Highly Dependable Notary Application - HDS Notary

82014 - João Meira
82069 - José Brás

The main goal of the HDS Notary is to certify the transfer of ownership of arbitrary goods between users.

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Platform

• OS: Windows 10
• Java/Javac version: javac 1.8.0_152-release

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Instructions

Install dependencies

cd common
mvn clean compile install
cd communications
mvn clean compile install
cd ccUtility
mvn clean compile install

Run notary

cd notary
mvn clean compile install

Run client

cd client
mvn clean compile install

Note: you can also use the batch file utilities to do it automatically

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Assumptions

1. Each user generates their keystore and extracts their public key with the use of keytool as exemplified in the batch file "generateUserKeystores.bat";
2. Notary public key certificate is already pre-installed on every client application;
3. Users public key certificates are shared in a meeting between users that want to communicate with each other.