Network-Project

Stateless password manager

A password manager is designed to help a user store and manage online credentials.
Stateless password managers do not require to store a database since the passwords are generated randomly using the master password and a key generation function.
The project aims to create a stateless password manager service.
- The client can enter the name of the website and a strong password is automatically generated.
- To retrieve the password, the process is the same

Features

Secure Encryption using HMAC
Stateless password server: Does not need database.
One master password for all your passwords :P
Command line interface - Ease of use
High speed service - Developed in GoLang

Working

Services

/getPass
- generates password given username, master secret and website name
/help
- displays help message
/getSpec
- prints out the specifications of the program
/quit
- quit server connection

Client Side

Functions

main() : Creates connection with the server, calls helper functions and gets input from the client
handleConnection() : Reads the socket file and handle the connection
handleCommands() : Checks if the command is valid and if it is sends it to the server and gets the corresponding output if else does nothing

Socket

Module used : net
creation of socket connection with server : net.Dial("tcp","<ip address>:<port>")

Server Side

Functions

main() : Creates socket and listens for connection from clients
handleConnection(net.Conn) : Scans the socket file and handles connection with client
handleMessage(string,net.Conn) : carries out the service requested by the client
getPass(string,string,string) : performs secure HMAC encryption and generates password given username , website and password

Socket

Module Used : net
socket creation and connection : net.Listen("tcp","<ip address>:<port>")