GSoC 2021

[afeena]

Here is the short guide for upcoming GSoC 2021

Slack: gsoc-slack.honeynet.org
Mentor: @afeena
Backup mentor: @mzfr @glaslos

How do I start?

• Join our GSoC channel #2021-snare
• Follow the quick-start and run the code
• Play with the tool! Try different stuff/attacks/crawlers
• Found a bug? → Create an issue
• Go through existing issue to get the idea of the project problems and try to think about solution
• Do you know how to fix something? Great! → SUBMIT A PULL REQUEST

What should I know to successfully participate?

• Python3. You should really know it.
• Git. https://try.github.io/
• InfoSec: you can start with The Honeynet Project https://www.honeynet.org/papers/ or look up
• OWASP materials https://owasp.org/www-project-cheat-sheets/
• Network monitoring. Install Wireshark and explore
• Know the better materials for infosec? Comment!

How to write proposal/which tasks should I include?

Tasks

There are some tasks which we really want to be finished during this summer (list by priority). I expect that these tasks will take most of the time:

• Cloner improvements
  • Regarding cloner: Ideally, it should be re-written completely, as a result, also storing and serving web-pages will be changed. So it’s a really big task, which should be decomposed properly. And it should have some pre-work done (research, etc). The current system doesn’t support websites with client-side rendering, so we should think about using headless-browser
  • Clone bug with url's ending in '/'? (default WordPress set-up) #215
• Upgrade the SNARE codebase to be compatible with the latest aiohttp version

Other tasks are optional and we are really open, so if you have some great features in mind - don't hesitate to add it

Proposal

• Use template from previous years
  https://docs.google.com/document/d/18abX5l4HN5v37QAh5SKgHtlXhhINKEte49hmqzwE2mM/edit?usp=sharing
• Time estimation is key: try to fairly estimate time for each task. Remember: it's better to be ahead of the schedule than behind.
• You can also lookup the GSoC submission results from previous years here https://github.com/mushorg/tanner/wiki
• If you want to get feedback, we kindly ask you to share your proposal with us as early as possible. Please understand that we will not be able to give you any feedback in a short time.

Is having a contribution in SNARE a prerequisite?

We don't have strong requirements on contribution, but it will help us to evaluate your application. Take it as a possibility to show your coding skills.
Contributions are not only pull requests, but you can also submit a bug or review other student's pull requests :)

Final notes

Something is not covered?
comment here!
Or: ping us in slack channel (please try to ask in our channel, your questions might be interesting for other students)