catching requests.ConnectionError correctly.  adding the ability to use --file and accept a file from stdin
replacing with a generic exception handler
adding perl version of module_populate_mps_cache.pl from baron@bundesbrandschatzamt.de
moving the redis expiration from the temporary key to the destination key
adding populate_snmp_mps_cache.pl
added a new field to each key, the unix seconds since epoch timestamp of insertion.   we can extract this in human readable form in extract_sysops_cache.py by using time.ctime or datetime
adding --cost to extract_sysops_cache.py.  using redis pub/sub to send statistics to each cfengine policy server with the amount of data pulled out of redis for a specific query
only send data into redis if the md5sum of the object is different than the md5sum that exists in the cache.   otherwise, simply update the TTL of the key and exit.  this reduces network insertion load to the redis server by 95%