On-line Chatting Service

Demo (in Chinese).

The chat messages can now be encrypted by Attribute-based encryption. Check out the abe branch for more details.

Dependencies

• ncurses
• CMake

Build

Use CMake to build both the client and server program

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

Go to exec directory then you'll see the Client and Server program

Usage

Client Usage

• Use ./Client to start the program

GUI Usage

• Login with
  1. The server's IP address or domain name (e.g. 127.0.0.1 or localhost).
  2. The port on which the server is listening.
  3. Your user name (System and illegal are reserved)
• Chat command (examples)
  • Usage: Type anything to show the usage.
  • Send: send user1 user2 "message", the double quotes are mandatory since you can send the message to multiple users.
  • List: list, list the on-line and off-line users
  • Logout: logout, exit the program.

Server Usage

• ./Server [-htv] <port number | service name>
• Options:
  • -h: Show help.
  • -t: Run the server in multi-threaded mode, otherwise, using select().
  • -v: Produce verbose output.