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EP++ is the upgrade to ExamPro Plus.  This application is, in my opinion, one of the best applications I have developed in any programming language.  This application uses a linked list of objects for its data backbone.  Perhaps one of the best features of EP++ is the network connectivity backbone.  The application serializes objects (tokens) and sends them back and forth with a file dedicated to each connection and a file dedicated to incoming connections.  A class hidden to both the client and server handles all traffic, errors, connectivity, and data management.  There is an exposed method to process received tokens, and there are exposed methods to send tokens and check for token notifications (tokens can trigger an "event" which is handled as a notification).  The tokens are also handled as a linked list (did I mention that I really went overboard with linked lists, objects, recursion, and serialization with this?) EP++ has been designed for maximum security without going to a database environment or using win socks.  Most of these security features can be overridden by the server administrator; however, the security features include: data tokens that can only be "faked" by a person with access to the application code or its shared components (and a good amount of software engineering knowledge) or somebody that loves binary and has way too much time on their hands, and SID certificates (student information disks / security information disks) that act as a front-end verification system to SSRs (server side records that hold grade and student information).  Note that SID certificates and SSRs have been used in all versions of ExamPro, but that EP++ brings to play a new level of security in these features.  In the event that a password and certificate have been compromised, the SID may be re-keyed or even deleted without affecting the student record.  Through SID-SSR binding, creating management groups and managing those groups becomes easy.  You can also enable SID constraints such as a machine name so that only someone accessing the application from a specific machine can succeed.  All invalid logon attempts are logged on the server.  If the server administrator feels that a dictionary attack is being made on the server, the administrator can simply "deactivate" the server - an integrated option that forces the server to ignore all communications with everyone and everything.  The server can be configured as a certificate authority or as an archive server.  If you have hard drive corruption, no problem! Backups are being done in the background all the time - just run the recovery agent - it'll even tell you who was in the system when the backup was made! EP++ includes a complete statistical analysis package - on the server and client.  Clients can view past exams (server permitting) and a grade analysis.  There are many more features of EP++.  I, of course, have working code of the server, client, shared components, and recovery agent (the archive server and CA server are supported natively in EP++ server).  Although server configuration is - to say the least - a bit complex, EP++ was designed to be easy to implement in a wide variety of environments for a wide variety of needs.  EP++ works great in a terminal server environment; EP++ client does not require administrative anything to run on a machine; EP++ client will run on the .NET framework VM (it'll work on old NT machines as well as on the latest ones with Windows XP or Windows 2003 server - just not Windows 95 or something like that); etc - all you do is "tailor" the server to your environment and your needs, and you're ready to go! Server Images: 1, 2, 3, 4.  Client Images: 1, 2, 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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