hack-house/README.MD
mirai 5cbe355660 feat: add SRP authentication, improve security
- Replace RSA key exchange with SRP (Secure Remote Password)
- Password never transmitted over network
- Add unit tests for endpoints
- Fix datetime.UTC compatibility for Python < 3.11
- Fix logger.exception usage
- Update README with new auth flow diagram
2026-01-02 23:09:00 +03:00

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# 🤐 CMD-CHAT
### encrypted terminal chat. no servers. no logs. ram only.
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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---
peer-to-peer encrypted chat that runs in your terminal. you host, you control. close the window — everything's gone.
## why
every "secure" messenger still stores metadata somewhere. this doesn't. it's just two terminals talking over an encrypted tunnel. nothing written to disk, ever.
## how it works
```
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SRP AUTHENTICATION │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│ CLIENT SERVER │
│ │ │ │
│ │─────── POST /srp/init {username, A} ───────► │ │
│ │ (A = client public ephemeral) │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │◄────────── {user_id, B, salt} ────────────── │ │
│ │ (B = server public ephemeral) │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ [both sides compute shared session key │ │
│ │ using password + ephemeral values] │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │─────── POST /srp/verify {user_id, M} ──────► │ |
│ │ (M = client proof) │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │◄────────── {H_AMK, session_key} ──────────── │ │
│ │ (H_AMK = server proof) │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ [password never transmitted] │ │
│ │ [MITM can't derive session key] │ |
│ │ │ │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ENCRYPTED CHAT │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │ │
│ │═══════ WebSocket /ws/chat?user_id ═════════► │ │
│ │ (authenticated session) │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │◄═══════════ AES-encrypted messages ════════► │ │
│ │ (Fernet = AES-128-CBC + HMAC) │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ [on disconnect: keys wiped from RAM] │ │
│ │ │ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
**SRP (Secure Remote Password)** — password is never sent over the network. both sides prove they know it via zero-knowledge proof, then derive identical session keys.
## install
```bash
git clone https://github.com/emilycodestar/cmd-chat.git
cd cmd-chat
python -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt
```
windows:
```bash
python -m venv venv ; .\venv\Scripts\activate ; pip install -r requirements.txt
```
## usage
start server:
```bash
python cmd_chat.py serve 0.0.0.0 3000 --password mysecret
```
connect:
```bash
python cmd_chat.py connect SERVER_IP 3000 username mysecret
```
![Example](example.gif)
## features
- **ram only** — nothing touches disk
- **rsa + aes** — key exchange + symmetric encryption
- **no central server** — direct p2p connection
- **srp auth** — password never sent over network
## license
MIT