The UMIT project

Writing custom client for the Network Administrator

2011-09-27T08:23:00.005-03:00

In my previous post I outlined basics of the Network Administrator [1]. Today I would like to show you how to write a custom client that will be reporting events (notifications) to the Network Administrator instance. But before we start, let's take a quick look at NA's web API.Authorization in Network Administrator's web APIMany of you may think that NA has its web API to serve data to other

OpenMonitor Cloud Aggregator

2011-08-31T12:12:00.011-03:00

Hi folks. During this Google Summer of Code 2011 I have been developing OpenMonitor Cloud Aggregator. It was a good experience, as I learned to work with new tools, like GoogleAppEngine, Protobuf, Django, and the work was developed in a team.The OpenMonitor Cloud Aggregator is the central piece of the OpenMonitor, as it collects all the information sent by the agents (both desktop and mobile),

Google Summer of Code 2011 Results

2011-08-29T23:52:00.001-03:00

Google Summer of Code 2011 was over on August 22nd, but not for us here at Umit Project. Though we've send the code written up to the firm pencils down date, we kept working and working on our projects and some other organizational tasks that a program like GSoC requires from us. And we will still be cranking throughout the months to come, as we've got a lot to do with all these awesome projects

UNS,UMPA and ZION with new features

2011-08-28T17:00:00.001-03:00

Hi, I worked as GSOC 2011 student with UMIT project. I worked on UNS, UMPA and ZION as part of my project. The start was a little bumpy, but all is well that ends well. In this post I'll explain the work done during this summer. Umit Network Scanner : My goal is to release UNS 2.0 as part of my GSOC project. Most of the work has been done, and the release will follow shortly. I added following

Packet Manipulator: SIP Auditing Plugins

2011-08-28T12:59:00.004-03:00

Participate in an open source project and contribute something to the community is something I always wanted of doing. Google Summer of Code was my gateway and one of the best experiences I had. I follow UMIT since its inception, and this year I had the opportunity to meet the incredible team that maintains the project, and learn a lot with my mentor Francesco like collaborative development,

The Network Administrator - monitoring your network from the cloud

2011-08-28T11:47:00.012-03:00

After three months of coding the Network Aministrator is ready to go. In this post I would like to describe some of its features. Since the project is now open to the whole community, I will also write about a major tasks for the next few months, where your help would be very appreciated. The idea As some of you may know, the name for this GSoC project was "Network Administrator to the Cloud

OpenMonitor Mobile Agent: Screenshot Walkthrough

2011-08-27T17:21:00.010-03:00

As mentioned in an earlier post, the GUI of the Mobile Agent has three main activities: InformationActivity, MapActivity and ControlActivity. This current post is going to serve as a user-guide using screenshots of the application. By default, the InformationActivity is launched at start-up: This activity lists the connectivity scan results of both websites and services. As shown in the image,

Mobile Woes: Working on a large-scale Android application

2011-08-26T08:38:00.004-03:00

Engineering the ICM Mobile Agent this summer, I encountered a number of challenges which were both exciting and nerve-wrecking at the same time. Working on a mobile platform and application places one in a unique situation because one does not have access to unlimited resources and power, and various code libraries. As a result, one needs to be mindful of various run-time quirks that can

Network Scanner for Android : A summary

2011-08-26T07:05:00.002-03:00

Working on the Google Summer of Project with Umit has perhaps been the best learning experience for me. I am a Computer Engineering undergraduate and in our course of study, we learn about a lot of theoretical concepts and ideas. Working for this project has given me an opportunity to apply those concepts into an application that will be helpful to many users. It is a true practical application

Network Inventory New Generation

2011-08-25T18:58:00.002-03:00

So, Google Summer of Code 2011 came to an end a few days ago. I hope it was a very fun summer for all GSoC students out there. For me, at least, it sure was. I got to work at a project that caught my attention in the pre-application period as having the potential to be a very educative experience for me. And it was, not only because of the project itself, but because of the great community here

OpenMonitor Desktop Agent

2011-08-25T12:03:00.006-03:00

Hi, everyone. The Google Summer of Code 2011 has just reached the end. We've had a quite exciting summer this year because of the project we are incubating , the Internet Connectivity Monitor. Along with the worldwide voices against Internet censorship, ICM will be the sentry in the front line to discover any kinds of Internet connectivity problems. ICM Desktop Agent is the client side software

JUnit "java.lang.VerifyError" failure in Android and Maven

2011-08-02T10:58:00.002-03:00

JUnit test suites in Android constitute a separate Android project that is deployed alongside the application under testing [1]. Users often make the mistake of adding external libraries as dependencies to both projects which leads to java.lang.VerifyError failure caused by the conflicting external library. In case of Eclipse, the standard solution is to add the external library as dependency to

