The Red Chat

Authors

• @Mathias
• @Andreas
• @Jens

Introduction

The Red Chat incorporates essential security features, including end-to-end encryption, to ensure that messages exchanged between users remain private and secure. By prioritizing user privacy and data protection, the application aims to provide a safe and reliable platform for secure digital communication.

Prerequisites

The Prerequisites assume you have Docker

To be able to run our program you need to create 2 .env files, one in the TheRedChat folder, and one in the TheRedChat\Backend. This is the structure you should follow, in your .env file

ConnectionStrings__DefaultConnection=Server=your-server;Database=your-database;User Id=your-username;Password=your-password;TrustServerCertificate=True;
JwtSettings__SecretKey=your-secret-key
MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=your-password

In addition you also need to create an appsettings.json file in TheRedChat\Backend\TheRedChat. The structure should be like this:

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "Server=your-server;Database=your-database;User Id=your-username;Password=your-password;TrustServerCertificate=True;"
  },
  "JwtSettings": {
    "PublicKey": "your-public-key",
    "PrivateKey": "your-private-key",
    "Issuer": "your-issuer",
    "Audience": "your-audience"
  }
}

To create the PublicKey and PrivateKey you can use RSA Key Generator with 2048 bits.

How to run the application

Use the following command to run the application:

docker compose up --build

This command builds and starts the application using Docker Compose.

Then navigate to: http://localhost:4200/

Showcase of the application

Login screen

Registre screen

Enter Primary key, that you get after registering

Chat between 2 users