CCS
2006
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
2006
ACM
In this paper, we introduce the concept of witness anonymity for peer-to-peer systems. Witness anonymity combines the seemingly conflicting requirements of anonymity (for honest p...
ELPUB
2007
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2007
ACM
Content publishing and distribution often occurs in a costly and inefficient manner via client/server networks. Client/server models exhibit negative network externalities in that...
ATAL
2009
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2009
Springer
Modern peer-to-peer file sharing systems rely heavily on the willingness of users to distribute files to others. A selfish user can choose to download a file and consume resou...
P2P
2002
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2002
IEEE
In most peer-to-peer systems, edge resources self-organize into overlay networks. At the core of Freenet-style peer-to-peer systems are insert and request algorithms that dynamica...
ICDCSW
2002
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2002
IEEE
Peer-to-peer systems recently captured the attention of practitioners and researchers as they provide an attractive alternative to client-server architectures. Peerto-peer enables...
IPTPS
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2003
Springer
This paper addresses a simple, yet fundamental question in the design of peer-to-peer systems: What does it mean when we say “availability” and how does this understanding imp...
ICNP
2003
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2003
IEEE
Peer-to-peer systems have quickly become a popular way for file sharing and distribution. In this paper, we focus on the subsystem consisting of peers and their actions relative ...
ICNP
2003
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2003
IEEE
Peer-to-peer systems enable efficient resource aggregation and are inherently scalable since they do not depend on any centralized authority. However, lack of a centralized autho...
WCW
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2004
Springer
Peer-to-peer systems such as Gnutella and Kazaa are used by millions of people for sharing music and many other files over the Internet, and they account for a significant portio...
ADVIS
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2004
Springer
Emerging peer-to-peer services such as Freenet, Gnutella, Kazaa, and Napster provide an easy and efficient way to share resources and information. However, misuse or unfair exploit...