone: ZoneInfo timezone for log timestamps (defaults to UTC)
         """
         if self._initialized:
             return
 
-        self.timezone = timezone or ZoneInfo('UTC')
-
         # Create log directory if it doesn't exist
         os.makedirs(log_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
@@ -57,7 +51,6 @@ class LoggerManager:
         log_format = TimezoneFormatter(
             "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
             datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
-            timezone=self.timezone
         )
 
         # Rotation settings: 1MB max, 5 backups
@@ -104,7 +97,7 @@ class LoggerManager:
         self._credential_logger.handlers.clear()
 
         # Credential logger uses a simple format: timestamp|ip|username|password|path
-        credential_format = TimezoneFormatter("%(message)s", timezone=self.timezone)
+        credential_format = TimezoneFormatter("%(message)s")
 
         credential_file_handler = RotatingFileHandler(
             os.path.join(log_dir, "credentials.log"),
@@ -157,6 +150,6 @@ def get_credential_logger() -> logging.Logger:
     return _logger_manager.credentials
 
 
-def initialize_logging(log_dir: str = "logs", timezone: Optional[ZoneInfo] = None) -> None:
+def initialize_logging(log_dir: str = "logs") -> None:
     """Initialize the logging system."""
-    _logger_manager.initialize(log_dir, timezone)
+    _logger_manager.initialize(log_dir)

src/server.py

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ def print_usage():
     print('    server:')
     print('      port: 5000')
     print('      delay: 100')
-    print('      timezone: null  # or "America/New_York"')
     print('    links:')
     print('      min_length: 5')
     print('      max_length: 15')
@@ -55,11 +54,8 @@ def main():
 
     config = get_config()
 
-    # Get timezone configuration
-    tz = config.get_timezone()
-
     # Initialize logging with timezone
-    initialize_logging(timezone=tz)
+    initialize_logging()
     app_logger = get_app_logger()
     access_logger = get_access_logger()
     credential_logger = get_credential_logger()
@@ -71,8 +67,8 @@ def main():
     except Exception as e:
         app_logger.warning(f'Database initialization failed: {e}. Continuing with in-memory only.')
 
-    tracker = AccessTracker(timezone=tz)
+    tracker = AccessTracker()
-    analyzer = Analyzer(timezone=tz)
+    analyzer = Analyzer()
 
     Handler.config = config
     Handler.tracker = tracker
@@ -99,7 +95,6 @@ def main():
 
     try:
         app_logger.info(f'Starting deception server on port {config.port}...')
-        app_logger.info(f'Timezone configured: {tz.key}')
         app_logger.info(f'Dashboard available at: {config.dashboard_secret_path}')
         if config.canary_token_url:
             app_logger.info(f'Canary token will appear after {config.canary_token_tries} tries')

src/tasks/analyze_ips.py

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def main():
             category = "unknown"
             analyzed_metrics = {}
             category_scores = {"attacker": 0, "good_crawler": 0, "bad_crawler": 0, "regular_user": 0, "unknown": 0}
-            last_analysis = datetime.now(tz=ZoneInfo('UTC'))
+            last_analysis = datetime.now()
             db_manager.update_ip_stats_analysis(ip, analyzed_metrics, category, category_scores, last_analysis)
             return 0
         #--------------------- HTTP Methods ---------------------
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ def main():
             score["regular_user"]["robots_violations"] = False
 
         #--------------------- Requests Timing ---------------------
-        #Request rate and timing: steady, throttled, polite vs attackers' bursty, aggressive, or oddly rhythmic behavior
+        # Request rate and timing: steady, throttled, polite vs attackers' bursty, aggressive, or oddly rhythmic behavior
         timestamps = [datetime.fromisoformat(item["timestamp"]) for item in ip_accesses]
-        now_utc = datetime.now(tz=ZoneInfo('UTC'))
+        now_utc = datetime.now()
         timestamps = [ts for ts in timestamps if now_utc - ts <= timedelta(seconds=uneven_request_timing_time_window_seconds)]
         timestamps = sorted(timestamps, reverse=True)
         time_diffs = []
@@ -266,6 +266,6 @@ def main():
         analyzed_metrics = {"risky_http_methods": http_method_attacker_score, "robots_violations": violated_robots_ratio, "uneven_request_timing": mean, "different_user_agents": user_agents_used, "attack_url": attack_urls_found_list}
         category_scores = {"attacker": attacker_score, "good_crawler": good_crawler_score, "bad_crawler": bad_crawler_score, "regular_user": regular_user_score}
         category = max(category_scores, key=category_scores.get)
-        last_analysis = datetime.now(tz=ZoneInfo('UTC'))
+        last_analysis = datetime.now()
         db_manager.update_ip_stats_analysis(ip, analyzed_metrics, category, category_scores, last_analysis)
     return

src/tasks/top_attacking_ips.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OUTPUT_FILE = os.path.join(EXPORTS_DIR, "malicious_ips.txt")
 # ----------------------
 def has_recent_honeypot_access(session, minutes: int = 5) -> bool:
     """Check if honeypot was accessed in the last N minutes."""
-    cutoff_time = datetime.now(tz=ZoneInfo('UTC')) - timedelta(minutes=minutes)
+    cutoff_time = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=minutes)
     count = session.query(AccessLog).filter(
         AccessLog.is_honeypot_trigger == True,
         AccessLog.timestamp >= cutoff_time

src/templates/dashboard_template.py

@@ -15,21 +15,16 @@ def _escape(value) -> str:
         return ""
     return html.escape(str(value))
 
