A multidisciplinary project: How to turn a webcam into a secure-cam

Abstract

The paper is focused on developing a client-server application that can be used in the secure communication of video information over the IP. The main interest in developing the application is as a multidisciplinary project that can help students to develop their practical skills. The interest for such an approach in learning appears in the context of the Bologna process where multidisciplinarity seems to be the preferred learning approach at the bachelor level, while interdisciplinarity fits mostly in the higher education levels. The multidisciplinary character of the project raises from the fact that it involves knowledge from fields such as data communications, information security, image processing, computer programming, mathematics etc. Thus, implementing an application in .NET Framework and using communication protocols and cryptographic primitives to assure some security objectives is a valid response to multidisciplinary learning in engineering.