Reputation-Based Algorithm for Managing Trust in File Sharing Networks Export

@proceedings{citeulike:1451303, abstract = {Peer-to-peer file sharing networks, such as Gnutella, have gained large success and reached millions of users. However, the decentralized and anonymous characteristics of these networks open the door to abuses by malicious peers spreading tampered resources such as viruses and worms. Moreover, file sharing networks are vulnerable to problems and security concerns such as the selfishness of users which brings on the free-riding problem, the zero-cost identity problem, and the collusion among nodes to incorrectly promote or malign other nodes. To address these problems, we propose a robust reputation framework that integrates aspects of multiple trust domains and trust dimensions, a fairness participation scheme and an access control mechanism. We show that our system is highly effective in preventing the spread of malicious content and in promoting fairness under various threat models}, author = {Srour, Lara and Kayssi, Ayman and Chehab, Ali}, citeulike-article-id = {1451303}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4198798}, journal = {Securecomm and Workshops, 2006}, keywords = {file-sharing, gnutella, networks, reputation-based}, pages = {1--10}, posted-at = {2008-01-12 12:39:08}, priority = {3}, title = {Reputation-Based Algorithm for Managing Trust in File Sharing Networks}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4198798}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1451303 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1451303 N2 - Peer-to-peer file sharing networks, such as Gnutella, have gained large success and reached millions of users. However, the decentralized and anonymous characteristics of these networks open the door to abuses by malicious peers spreading tampered resources such as viruses and worms. Moreover, file sharing networks are vulnerable to problems and security concerns such as the selfishness of users which brings on the free-riding problem, the zero-cost identity problem, and the collusion among nodes to incorrectly promote or malign other nodes. To address these problems, we propose a robust reputation framework that integrates aspects of multiple trust domains and trust dimensions, a fairness participation scheme and an access control mechanism. We show that our system is highly effective in preventing the spread of malicious content and in promoting fairness under various threat models JF - Securecomm and Workshops, 2006 EP - 10 TI - Reputation-Based Algorithm for Managing Trust in File Sharing Networks SP - 1 KW - file-sharing KW - gnutella KW - networks KW - reputation-based AU - Srour, Lara AU - Kayssi, Ayman AU - Chehab, Ali PY - 2006/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4198798 ER -