Application layer, proxy integration

Proxy and Application Layer is responsible for the implementation of

• Caching Proxy Server
• A Twitter and a Flickr application

There will be two different implementations of everyone of the above layers:

• Android based
• cBox based

Android Implementation
The android implementation of those two layers, will be integrated in one Android Application. This application will have:

• GUI – Ability to handle user’s Twitter/Flickr account.
• Proxy Functionality – Forward Twitter/Flickr requests received from cBox.
• Caching – Store temporary requests until an Internet Connection is available.
• In case of lack of an Internet Connection, it forwards requests to cBox.

cBox Implementation
The cBox implementation will be defined only by a background service. This service will:

• Forward every request which is about Twitter/Flickr to Internet.
• Forward every request to Android Application in case of lack of connectivity.
• Proxy Caching – Increase performance, reduce Response times.
• Anonymity and Transparency – Based on Squid.