Files
hack-house/hh
leetcrypt c6eeb9b897 feat(sandbox): port-in-use consent gate + uniform sudo capture
GUI launch (docker/podman) now pre-flights the noVNC port (6080): if it's
already bound, a modal names the holding pid and asks before killing it and
proceeding — never a blind `bind: address already in use` collision.

Sudo capture is now uniform across every backend installer. Previously only
Docker fed the masked-modal password through `--stdin-pass`/`sudo -S`; the
captured password was silently dropped for Podman/Multipass and never wired
for VirtualBox, and those scripts used bare `sudo` (which hangs/corrupts a
raw-mode tty). Now:
- shared `run_ensure()` feeds the password to any ensure-*.sh via stdin
- podman/multipass/vbox scripts gain the docker sudo ladder
  (interactive `sudo` / `--yes` `sudo -n` / `--stdin-pass` `sudo -S -p ''`)
- podman's apt path wrapped in `sh -c` so one sudo covers update+install
- vbox GUI path preflights `sudo_ready()` with actionable guidance, falling
  back to fail-fast `sudo -n` instead of a tty hang

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-08 11:00:09 -07:00
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hack-house

encrypted collaborative sessions with a summoned sandbox

zero-knowledge server · end-to-end fernet · srp · ratatui

they want you dependent. we want you free.


hack-house is the evolution of cmd-chat: a multi-user, end-to-end-encrypted terminal session where a small crew shares chat, files, and — when summoned — a disposable sandboxed Linux box they drive together, with real Linux permissions and an owner who can delegate the keys.

The server never sees plaintext. Everything — messages, files, terminal output — is relayed as opaque ciphertext. Close the window, the house empties.

status

This is the Rust client (ratatui) for the unchanged Python (Sanic) server. The wire protocol is JSON-over-WebSocket; SRP + HKDF→Fernet are byte-for-byte compatible with the Python srp / cryptography stack.

phase feature state
P0 Rust↔Python SRP / Fernet crypto parity proven (golden vectors + live + cross-lang E2E)
P2 multi-user session (cap 4, infra for more) + authoritative roster done
P1 ratatui UI (chat, roster, themes, help overlay) done
P3 sandbox box (local / docker / multipass) + shared PTY done
P4 permissions (app drive ACL + VM unix users / sudo) done
P5 file + directory transfer into the shared session done

crypto parity — the load-bearing proof

$ hack-house selftest            # offline: Rust SRP ≡ Python srp golden vectors
$ hack-house handshake <ip> <port> <name> --password <pw> --no-tls
  /srp/verify ok — server identity proven (H_AMK ✓)
  round-trip ✓ decrypted: "the house is open"

tools/gen_vectors.py regenerates the golden vectors from the live Python library (must match the server's _ctsrp backend with rfc5054_enable()).

note: the SRP identity is always the fixed room identity b"chat"; the display name is carried only in JSON, never in the SRP proof. The Python srp package's rfc5054_enable() toggles the active backend's flag — vectors must be generated with the same backend the server actually loads (_ctsrp).

license

MIT · malware bless · hack the planet