markosbaratsas / virtIO-chat

Project implemented for the purposes of Operating Systems Lab in ECE NTUA.

OSlab Exercise 3: Linux Chat over TCP/IP

This project was created by Markos Baratsas and Maria Retsa, for the purposes of the Operationg Systems Laboratory at ECE NTUA.

The project consists of 3 parts.

Part 1 (unencrypted_chat):

Simple chat implementation in C language, using sockets.

Part 2 (encrypted_chat):

Enriching simple chat by adding encryption (decryption) features using opensourse cryptographic device (cryptodev-linux).

Part 3 (virtio_crypto_device):

Implementing a paravirtualized crypto-device to be used by the chat application. This device is being developed according to the VirtIo protocol.