diff --git a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/BulletinBoardSQLServer.java b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/BulletinBoardSQLServer.java
index de4e52e..d91b545 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/BulletinBoardSQLServer.java
+++ b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/BulletinBoardSQLServer.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package meerkat.bulletinboard.sqlserver;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.POST;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 
@@ -18,11 +20,11 @@ import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.MessageFilterList;
 import meerkat.comm.CommunicationException;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Crypto.SignatureVerificationKey;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.BulletinBoardMessage;
+import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.BulletinBoardMessageList;
 import meerkat.crypto.Digest;
 import meerkat.crypto.concrete.SHA256Digest;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.MessageID;
 
-@Path("/SQLServer")
 public abstract class BulletinBoardSQLServer implements BulletinBoardServer{
 	
 	protected Connection connection;
@@ -67,7 +69,6 @@ public abstract class BulletinBoardSQLServer implements BulletinBoardServer{
 	 */
 	protected abstract void insertNewTags(String[] tags) throws SQLException;
 	
-	@POST
 	@Override
 	public boolean postMessage(BulletinBoardMessage msg) throws CommunicationException {
 		if (!verifyMessage(msg)) {
@@ -88,11 +89,11 @@ public abstract class BulletinBoardSQLServer implements BulletinBoardServer{
 		
 		try {
 			
-			sql = "INSERT INTO MsgTable (Id, Data, Signature) VALUES(?,?,?)";
+			sql = "INSERT INTO MsgTable (MsgId, Msg, SignerId) VALUES(?,?,?)";
 		    pstmt = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
 		    pstmt.setBytes(1, msgID);
-		    pstmt.setBytes(2, msg.getMsg().getData().toByteArray());
-		    pstmt.setBytes(3, msg.getSig().toByteArray());
+		    pstmt.setBytes(2, msg.toByteArray());
+		    pstmt.setBytes(3, msg.getSig().getSignerId().toByteArray());
 		    pstmt.executeUpdate();
 		    pstmt.close();
 		    
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ public abstract class BulletinBoardSQLServer implements BulletinBoardServer{
 		}
 		
 		try{
-		    sql = "INSERT INTO MsgTagTable (TagId, MsgId) SELECT TagTable.Id, ? AS MsgId FROM TagTable WHERE tag = ?";
+		    sql = "INSERT INTO MsgTagTable (TagId, MsgId) SELECT TagTable.TagId, ? AS MsgId FROM TagTable WHERE Tag = ?";
 	    	pstmt = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
 		    
 		    for (String tag : tags){
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ public abstract class BulletinBoardSQLServer implements BulletinBoardServer{
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public List<BulletinBoardMessage> readMessages(MessageFilterList filterList, int max) {
+	public BulletinBoardMessageList readMessages(MessageFilterList filterList) {
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -149,22 +150,22 @@ public abstract class BulletinBoardSQLServer implements BulletinBoardServer{
 			while (rs.next()) {
 				// read the result set
 				s += "entry = " + rs.getInt("EntryNum") + " \n";
-				s += "id = " + new String(rs.getBytes("Id")) + " \n";
-				s += "data = " + new String(rs.getBytes("Data")) + " \n";
-				s += "signature = " + new String(rs.getBytes("Signature")) + "\t\n<BR>";
+				s += "id = " + Arrays.toString(rs.getBytes("MsgId")) + " \n";
+				s += "msg = " +  Arrays.toString(rs.getBytes("Msg")) + " \n";
+				s += "signer ID = " +  Arrays.toString(rs.getBytes("SignerId")) + "\t\n<BR>";
 			}
 			
 			rs = statement.executeQuery("select * from TagTable");
 			while (rs.next()) {
 				// read the result set
 				s += "Tag = " + rs.getString("Tag") + " \n";
-				s += "TagId = " + rs.getInt("Id") + "\t\n<BR>";
+				s += "TagId = " + rs.getInt("TagId") + "\t\n<BR>";
 			}
 			
