In most P2P business models, in which users purchase the media, it is necessary to securely identify the user in order to facilitate payment. In this paper, we present a technique ...
The open and anonymous nature of a P2P network makes it an ideal medium for attackers to spread malicious content. In this paper, we propose a reputation-based trust management sy...
Peer-to-peer technologies are increasingly becoming the medium of choice for delivering media content, both professional and homegrown, to large user populations. Indeed, current ...
In both academia and industry, peer-to-peer (P2P) applications have attracted great attention. Peer-to-peer file sharing applications, such as Napster, Gnutella, Kazaa, BitTorrent...
Background: In computer science, database systems are based on the relational model founded by Edgar Codd in 1970. On the other hand, in the area of biology the word 'databas...