-def format_timestamp(iso_timestamp: str, timezone: str = 'UTC', time_only: bool = False) -> str:
+def format_timestamp(iso_timestamp: str, time_only: bool = False) -> str:
     """Format ISO timestamp for display with timezone conversion
 
     Args:
         iso_timestamp: ISO format timestamp string (UTC)
-        timezone: IANA timezone string to convert to
         time_only: If True, return only HH:MM:SS, otherwise full datetime
     """
     try:
         # Parse UTC timestamp
         dt = datetime.fromisoformat(iso_timestamp)
-        # Convert to target timezone
-        if dt.tzinfo is not None:
-            dt = dt.astimezone(ZoneInfo(timezone))
-        
         if time_only:
             return dt.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
         return dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
@@ -38,12 +33,11 @@ def format_timestamp(iso_timestamp: str, timezone: str = 'UTC', time_only: bool
         return iso_timestamp.split("T")[1][:8] if "T" in iso_timestamp else iso_timestamp
 
 
-def generate_dashboard(stats: dict, timezone: str = 'UTC', dashboard_path: str = '') -> str:
+def generate_dashboard(stats: dict, dashboard_path: str = '') -> str:
     """Generate dashboard HTML with access statistics
 
     Args:
         stats: Statistics dictionary
-        timezone: IANA timezone string (e.g., 'Europe/Paris', 'America/New_York')
         dashboard_path: The secret dashboard path for generating API URLs
     """
 
@@ -82,7 +76,7 @@ def generate_dashboard(stats: dict, timezone: str = 'UTC', dashboard_path: str =
             <td class="ip-clickable">{_escape(log["ip"])}</td>
             <td>{_escape(log["path"])}</td>
             <td style="word-break: break-all;">{_escape(log["user_agent"][:60])}</td>
-            <td>{format_timestamp(log["timestamp"], timezone, time_only=True)}</td>
+            <td>{format_timestamp(log["timestamp"], time_only=True)}</td>
         </tr>
         <tr class="ip-stats-row" id="stats-row-suspicious-{_escape(log["ip"]).replace(".", "-")}" style="display: none;">
             <td colspan="4" class="ip-stats-cell">
@@ -118,7 +112,7 @@ def generate_dashboard(stats: dict, timezone: str = 'UTC', dashboard_path: str =
             <td>{_escape(log["path"])}</td>
             <td>{_escape(", ".join(log["attack_types"]))}</td>
             <td style="word-break: break-all;">{_escape(log["user_agent"][:60])}</td>
-            <td>{format_timestamp(log["timestamp"], timezone, time_only=True)}</td>
+            <td>{format_timestamp(log["timestamp"],time_only=True)}</td>
         </tr>
         <tr class="ip-stats-row" id="stats-row-attack-{_escape(log["ip"]).replace(".", "-")}" style="display: none;">
             <td colspan="5" class="ip-stats-cell">
@@ -137,7 +131,7 @@ def generate_dashboard(stats: dict, timezone: str = 'UTC', dashboard_path: str =
             <td>{_escape(log["username"])}</td>
             <td>{_escape(log["password"])}</td>
             <td>{_escape(log["path"])}</td>
-            <td>{format_timestamp(log["timestamp"], timezone, time_only=True)}</td>
+            <td>{format_timestamp(log["timestamp"], time_only=True)}</td>
         </tr>
         <tr class="ip-stats-row" id="stats-row-cred-{_escape(log["ip"]).replace(".", "-")}" style="display: none;">
             <td colspan="5" class="ip-stats-cell">
@@ -683,7 +677,6 @@ def generate_dashboard(stats: dict, timezone: str = 'UTC', dashboard_path: str =
         </div>
     </div>
     <script>
-        const SERVER_TIMEZONE = '{timezone}';
         const DASHBOARD_PATH = '{dashboard_path}';
 
         function formatTimestamp(isoTimestamp) {{
@@ -691,7 +684,6 @@ def generate_dashboard(stats: dict, timezone: str = 'UTC', dashboard_path: str =
             try {{
                 const date = new Date(isoTimestamp);
                 return date.toLocaleString('en-US', {{
-                    timeZone: SERVER_TIMEZONE,
                     year: 'numeric',
                     month: '2-digit',
                     day: '2-digit',

src/tracker.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class AccessTracker:
     Maintains in-memory structures for fast dashboard access and
     persists data to SQLite for long-term storage and analysis.
     """
-    def __init__(self, db_manager: Optional[DatabaseManager] = None, timezone: Optional[ZoneInfo] = None):
+    def __init__(self, db_manager: Optional[DatabaseManager] = None):
         """
         Initialize the access tracker.
 
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class AccessTracker:
         self.user_agent_counts: Dict[str, int] = defaultdict(int)
         self.access_log: List[Dict] = []
         self.credential_attempts: List[Dict] = []
-        self.timezone = timezone or ZoneInfo('UTC')
         self.suspicious_patterns = [
             'bot', 'crawler', 'spider', 'scraper', 'curl', 'wget', 'python-requests',
             'scanner', 'nikto', 'sqlmap', 'nmap', 'masscan', 'nessus', 'acunetix',
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ class AccessTracker:
             'path': path,
             'username': username,
             'password': password,
-            'timestamp': datetime.now(self.timezone).isoformat()
+            'timestamp': datetime.now().isoformat()
         })
 
         # Persist to database
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ class AccessTracker:
             'suspicious': is_suspicious,
             'honeypot_triggered': self.is_honeypot_path(path),
             'attack_types':attack_findings,
-            'timestamp': datetime.now(self.timezone).isoformat()
+            'timestamp': datetime.now().isoformat()
         })
 
         # Persist to database