 			rs = statement.executeQuery("select * from MsgTagTable");
 			while (rs.next()) {
 				// read the result set
-				s += "MsgId = " + new String(rs.getBytes("MsgId")) + " \n";
+				s += "MsgId = " +  Arrays.toString(rs.getBytes("MsgId")) + " \n";
 				s += "TagId = " + rs.getInt("TagId") + "\t\n<BR>";
 			}
 		} catch(SQLException e){
diff --git a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/SQLiteBulletinBoardServer.java b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/SQLiteBulletinBoardServer.java
index 104ea57..ffb5b9d 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/SQLiteBulletinBoardServer.java
+++ b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/sqlserver/SQLiteBulletinBoardServer.java
@@ -6,12 +6,24 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.MessageFilterList;
+import meerkat.rest.Constants;
 import meerkat.bulletinboard.sqlserver.BulletinBoardSQLServer;
 import meerkat.comm.CommunicationException;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.BulletinBoardMessage;
+import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.BulletinBoardMessageList;
 
 
+@Path("/SQLServer")
 public class SQLiteBulletinBoardServer extends BulletinBoardSQLServer {
 
 	protected static final int TIMEOUT = 20;
@@ -20,8 +32,8 @@ public class SQLiteBulletinBoardServer extends BulletinBoardSQLServer {
 	 * This procedure initializes:
 	 * 1. The database connection
 	 * 2. The database tables (if they do not yet exist).
-	 * 3. 
 	 */
+	@PostConstruct
 	@Override
 	public void init() throws CommunicationException {
 		
@@ -31,9 +43,9 @@ public class SQLiteBulletinBoardServer extends BulletinBoardSQLServer {
 			Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
 			statement.setQueryTimeout(TIMEOUT);
 	
-			statement.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MsgTable (EntryNum INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, Id BLOB UNIQUE, Data BLOB, Signature BLOB)");
-			statement.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS TagTable (Id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, Tag varchar(50) UNIQUE)");
-			statement.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MsgTagTable (MsgId BLOB, TagId INTEGER, FOREIGN KEY (MsgId) REFERENCES MsgTable(Id), FOREIGN KEY (TagId) REFERENCES TagTable(Id))");
+			statement.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MsgTable (EntryNum INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, MsgId BLOB UNIQUE, Msg BLOB, SignerId BLOB)");
+			statement.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS TagTable (TagId INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, Tag varchar(50) UNIQUE)");
+			statement.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MsgTagTable (MsgId BLOB, TagId INTEGER, FOREIGN KEY (MsgId) REFERENCES MsgTable(MsgId), FOREIGN KEY (TagId) REFERENCES TagTable(TagId))");
 			
 			statement.close();
 			
@@ -46,14 +58,8 @@ public class SQLiteBulletinBoardServer extends BulletinBoardSQLServer {
 		}
 				
 	}
-
-
-	@Override
-	public List<BulletinBoardMessage> readMessages(MessageFilterList filterList, int max) {
-		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
-		return null;
-	}
 	
+	@PreDestroy
 	public void close() throws CommunicationException{
 		
 		try{
@@ -91,5 +97,25 @@ public class SQLiteBulletinBoardServer extends BulletinBoardSQLServer {
 		}
 		
 	}
+	
+//	@POST
+	@Consumes(Constants.MEDIATYPE_PROTOBUF)
+	@Override
+	public boolean postMessage(BulletinBoardMessage msg) throws CommunicationException {
+		return super.postMessage(msg);
+	}
+	
+//	@GET
+	@Consumes(Constants.MEDIATYPE_PROTOBUF)
+	@Produces(Constants.MEDIATYPE_PROTOBUF)
+	@Override
+	public BulletinBoardMessageList readMessages(MessageFilterList filterList) {
+		return super.readMessages(filterList);
+	}
+	
+	@GET
+	public String test(){
+		return "hello";
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/webapp/HelloProtoWebApp.java b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/webapp/HelloProtoWebApp.java
index ab2d952..491c295 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/webapp/HelloProtoWebApp.java
+++ b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/webapp/HelloProtoWebApp.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package meerkat.bulletinboard.webapp;
 
