stevegardiner26 / e2e-secure-messenger

A secure end to end encrypted messenger application written in ruby using sockets.

E2E Secure Messenger

An encrypted chat application, that uses sockets to message between clients and the server.

Ruby Version >=2.6.0

Setup

Make sure to have a local instance of mysql running and to create a new table and create a new database user and give it the permissions to access:

mysql>CREATE DATABASE secure_messenger; 
mysql>USE secure_messenger;
mysql>CREATE TABLE users(name VARCHAR(255) PRIMARY KEY, password TEXT);
mysql>CREATE USER 'messenger'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'dev';
mysql>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON secure_messenger.users TO 'messenger'@'localhost';

After cloning the repository and cd into the repo make sure you have these gems installed:

$ gem install socket
$ gem install mysql2
$ gem install bcrypt
$ gem install openssl

In one terminal run the server file:

$ ruby message_server.rb

In another terminal run the client file:

$ ruby message_client.rb