Projects/AndroidDolphinHDFirefoxSyncPlugin

From marcuswolschon

Contents 1 description 1.1 standalone app 1.2 DolphinHD plugin 2 engineering notes 3 DONE 4 TODO 5 links 5.1 specifications 5.2 sourcecode 5.3 news

description

Standalone app and DolphinHD -plugin to implement a client for Firefox Sync

standalone app

View, copy to clipboard and open tabs, bookmarks and of cause stored passwords from the weave server.

• AndroidPit
• AndroidPit(light)
• Admob (Advertisements in the free version)

DolphinHD plugin

Oneway-sync stored passwords (form-based and HTTP Auth) from the server into the browser and open tabs from other computers.

• official help page
• AndroidPit
  • Feedback-Thread
• Freshmeat
• AndroidZoom
• andbot

engineering notes

overview

• Sorage API (v1)
• used by Sync API (v1.1)
• using Data Model (v3)

Contact the server

• HTTP basic auth
• SSL
• basic REST

settings from about:settings in a Firefox:

• services.sync.clusterURL="https://phx-sync057.services.mozilla.com/"
• services.sync.serverURL="https://auth.services.mozilla.com/"
• services.sync.userURL="user/"
• services.sync.miscURL="misc/"
• services.sync.storeAPI="1.0"

api: Sync API 1.0

CURL examples:

curl --user marcuswolschon:XXXXXXX -v "https://phx-sync057.services.mozilla.com/1.0/marcuswolschon/info/collections"
curl --user marcuswolschon:XXXXXXX "https://phx-sync057.services.mozilla.com/1.0/marcuswolschon/storage/passwords"
curl --user marcuswolschon:XXXXXXX "https://phx-sync057.services.mozilla.com/1.0/marcuswolschon/storage/passwords?full=true"
curl --user marcuswolschon:XXXXXXX "https://phx-sync057.services.mozilla.com/1.0/marcuswolschon/storage/crypto/passwords"
curl --user marcuswolschon:XXXXXXX "https://phx-sync057.services.mozilla.com/1.0/marcuswolschon/storage/tabs?full=true"
 [{"id":"...",
   "modified":1290261980.53,
   "payload":"{\"ciphertext\":\"...\",\"encryption\":\"..\/crypto\/tabs\",\"IV\":\"...==\",\"hmac\":\"...\"}"},
  {"id":"...",
   "modified":1290432830.44,
   ...
  }]

History in WebKit:

• get history: browserActivity.getTabControl().getCurrentTab().getTopWindow().copyBackForwardList()
• put history only possible using restore(Bundle).
  • source
  • saveState(), then modify the bundle, then restoreState()?
  • Bundle contains WebHistoryItem immuatable, uses byte[]
  • restoring history from Mozilla Weave to a new Tab failed.

DONE

• decryption works now
• simple Android application to show stored passwords, tabs and bookmarks published
  • blog post
• simple DolphinHD plugin to open tabs from other computers
  • blog post
• choosing a server
  • google groups post
  • implemented in plugin versions >1
• import of passwords for forms and http-auth
  • implemented in plugin version 1.1
• send tabs to the server
• import bookmarks from the server

• implement SimplifiedCrypto and storage format 4 to be compatible with the latest Firefox Betas

TODO

• extend plugin to send passwords to the server instead of just receiving them
• extend plugin to send bookmarks to the server instead of just receiving them
• implement sending and receiving history
• importing form-data seems to be incompatible. Firefox stores them independent of the form while in Webkit they are bound to a specific form URL

links

specifications

• Weave sync API 1.0
• Weave sync API 1.1
• Firefox sync (worklog?)
• sync-service
  • objects (specification)

cryptography

• key derivation?
• SimplifiedCrypto
• blog-post

sourcecode

• Fennec resopitory and build environment
• firefox sourcecode
• firefox sourcecode - crossreferenced
• server-changelog
• WebViewDatabase.java

• Firefox for Android Nightly Builds

news

• google group
• mozilla-updates on twitter