PV204_area51 Project

A simple interactive command-line password vault based on Intel SGX.

For academic purposes only. Do not use it as storage for sensitive data!

Requirements

• Linux OS
• Hardware SGX support with the appropriate driver or an SGX emulator

Installation

1. Clone the project using $ git clone https://github.com/addam128/PV204_area51.git.
2. Open the Makefile and change the value of SGX_SDK ?= to the location of your sgxsdk directory.
3. Compile the project using $ make.
4. Add the lib64 directory location (inside the sgxsdk directory) to the environment variable: $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<path>.
5. Run the application with $ ./area51.

Usage

• The command line interface is interactive. The command help lists all possible commands.
• Users can create multiple vaults protected by master passwords.
• Each vault can save username-password pairs for a service.
• Multiple accounts can be saved for every service.
• Each vault can store 100 entries.
• Passwords must be between 8 and 62 chars long.
• The maximal length for service names and usernames is 128 chars.

List of commands

Command	Description
help	Lists all possible commands.
new	Creates a new password vault.
add	Adds a new entry to a password vault.
remove	Removes an en existing entry from a vault.
change_service	Changes the password for a service.
list	Lists all saved service-username pairs from a vault.
search	Lists all saved usernames for a given service.
change	Changes the master password of a vault.
choose	Choose another vault.
exit	Exit the application.