Hi All
I am unable to find the correct solution (where to start) with this
problem. We are an Open Source group developing an ECC based
(elliptic curve) public key cryptography alternative to PGP. For this
project we need a public database to store the public keys in with
search facilities and the possibility to import the selected records
to a local private database. We have tried to keep all things very
open and extendable and I have tried to define an interface to the
shared database that will allow it to be independent from the actual
application (the database can be replaced without any changes to
the database protocol). I will use MySQL and PHP for the server
side work.
For more information please see:
http://www.egroups.com/group/pegwit
or
http://www.pegwit.org (not working yet)
To download the current GUI front-end download:
http://www.egroups.com/files/pegwit/Contributions/GUIBeast6.zip
I have come to the conclusion to base it on a standard protocol like
the one used in HTML and URL with web browsers. This is mainly
because I then can simplify the shared database protocol to 2
basic actions (export a key(s) and import keys). All selection etc.
is a job for the browser and not for the local application. The
protocol is also very portable and will be easy to implement on
many platforms.
It is easy to export a public key record to the web server with a
search URL like: (http://site.xx/?name1=value1&name2=value2
etc.)
My main problem is to find a way to export the selected records
from the browser and import them into the local database (you may
have a solution). The only solution I have found is to pass the IP
address and port with the URL when the browser is initialized and
start a IP server in the local application that will wait and receive the
selected records from the web server when the end user press a
specific button in the selection web page (server then act as a IP
client and connect to the local server to deliver the selected
records)
A more simple and also portable solution is to download a file with
the selections made. My main problem with this approach is the
"save as" dialog that will come up in all cases (you may have a
workaround this problem). If the dialog is not shown up the
download destination (directory) need to be passed to the server
when the session is initialized so that the web browser knows
where to save the information. Is this possible with PHP ???
Thanks in advance.
Benny
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