Starving Artists Marketplace Starving Artists Marketplace Codename: A-bayCodename: A-bay

Starving Artists Marketplace Starving Artists Marketplace Codename: A-bayCodename: A-bay

Andy MilsarkAndy MilsarkJake GlascockJake GlascockJameson AllenJameson Allen

Jon BihrJon BihrMatt HillMatt Hill

Mentor: Markita PriceMentor: Markita Price

And Here’s Jake

Overview• A online marketplace for local artists

to display their artwork (ie. photographs, paintings, sketches, sculptures, drawings, and music), and post information about their abilities

• Web App. running on a custom Microsoft Web Server

Goals• Setup and deploy a Windows Web Server• Setup MS SQL Server• Learn and Develop website in ASP.NET• Create online marketplace for Artists of all

kinds• Make site Gallery oriented for each Artist• Host pictures of photographs, paintings,

sculptures, sketches and drawings• Host music samples of local musicians

Previous Developments• http://www.sothebuys.com• http://www.ebay.com• http://www.amazon.com

Server• Dell Manufactured• Pentium D- 2.8 GHz• 2Gb memory• 2 x 250Gb SATA hard drives under

RAID 1 configuration• Provided by the MU CS department

Server Software• Microsoft Server 2003 Enterprise

Edition• MS SQL Server 2005 Developers

Edition• IIS with ASP.NET 2.0• Cygwin with Open-sshd

Development Software• Visual Studio .NET 2005• Photoshop• Text Editors• Remote Desktop• Secure FX

Types of Users and Abilities

• Guest– Create username and password to

become a User or Artist– Browse through galleries– Search for types of artwork, or

certain styles, or by artist name

Types of Users and Abilities (cont.)

• Users– Browse through artist’s galleries– Search for types of artwork, or

certain styles, or by artist name– Comment on Artist’s Work– Contact Artist through website– Post on Forum

Types of Users and Abilities (cont.)

• Artists– Add/Update artwork to Gallery– Artwork will be approved by Admin.– Create an About Me! Page– Create a Hire Me! Page– Post on a Forum for all Users

Types of Users and Abilities (cont.)

• Administrator– General Maintenance for Site– Approve Artwork for Galleries– Remove users depending on situation– Delete unapproved Artwork

Data Acquisition• Artwork is going to be collected

from group members, and friends• Potential Beta testing will be with

MU Art Department

Literature Review• Protecting Web Servers from

Distributed Denial of Service Attacks– Old security is ineffective anymore– DoS vs. DDoS– Tools: Trinoo, Tribe Flood Network,

Stacheldraht

DDoS (cont.)

Literature Review (cont.)

• Integrating Websites and Databases– Dynamic WebPages – Server-side and Client-Side processing– “If being on the leading edge is of no

concern to the e-commerce organization its developers should consider using ASP.NET”

Literature Review (cont.)

• Managing E-Commerce Reliability E-bay Style– How E-bay Started– What they do for reliability on their

servers– How do they maintain their servers,

and perform routine maintenance

Literature Review (cont.)

• J2EE vs. .NET– Both leading platforms for creating

web services– .NET supports multiple languages,

J2EE only supports JAVA– .NET is Microsoft Centric, Java will run

on any platform

Questions?Questions?Questions?Questions?

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