Using Google Protobufs in Android and Maven

2011-08-02T08:58:00.003-03:00

In this post, we are going to build upon my previous post on using Maven as a build manager for Android projects. Google Protobufs have recently found traction in serialization of structured data. It automatically produces code in C++, Java and Python from .proto file for use in user programs. A proto file consists of messages that are compiled using the protocol buffer compiler to produce code

ICM - Mobile Agent

2011-07-13T04:57:00.011-03:00

The Umit Internet Connectivity Monitor is a watchdog which will act as a first line of defense against global Internet censorship. Conceptually, it scans for websites and services and provides a real-time stream of censorship events plotted on a web mapping service. Architecturally, it consists of three major entities: 1) The Cloud Aggregator, 2) The Desktop Agent, 3) The Mobile Agent. Both types

libpcap for Android

2011-05-20T16:38:00.000-03:00

The Android project includes libpcap as an external library as can be seen from the source here on kernel.org and Github My project for Google Summer of Code - The mobile network scanner requires the use of libpcap or tcpdump. I was successful in compiling libpcap from its source and loading the library to use the native functions in JNI. But since an Android application does not run with Root

Using Apache Maven as a build manager for Android projects

2011-05-19T16:39:00.003-03:00

Maven [1] is a powerful tool for managing and building Java projects. Naturally, it can also be used for Android projects. For this post, I will assume that the reader has some working knowledge of Maven. If not, the reader is referred to the Maven 5-minute guide [2].Just like any Java project, an Android project that uses Maven as a build manager also has an underlying Project Object Model (POM)

i10n and L8n in Android

2011-05-16T14:09:00.003-03:00

One of the strongest features of open source software is its global reachability. But sometimes language and local convention might be a hindrance. That's where Internationalization (i10n) and Localization (L8n) come in. The combination of both - known as Globalization - is a process which allows software to be molded according to local languages and convention without making any changes to the

Unstaged Changes in Git

2011-05-14T06:25:00.005-03:00

Most of us are familiar with the staging area in git, i.e. the state between your working tree and your repository. To stage changes one has to make use of the command:git addThe opposite of staging is unstaging which occurs when one makes changes to the local working tree but the changes are not reflected by the remote repository. For example, consider a file named foo inside a folder oldFolder.

Umit Summer of Code 2011 - First Announcement

2011-05-02T10:45:00.001-03:00

I'm pleased to announce the first selected students for Umit Summer of Code 2011. This year we had several students applying with really good ideas, and even had some of them working on their proposals before the actual beginning of the USoC. Please, join me welcoming our talented USoC 2010 team: Gautam Bajaj will be working on an open source mobile application to Android which aims to sniff

Google Summer of Code 2011

2011-04-25T20:52:00.004-03:00

As you may already know, Umit Project is in as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2011, and it happens that we just got through the selection process, and earlier today Google announced the winning students!This year, Umit received 42 proposals, from 40 talented students from almost all continents in the world! We were absolutely astonished with so many talented students willing

The Selection Phase

2011-04-09T10:33:00.005-03:00

I'm pleased to welcome all of our talented 42 proposing students for another edition of Google/Umit Summer of Code! We're looking for an awesome Summer of Code, and with the students we have at hand, I'm pretty sure we will!As first thing, I would like to congratulate you all for been here. Though we're not past the selection phase yet, you are already a winner. Most people don't even take the

Google Summer of Code 2011

2011-04-01T08:56:00.006-03:00

It is with great excitement that we come to announce that Google Summer of Code 2011 is on, and Umit Project is one of its Mentoring Organizations! If you're interested in applying for developing one of our ideas, hurry! If you need any help, just get in touch with us in our development mailing list, or irc channel (#umit @ irc.freenode.net).This year we've got The Coolest Summer Project of Your

Umit Network Scanner 1.0 - Released

2011-03-27T21:11:00.003-03:00

Hi folks,I'm pleased to announce the release of Umit Network Scanner 1.0, featuring a lot of fixes and improvements. If you're interested in the full change log, please take a look at our changelog page.If you find any bug, please report it using our Trac, or using the bug report tool that comes with Umit, and that you can access in the main interface.Download: http://www.umitproject.org/?active=

GSoC 2011 - Guwahati, India

2011-03-26T09:11:00.010-03:00

Hi folks,Last friday (25 March 2011), Gunjan Bansal and Niteesh Kumar conduct a presentation in Guwahati, India about Google Summer of Code program and Umit Project. The students were mostly from "Computer Science and Engineering", "Electronics and Communication" and "Maths and Computing". Checkout some pictures:Checkout the presentation slides:Summarize Title: Google Summer of Code 2011 and Umit

Google Summer of Code 2010 - Results

2010-08-27T14:37:00.010-03:00

Hi everybody.In this post i will present the work done by me at GSoC 2010. In resume the work was about improve and integrate Zion, QuickScan, NSE Facilitator and Preferences Windows.ZionZion was the most challenging task, because it involves a complex theory developed by João Paulo Medeiros (thanks for your support).3 functionalities were developed in Zion (all available in Umit as profiles) : -