https://github.com/suwadith/secure-chatroom-system-ssl-python-mysql

A basic implementation of a secure chatroom system.
https://github.com/suwadith/secure-chatroom-system-ssl-python-mysql

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A basic implementation of a secure chatroom system.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/suwadith/secure-chatroom-system-ssl-python-mysql
• Owner: Suwadith
• Created: 2022-02-15T01:36:58.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-12T20:35:58.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-13T19:38:30.832Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: chatroom, mysql, python, rsa, secure, ssl
• Language: Python
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• Size: 89.8 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Secure-Chatroom-System-SSL-Python-MySQL

## Software requirements

1. Python 3.4 or above

2. Latest pip version 21.x.x or above preferred

## Setting up the MySQL DB

1. create a user on the db with username='admin' and password='admin' with all the admin/root privileges

2. create a database named 'chatroom'

3. import the resources/chatroom.sql file on to the database

4. make sure the server is up and running and using the default port

## Creating SSL certificates and RSA keys for both the server and client

1. execute the following command to generate server certificate and key

> $ openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout server.key -out server.crt

> NOTE: enter ‘example.com’ for Common Name when asked

2. execute the following command to generate client certificate and key

> $ openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout client.key -out client.crt

> NOTE: enter ‘example.com’ for Common Name when asked (Not really required for client though)

    

3. place them inside the 'resources' folder

> NOTE: You can skip this step as the pre created files have been shared inside the resources folder and they will be picked up by the program automatically

## Setting up the virtual environment and executing the program

1. execute the following command on the root directory(basically inside the code repository) to set up the virtual environment

  > $ python3 -m venv venv

2. execute the below command on the same directory to use or activate the virtual environment

  - Windows

    > $ venv\Scripts\activate

  - Linux

    > $ source venv/bin/activate

3. install the dependencies using the following command using the virtual environment

  > $ pip install -r requirements.txt

4. run the following command to start the server using the virtual environment (You should only run this once as there can only be 1 server listening for incoming connections on the same port)

  > $ python secure_server.py

5. run the following command to start multiple clients using the virtual environment (You can execute this multiple times in different terminals to create multiple client instances)

  > $ python secure_client.py

### Admin commands (username='admin', password='admin')

  1. kick a specific user

  > $ /kick username

  2. warn a particular user

  > $ /warn username

  3. ban a particular user

  > $ /ban username

  4. view active user list

  > $ /user_list

  

  > Note: This program was developed as part of an assessment given by the Middlesex University