/encrypted-chat-from-scratch

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ChatEnc

A simple chat application written in PHP and 'JS', which safekeeps the chats by AES encryption.

Disclaimer

This was written when I was learning PHP and web development in general. The code may not be secure and may have critical security issues. Use at your own risk(If you are).

Technology

  • Uses HTML, CSS, JS, and PHP
  • Uses JQuery and AES.js

Why this is bad

  • It doesnot uses websockets or any other RTC protocols
  • Relies on raw HTTP polling for getting messages
  • Server does not uses any database, It uses .txt files to store chats
  • It uses PHP
  • Uses iframe to show a popup (don't ask why😰)
  • server uses a countLines method to count no. of lines in a chat file, in order to check for new messages
  • Encryption just works
  • and a lot more

Who wrote this code

This code was written by my younger self in 2019. He was a total beginner and didn't know how to code. It was his first project using 'PHP'.