Chat program for the network protocol design course
To start the UI, use:
use any linux distro as System (pgpy doesn't work on Windows)
apt-get install python3-pip
pip3 install pgpy
python3 main.py -c -n [name] -s [address]
-c is used to create new PGPkeys
-n [name] is required with -c. The name is used to save the key pair.
-s [address] defines the source address for this node.
Neighbors can be set by editing the neighbors.ini file.
Keys are the md5 value of the neighbor, values are corresponding IP addresses
67c91edbbb46ce9f7bca0b68feece836=127.0.0.1
Once the chat is running, the user will be able to use the following commands:
md5 mailaddress - will give you the md5 value of an address
@mail[:file] - Message with spaces.
@all[:file] - Message with spaces to everyone.
help - Display help.
quit - Exit the program
For example, to send a "Hello!" message to "someone@ttu.ee", use:
@someone@ttu.ee Hello!
An example of the setup process and the help command can be seen here:
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├── backgroundprocesses.py -> Launches a listener thread to collect incoming messages.
├── constants.py -> Contains the constant values.
├── crypto.py -> Does all the crypto stuff, is imported in main.
├── globals.py -> Helper file containing global variables.
├── layer3.py -> Layer 3 object, encapsulates l4.
├── layer4.py -> Layer 4 object, encapsulates l5.
├── layer5.py -> Layer 5 object, encapsulates raw data or file.
├── LICENSE -> License.
├── main.py -> Main entry of the program.
├── modules_install.txt -> Can be used for pip.
├── neighbors_template.ini -> Template for the .ini file used for neighbors.
├── packetEngine.py -> Provides classes to split and reconstruct data upon send/receive.
├── README.md -> This readme.
├── routing.py -> Router object to be used for the routing process (bellman ford).
├── routing_table.py -> Data storage and serialization class for the routing table.
└── utils.py -> Some utilities for all files.