An encrypted chat application, that uses sockets to message between clients and the server.
Ruby Version >=2.6.0
Make sure to have a local instance of mysql running and to create a new table and create a new database user and give it the permissions to access:
mysql>CREATE DATABASE secure_messenger;
mysql>USE secure_messenger;
mysql>CREATE TABLE users(name VARCHAR(255) PRIMARY KEY, password TEXT);
mysql>CREATE USER 'messenger'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'dev';
mysql>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON secure_messenger.users TO 'messenger'@'localhost';
After cloning the repository and cd into the repo make sure you have these gems installed:
$ gem install socket
$ gem install mysql2
$ gem install bcrypt
$ gem install openssl
In one terminal run the server file:
$ ruby message_server.rb
In another terminal run the client file:
$ ruby message_client.rb