Self-Sovereign Identity Assistant
The authbot is a self-sovereign identity assistant that utilizes the MoneroAuth protocol. It encapsulates the complexity of public key cryptography and key management away from the user. The authbot application is a program written in python, that integrates two public open source protocols:
Monero protocol that is used for public key cryptography and key management.
Matrix protocol that is used for decentralized, end-to-end encrypted, messaging.
The authbot program can run on computers (desktop, laptop, single-board computers, virtual machines, and even in the cloud, on virtual private servers). Each authbot is privately owned by it's user and serves only it's user.
The user interface to authbot, is typically an end-to-end encrypted messaging application such as element that can be used on computers and mobile devices.
So a user's authbot program can run anywhere in the world, needing only a network connection. Users communicate with their authbot via secure, end-to-end encrypted messaging, typically with a mobile device.
A quick video demonstration of securely authenticating to a web site using MoneroAuth
A quick video demonstration of general purpose digital signature services using MoneroAuth
MoneroAuth Resource Management. (This is a rough-cut video. A better one will be provided soon).
A quick video demonstration of Nym network integration with the authbot.
Three windows in the video:
- Browser with element.io (lower window)
- Terminal window connected to a laptop computer acting as a Nym service provider (upper left)
- Terminal window connected to my authbot running the Nym web socket client (upper right)
In each (authbot computer and the Nym service provider laptop computer) a Nym websocket client is running. The Nym service provider is also running a python program representing the service provider service. Here it is just echoing the message received to the terminal.
A message is sent to the service provider by sending the authbot a command nym_send. The nym_send command takes two arguments: the Nym address of the Nym service provider, and the message to send. The authbot command then passes the arguments to the authbot's nym-client websocket interface which sends the message to the service provider over the Nym network. The response from the Nym service provider is displayed in the Matrix private room.
We choose to run authbot only on Linux.
Dependencies
All software (including the dependencies) have been installed in the binary files that can be downloaded (see install directory). All you need to do then is perform some configuration steps.
Installation
Installation files describing specific installation instructions for different authbot deployment targets (PC, VirtualBox virtual machine, cloud vps, and various single-board computers) can be found in the /install directory.