vIDsafe

A password manager focused on the idea of compartmentalisation.

Specification

Functional requirements

• Master account:
  • Allow the user to create a master account
    • Name
    • Password - [ ] Password hint
  • Allow the user to login to their master account
  • Allow the user to manage their master account
    • Delete account
    • Wipe identities
    • Purge credentials
• Vault:
  • Identities:
    • Allow the user to create/manage identities/profiles based on their needs
      • Name
      • Email
      • Usage/Needs - [ ] Allow the user to search for public information of their identities
  • Credentials:
    • Allow the user to generate or store and manage credentials and assign them to the identities
      • Identity
      • Username
      • Password
      • URL
    • Allow the user to generate passwords and passphrases
    • Allow the user to see a history of previously generated passwords
    • Allow the user to check for compromised credentials
  • General:
    • Display an overview of the user's vault
      • Identity health scores
      • Weak credentials
      • Security alerts
    • Encrypt the vault using the methods bcrypt and AES
    • Allow the user to import and export their vault in JSON/csv format
• Application:
  • Allow the user to change the application's settings
  • Include validation for inputs
  • Display error messages

Non-functional requirements

• Ensure the encryption/decryption of the vault is optimally fast and secure.
• Ensure the user interface is clear, concise, and pleasant to use
• Ensure the application is easy to use

The minutes of meetings

Tutor meetings

• 14/10/2020: 30 minutes - Discussed the synopsis brief.
• 22/10/2020: 1 hour - Presented and discussed project ideas and their strengths and weaknesses.
• 29/10/2020: 1 hour - Discussed and reviewed various group synopses.
• 05/11/2020: 1 hour - Presented the refined project ideas in short and discussed what research was done to support them.
• 19/11/2020: 1 hour - Presented some background research of the idea.
• 26/11/2020: 1 hour - Reviewed the background research and designs made for the projects.
• 03/12/2020: 30 minutes - Presented refined background research and back-end designs.
• 10/12/2020: 30 minutes - Discussed ethical approval and presented some progress with the projects.
• 17/12/2020: 1 hour 30 minutes - Demonstrated some implementations and designs of the projects.
• 14/01/2021: 1 hour - Demonstrated some implementations of the projects
• 22/01/2021: 1 hour - Demonstrated some implementations of the projects
• 28/01/2021: 1 hour - Demonstrated some implementations of the projects
• 04/02/2021: 1 hour - Demonstrated some implementations of the projects and discussed evaluation methods
• 11/02/2021: 1 hour - Mock presentations
• 15/02/2021: 1 hour - Mock presentations
• 18/02/2021: 30 minutes - Discussed testing and evaluation and presentations of the projects
• 25/02/2021: 1 hour - Discussed evaluation and the reports of the projects
• 04/03/2021: 1 hour - Discussed abstract and introduction of the reports of the projects

1-to-1 meetings

• 12/11/2020: 15 minutes - Reviewed personal synopsis for the project and obtained feedback for the feedback form.