Re: Thesis project

Hi Oscar,

Oscar Medina Duarte wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking for an interesting topic for my bachelor degree thesis, my
> first shot is to do something related to my work, that is, sms and
> protocol related...
> 
> Any suggestions !??
> 
> Here is my topic candidate list so far: 
> 
> Kannel security
> Design of guidelines to deploy Kannel in a secure high risk environment,
> as kannel systems often have something to do with making money, these
> have to be run in a way to reduce risk of being successfully attacked.

correct. Even the concentration on billing and logging security 
aspects would be highly relevant. Thing of the question: "How do I log 
and analyze traffic flows in a high-traffic-packet environment, like 
Kannel, when it's driven to it's limits".

> Hot points:
> 	Secure/proper implementation (This may include change of code or
> 		architecture to have correct practices)
> 	Configuration and preparation of a secure environment, OS selection and
> 		configuration.

> Kannel SMPPv5 implementation
> Upgrade Kannel smsc SMPP module to comply with SMPP v5.

:) yep. This would be interesting for the group too. But(!), if you 
tend to implement things, I'd suggest to go for the MMAP protocoll 
(the SOAP/XML dialect for SMS and mesasge transmission). In this case 
I'd highly would be colaborative with using the gSOAP C preprocessor 
engine (which we use for MM7, MM4 layerin in MMSC).

> Kannel JMS gateway
> Make a smsjmsbox for kannel, this is to create a kannel box to allow a
> JMS compliant software to comunicate with kannel using an object
> oriented protocol.

very interesting too. I'm not that familiar with Java internals, but 
it would be highly valueable to have a "docking-point" to Kannel for 
Java enviroment that allow Java SMS objects for various purposes.

> Hot points:
> 	Implementation of Kannel's internal protocol using java
> 	SMS filtering rules
> 	MO and MT billing support and accounting
> 	Contibution to a OpenSource project
> 
> 
> Kannel Web Service Gateway
> Make a smsWSbox for kannel, this is to create a kannel box that
> comunicates with other applications using a Web Service as a
> communication standard.
> Hot points:
> 	Using Web Services with native software

yep, that's what I ment with the open standard from the SMPP forum, 
called MMAP.

Stipe

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