Installation Instructions

Virtual Environment

Setting up virtual environment

virtualenv --python=python3.9 flaskgit add
source flask/bin/activate

Running Client App

Setting up virtual environment

pip install -r requirements.txt 

Change Host IP in client app/app.py to server IP

host = "http://Server IP:80"

Run Client Flask App

First cd to client folder

python3 app.py 

Running Server App

flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8080

Problem

Servers can recognize clients and their data stored on server’s storage. This leads to security concerns where the server providers can maliciously retrieve or sell the data.

Solution

Encrypt the client message and generate ID for the message on the client side before sending to server. Server has no clue of the actual client’s identity/message stored on the database. Other clients can request the data using the message ID from the server.