makefile symlink to build client added; readme fix and main readme fix

README.md

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ The provided `docker-compose.yml` file already includes all necessary environmen
 **Default credentials:** `admin:test1234`  
 This account can be used on the frontend to upload and submit WPA handshakes for cracking.
 
-> While the software is primarily designed for **Linux**, GPU capabilities can potentially be shared with a containerized `client` via **WSL** on Windows. Future improvements may include native support for additional operating systems.
+> While the software is primarily designed for **Linux**, GPU capabilities can potentially be shared with a `client` via **WSL** on Windows. Future improvements may include native support for additional operating systems but it has tested out to work with both containers and compiled code from **WSL** (version 2). 
 
 ---
 
@@ -480,4 +480,5 @@ Ignoring gRPC and other basic deps
 - **Gopacket** `github.com/google/gopacket` Parse `.PCAP` files as layers
 - **Wifi** `github.com/mdlayher/wifi` used by daemon for understanding if we're connected to our local network
 - **Cobra** `github.com/spf13/cobra` used for parsing command line arguments easily in daemon
+- **bubbletea** `https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea` tui for login used by daemon
 - Other dependencies could be implicitly downloaded and used because of these deps

client/Makefile

@@ -19,9 +19,15 @@ links-build:
 		fi; \
 		if [ ! -e "build/hashcat.hctune" ]; then \
 			ln -s /usr/local/share/hashcat/hashcat.hctune build/hashcat.hctune; \
+			echo "Created symbolic link for hashcat.hctune"; \
 		fi; \
 		if [ ! -e "build/modules" ]; then \
 			ln -s /usr/local/share/hashcat/modules build/modules; \
+			echo "Created symbolic link for modules"; \
+		fi; \
+		if [ ! -e "build/hashcat.hcstat2" ]; then \
+			ln -s /usr/local/share/hashcat/hashcat.hcstat2 build/hashcat.hcstat2; \
+			echo "Created symbolic link for hashcat.hcstat2"; \
 		fi; \
 	}
 .PHONY: links-build
@@ -34,9 +40,15 @@ links:
 		fi; \
 		if [ ! -e "hashcat.hctune" ]; then \
 			ln -s /usr/local/share/hashcat/hashcat.hctune hashcat.hctune; \
+			echo "Created symbolic link for hashcat.hctune"; \
 		fi; \
 		if [ ! -e "modules" ]; then \
 			ln -s /usr/local/share/hashcat/modules modules; \
+			echo "Created symbolic link for modules"; \
+		fi; \
+		if [ ! -e "hashcat.hcstat2" ]; then \
+			ln -s /usr/local/share/hashcat/hashcat.hcstat2 hashcat.hcstat2; \
+			echo "Created symbolic link for hashcat.hcstat2"; \
 		fi; \
 	}
 .PHONY: links
@@ -46,6 +58,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf modules
 	rm -rf kernels
 	rm -f *.hctune 
+	rm -f hashcat.hcstat2
 	rm -f *.dictstat*
 	rm -f main
 .PHONY: clean

client/README.md

@@ -93,22 +93,18 @@ While this solution works for our current requirements, future improvements coul
 > The following dependencies needs to be installed before proceeding, even if you're using compiled binaries from releases
 
 ```bash
-apt update -y && \
-    apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    protobuf-compiler
+sudo apt update -y && \
+sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    protobuf-compiler \
     libminizip-dev \
     ocl-icd-libopencl1 \
     opencl-headers \
     pocl-opencl-icd \
     build-essential \
-    wget \
-    git \
-    dumb-init \
     ca-certificates \
     libz-dev \
     libssl-dev \
     dbus \
-    # Graphic libraries for raylib
     libgl1-mesa-dev libxi-dev libxcursor-dev libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev
 ```
 
@@ -118,9 +114,7 @@ apt update -y && \
 Follow these steps to compile and run the client, run it from project root dir
 
 ```bash
-git submodule init
 git submodule update --init --remote --recursive
-git pull --recurse-submodule
 ```
 
 1. **You need to install `hashcat` 6.1.1. This step is necesary only for the first time.**
@@ -132,24 +126,35 @@ sudo make set-user-permissions USER=${USER}
 cd ../../
 ```
 
-2. **Build with**
+2. **Install protobuf**
+
+> ![NOTE]
+> This was tested out using go `1.23.4`. Other version may have problems.
+
+```bash
+go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/[email protected] &&
+go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/[email protected]
+```
+
+3. **Build client**
 
 ```bash
 cd client
 make build
 ```
 
-Produces the following files tree
+Produces the following files tree in `build`
 
 ```
 ├── client
 ├── hashcat.hctune -> /usr/local/share/hashcat/hashcat.hctune
+├── hashcat.hcstat2 -> /usr/local/share/hashcat/hashcat.hcstat2
 ├── libhcxpcapngtool.so
 ├── modules -> /usr/local/share/hashcat/modules
 └── OpenCL -> /usr/local/share/hashcat/OpenCL
 ```
 
-3. **Run with**
+4. **Run with**
 
 ```bash
 make run-compiled