-
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import com.google.protobuf.Message;
 import meerkat.bulletinboard.service.HelloProtoBuf;
@@ -17,38 +16,37 @@ import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 
 @Path("/proto")
 public class HelloProtoWebApp {
-    private HelloProtoBuf helloProtoBuf;
-    
-    @PostConstruct
-    public void init(){
-    	//helloProtoBuf = new HelloProtoBuf();
-    }
-    
-    @GET
-    @Produces(Constants.MEDIATYPE_PROTOBUF)
-    public Message hello() {
-    	byte[] b1 = {(byte) 1, (byte)2, (byte) 3, (byte) 4};
-		byte[] b2 = {(byte) 11, (byte)12, (byte) 13, (byte) 14};
-    	
-    	Message msg;
-    	
-    	if (helloProtoBuf != null){
-    		 msg = helloProtoBuf.sayHello();
-    	}
-    	else{
-    		msg = BulletinBoardMessage.newBuilder()
+	private HelloProtoBuf helloProtoBuf;
+
+	@PostConstruct
+	public void init() {
+		// helloProtoBuf = new HelloProtoBuf();
+	}
+
+	@GET
+	@Produces(Constants.MEDIATYPE_PROTOBUF)
+	public Message hello() {
+		byte[] b1 = { (byte) 1, (byte) 2, (byte) 3, (byte) 4 };
+		byte[] b2 = { (byte) 11, (byte) 12, (byte) 13, (byte) 14 };
+		byte[] b3 = {(byte) 21, (byte)22, (byte) 23, (byte) 24};
+		
+		Message msg;
+
+		if (helloProtoBuf != null) {
+			msg = helloProtoBuf.sayHello();
+		} else {
+			msg = BulletinBoardMessage.newBuilder()
 					.setMsg(UnsignedBulletinBoardMessage.newBuilder()
-							.addTags("signature")
+							.addTags("Signature")
 							.addTags("Trustee")
-							.setData(ByteString.copyFrom(b1))
-							.build())
+							.setData(ByteString.copyFrom(b1)).build())
 					.setSig(Signature.newBuilder()
 							.setType(SignatureType.DSA)
 							.setData(ByteString.copyFrom(b2))
-							.build())
+							.setSignerId(ByteString.copyFrom(b3)).build())
 					.build();
-    	}
-    	
-        return msg;
-    }
+		}
+
+		return msg;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/webapp/SQLiteServerTest.java b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/webapp/SQLiteServerTest.java
index 7206ad0..6e702fc 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/webapp/SQLiteServerTest.java
+++ b/bulletin-board-server/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/webapp/SQLiteServerTest.java
@@ -3,23 +3,37 @@ package meerkat.bulletinboard.webapp;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
 
+import meerkat.rest.Constants;
+import meerkat.rest.Constants.*;
+
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 
 import meerkat.bulletinboard.sqlserver.SQLiteBulletinBoardServer;
 import meerkat.comm.CommunicationException;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Crypto.*;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.*;
+import meerkat.rest.*;
 
 @Path("/test")
 public class SQLiteServerTest {
 	
+	private static String PROP_GETTY_URL = "gretty.httpBaseURI";
+	private static String BASE_URL = "http://localhost:8081";//System.getProperty(PROP_GETTY_URL);
+	private static String SQL_SERVER_URL = BASE_URL + "/SQLServer";
+	
 	@GET
 	public Response main(){
 		byte[] b1 = {(byte) 1, (byte)2, (byte) 3, (byte) 4};
 		byte[] b2 = {(byte) 11, (byte)12, (byte) 13, (byte) 14};
+		byte[] b3 = {(byte) 21, (byte)22, (byte) 23, (byte) 24};
 		
