Distributed-Computing-Auctioning-System

A distributed auctioning system able to handle multiple concurrent clients and actively replicate server nodes.

How to set up

• Requires JGroups to be installed on your system and be in your system environment variables.

RunProject.bat  # Runs Server 
RunClient.bat   # Runs Client (can be run many times on different terminals) 
RunReplica.bat <optional_argument_amount_of_replicas_integer>

Features

• Symmetric Encryption of Requests
• Auction Logic
• Access Control
• Cryptographic Authentication (5-stage challenge-response protocol, both parties verifying each other)
• Defence against reflection attacks using identification protocol
• Active Replication of Server Nodes and database synchronisation
• Fault tolerance and fault safety challenge-response protocol, both parties verifying each other)

Screenshots

License

MIT