HostView Windows

This project contains all HostView code for windows including the native data collection sotfware + various browser plugins to complement the data collections

The repository is organized as follows:

• include - header files
• installer - windows installer scripts and code
• lib - 3rd party libraries
• src - source code (HostView application, service, libraries + browser plugins)

Native HostView

HostView application is composed of the following:

• include (common include header files among projects or external projects - winpcap);
• lib (generated lib files for dynamic linking among projects or external projects)
• src (the source code for multiple projects)

The projects present in this solution are:

• HostViewBHO - Internet Explorer add-on
• HostView - client (UI)
• hostviewcli - service
• pcap - library which exposes network relation functionalities such as capturing or querying interface information
• proc - library which exposes various functionalities such as process information (cpu, ram, sockets), system information, I/O polling, etc.
• store -library which exposes various storage functionalities such as local storage, upload / download of files, etc.

Building

The client project can be compiled using Visual Studio 2015 (free Community edition works fine) by opening HostView.sln, and then, choose from the menu Build -> Batch Build -> Select All -> Rebuild. The build will generate 'bin' folder which will include Win32 / x64 and each of them Debug / Release binaries for each platform.

Browser Plugins

• Internet Explorer - src/HostviewBHO (part of the native HostView solution)
• Firefox - src/HostviewFirefox (see specific README for more info)
• Chrome - src/HostviewChrom (see specific README for more info)

Hostview Installer

To generate a new installer one needs to do the following:

• have NSIS installed
• in installer\winpcap_bundle, run 'makensis winpcap-nmap.nsi'
• in installer, run 'makensis hostview.nsi'

To generate a complete update / release of a new version of HostView:

• increment the product version from include/product.h
• rebuild the entire solution
• go to installer, run generate_update.cmd

Afterwards we will have the latest folder populated which we can then move to the server side.

Local Testing

There is a simple node.js script that can receive raw data uploads from Hostview. Usage:

$ node script/userver.js

The script listens to uploads at http://localhost:3000 and stores received files to ./tmp/.

Configure this url to hostview settings 'submitServer' (debug builds do this by default).

TODO

Unfinished stuff roughly in priority order:

• Add password prompt to the installer (store to registry + upload with sysinfo or so to the backend)
• Add a link to web ui to the Hostview menu at task bar (include deviceid the URL so no need to display it elsewhere)
• Encrypt sensitive data (windows login name, wifi ssid, local IPs, mac address, harddrive id) with per install salt
• Finish Chrome plugin
• Add browser plugins (Firefox+Chrome) to the (un)installer scripts

Authors

George Rosca [email protected] Anna-Kaisa Petilainen [email protected]

License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2015-2016 MUSE / Inria