README.md

Trustcloud (Networks project)

Team:

• Eliot Courtney (21141563)
• Ridge Shrubsall (21112211)

Partner team:

• Joseph Dunne (20939027)
• Izaak Sultan (21134597)

Libraries

• Bouncy Castle
• GNU getopt - Java port
• Google Guava

Build instructions

• Build the project using make.
• The server can be run using ./server.sh [port].
• The client can be run using ./client.sh [options].

Testing

• The client can work with X.509 certificates and PKCS#8 keys generated by OpenSSL (see res/scripts/createKeys.sh) or by the included ./keyCreate.sh utility.
• Running ./test.sh performs some basic functionality tests.
• Running ./testVouch.sh constructs an example trust graph for checking that the ring verifier works.

Other notes

• res/ contains some example data files (text and images).
• users/ contains certificates and keys for nine example users.
• The client/server protocol is documented in protocol.txt.
• When vouching for a file using ./client.sh -v <filename> <certname>:
  • The client expects to find a private key file named <certname>.key.
  • The file being vouched for needs to exist locally with the same name.