Chrome Extension

Status:

Project Aim:

Description of Product:

Needs Developing:

• 100% working event listener
• 100% working, safe injection script
• Right click menu
• Functionality to disable/enable right click menu item
• Functionality to disable/enable automatic survey detection
• Create and test preference interface which is able to store variables
• Style preferences interface
• Key access system - client side
• Key access system - server side including Paypal IPN
• Automatic updates

Progress:

04/10/10

• Changed the font-family of text in the toolbar popup menu
• Fixed coding error
• Reduced message baring time as 'alert spam' is not an issue in the Chrome addon opposed to with Firefox
• Completed support for the Chrome addon on the public distribution page

03/10/10

• Changed the distribution interface pages to accommodate the installation of both Firefox and Chrome addons
• Modified the file structure of the distribution pages

02/10/10

• Changed background colour when hovering over items in the toolbar popup menu
• Attempted to change the font-family of text in the toolbar popup menu

01/10/10

• Designed user preferences interface
• Created an efficient, on-the-fly permission key checking system for the preferences page with UI
• Added extra functionailty to the browser action (toolbar) button
• Fixed bugs originating from incorrectly appending background scripts to the preferences page
• Fixed distribution page which was causing extension installation issues as wrong content type was been issued

30/09/10

• Created basic extension skeleton
• Made preferences page
• Successfully managed to detect a CPAlead.com survey
• Successfully injected the remover automatically
• Implemented permission key checking
• Created right click context menu icon with the ability to show/hide
• Successfully injected the remover manually
• Created working browser action button
• Added autoupdating

Firefox Extension

Status:

Project Aim:

Description of Product:

Needs Developing:

• 100% working event listener
• 100% working, safe injection script
• Right click menu
• Functionality to disable/enable right click menu item
• Functionality to disable/enable automatic survey detection
• Create and test interface with forms which are able to write to the config
• JS functionality to read then locally store config data
• Key access system - client side
• Key access system - server side including Paypal IPN
• Automatic updates

Progress:

17/08/10

• Created navigation system for distribution pages
• Fixed download file header type for one of the servers
• More work done on the distribution interfaces

16/08/10

• Created cryptographic algoriths to protect the transfer of data server side
• Work done on distribution interface
• Graphics for distribution page created

14/08/10

• Fixed automatic updates using digital signing
• Work done on the GUI of the distribution pages
• Fixed button "sticking" error on retrieval page
• Added toolbar button (thanks to Norman) with the ability to enable/disable this button
• Improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the preference event listers

13/08/10

• Patched Key vs ID issues (thanks to Norman)
• Corrected spelling mistakes (thanks to Euge)

12/08/10

• Fully implemented permission checker
• Patched faults occuring when permission key was changed
• Added connection error support
• Added automatic survey detection
• Fixed "message spamming" issues

08/08/10

• Friends and donors information added to the databases
• Began compiling questionnaire results relating to this project

06/08/10

• Created functionality to enable/disable right click menu item
• Successfully detected and then removed a survey upon manual initiation via the right click button!
• Fixed and tested key verifications. All now fully working

05/08/10

• Server to data-server communications fully working and tested
• Paypal IPN fully working after fixing and testing
• Built functions for addon key verification

04/08/10

• More work done on server-to-server communications. Thanks to the help of Norman, problems with the database server were found

03/08/10

• Work done on the server-to-server communications linking the Paypal IPN and the databases

01/08/10

• New server set up to deal with permission databases
• Interface created to deal with cross domain information storage and transfer via unique cookie scripts
• Work done on the permission key interfaces
• Successfully injected test script into a page via the sandbox
• Time spent attempting to set the page listener for the automatic removal of surveys

31/07/10

• Successfully completed the "options" interface for the addon, allowing permission key input and preference setting such as enabling/disabling automatic survey removal
• Fixed all bugs in the free request server side database access and client side interface
• Started preparing website interface files for use

30/07/10

• Work done on database entry scripts

27/07/10

• Completed the basic user interface for the free permission key requester
• Added sql functionality for free permission requests to be automatically added to the database
• Generalised some javascript functions, allowing them to be used when getting and setting requests

26/07/10

• Completed and tested data extraction from the permissions database, including the UI
• Added functionality to request permission status
• Successfully received sandbox Paypal IPNs on 2 host servers

25/07/10

• Fixed email decoding issues by implementing a better encryption and data storage technique
• Added contacting based interfaces to the permission requester

24/07/10

• Worked on permissions interface
• Tested data requests - a problem with email decoding server side was discovered

23/07/10

• Started and tested basic scripts for the GUI of permission key requesting. Requests are handled on-the-fly by javascript
• Wrote permission information retrieval scripts for UI, including an encryptor/decryptor for the temporary (cookie) storage of email addresses on the user's local machine
• Successfully handled information request then found and pulled data from the permissions database
• Discovered issues with the hosting of the Paypal IPN on some servers.
  Worryingly (because of uptime and data interception issues), donors permission requests could require 3 servers to complete... However, it was deemed that an automated system is worth pursuing
• Investigated "plan B" route of allowing the addon to inject remover into pages if current method fails

22/07/10

• Made addon donors SQL database
• Created Paypal IPN scripts including interfacing with the database (untested)
• Set up Paypal IPN sandbox environment
• Created SQL database for all permission requesters, including functionality to assign permission requesters donation history and friendship status
• Wrote script to interface with permissions database (untested)
• Started developing internal Paypal POS interface
• Created preferences UI for Firefox extension
• Created interfacing scripts for the extension preferences (untested)

21/07/10

• Assessed security issues associated with the extension
• Attempted to write a DOM event listener which can be injected into window content
• Attempted to write a safe injection script

History

• Created installable extension
• Add extension details and XJZ Survey Remover logo
• Created entry to run the survey remover from the right click menu
• Modified external remover scripts to accommodate use of the addon
• Investigated methods of safely accessing the DOM
• Investigated methods of injecting javascript via the use of a sandpit