ProtoIP

From students to students - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

ProtoIP is an open source alternative to ProtocolSI, offering a simple and up-to-date interface for introducing students to network programming and cryptography essentials in C#.

Features

• ProtoStream: Send and receive large chunks of data in a single function call.
• Packet Manipulation: Low level access to packets and protocol definitions.
• Protocol Definition: Define your own protocols and use them in your application.
• Cryptography: Send and receive encrypted data using RSA or AES.
• Client-Server Definitions: Basic definitions for client-server applications.
• Peer-to-Peer: Basic definitions for peer-to-peer applications.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET Framework 4.5 or higher
• Visual Studio 2015 or higher

Installing

• Download the latest release from the releases page.
• Add the ProtoIP.dll to your project.
• Add the ProtoIP namespace to your code:

using ProtoIP;

Building from source

Alternatively, you can build the project from source:

git clone https://github.com/JoaoAJMatos/ProtoIP.git
cd ProtoIP
./build.sh

The .dll file will be located inside the build folder.

Documentation

The documentation is available here.

Examples

Check out the examples folder for some examples on how to use ProtoIP.

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests.

Authors

• João Matos - Initial work - JoaoAJMatos

See also the list of contributors.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.