 		Response response;
 		
@@ -34,23 +48,34 @@ public class SQLiteServerTest {
 					.setSig(Signature.newBuilder()
 							.setType(SignatureType.DSA)
 							.setData(ByteString.copyFrom(b2))
+							.setSignerId(ByteString.copyFrom(b3))
 							.build())
 					.build();
 			
-			SQLiteBulletinBoardServer bbs = new SQLiteBulletinBoardServer();
-		
-		
-			bbs.init();
+//			SQLiteBulletinBoardServer bbs = new SQLiteBulletinBoardServer();
+//		
+//		
+//			bbs.init();
+//			
+//			bbs.postMessage(msg);
+//			response = Response.status(Status.OK).entity(bbs.testPrint()).build();
+//			
+//			bbs.close();
 			
-			bbs.postMessage(msg);
-			response = Response.status(Status.OK).entity(bbs.testPrint()).build();
+			 
 			
-			bbs.close();
+			Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient()
+					.register(ProtobufMessageBodyWriter.class)
+					.register(ProtobufMessageBodyWriter.class);
+			WebTarget webTarget = client.target(SQL_SERVER_URL);
+			response = webTarget.request(MediaType.TEXT_HTML).post(Entity.entity(msg, Constants.MEDIATYPE_PROTOBUF));
 			
-		} catch(CommunicationException e){
+		} catch(Exception e){
 			response = Response.status(Status.OK).entity(e.getMessage()).build();;
 		}
 		
+//		response = Response.status(Status.OK).entity("OK").build();
+		
 		return response;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/meerkat-common/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/BulletinBoardServer.java b/meerkat-common/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/BulletinBoardServer.java
index 05bdf47..f312ed8 100644
--- a/meerkat-common/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/BulletinBoardServer.java
+++ b/meerkat-common/src/main/java/meerkat/bulletinboard/BulletinBoardServer.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package meerkat.bulletinboard;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 import meerkat.comm.CommunicationException;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.BulletinBoardMessage;
+import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.BulletinBoardMessageList;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.MessageFilterList;
 
 /**
@@ -32,11 +31,10 @@ public interface BulletinBoardServer{
 	 
 	 /**
 	  * Read all messages posted matching the given filter.
-	  * @param filter return only messages that match the filter (null means no filtering).
-	  * @param max maximum number of messages to return (0=no limit)
+	  * @param filter return only messages that match the filter (empty list means no filtering).
 	  * @return
 	  */
-	 List<BulletinBoardMessage> readMessages(MessageFilterList filterList, int max);
+	 BulletinBoardMessageList readMessages(MessageFilterList filterList);
 	 
 	 /**
 	 * This method closes the connection to the DB.
diff --git a/meerkat-common/src/main/proto/meerkat/voting.proto b/meerkat-common/src/main/proto/meerkat/voting.proto
index c7dcad3..f730a89 100644
--- a/meerkat-common/src/main/proto/meerkat/voting.proto
+++ b/meerkat-common/src/main/proto/meerkat/voting.proto
@@ -28,12 +28,19 @@ message BulletinBoardMessage {
     meerkat.Signature sig = 2;
 }
 
+message BulletinBoardMessageList {
+	
+	repeated BulletinBoardMessage messages = 1;
+	
+}
+
 enum FilterType {
     ID = 0;				// Match exact message ID
     EXACT_ENTRY = 1;	// Match exact entry number in database (chronological)
     MAX_ENTRY = 2;		// Find all entries in database up to specified entry number (chronological)
     SIGNATURE = 3;		// Find all entries in database that correspond to specific signature (signer)
     TAG = 4;			// Find all entries in database that have a specific tag
+    MAX_MESSAGES = 5;	// Return at most some specified number of messages
 }
 
 message MessageFilter {