Bootstrapping of Peer-to-Peer Networks

In this paper, we present the first heuristic for fully distributed bootstrapping of peer-to-peer networks. Our heuristic generates a stream of promising IP addresses to be probed as entry points. This stream is generated using statistical profiles using the IP ranges of start-of-authorities (SOAs) in the domain name system (DNS). We present experimental results demonstrating that with this approach it is efficient and practical to bootstrap Gnutella-sized peerto-peer networks – without the need for centralized services or the public exposure of end-user’s private IP addresses.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: SAINT
• Authors: Chris GauthierDickey, Christian Grothoff
• Keywords: End-user’s Private Ip, Internet Technology, IP Addresses, Promising Ip, SAINT 2008