CCS
2006
ACM
14 years 4 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
14 years 4 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
14 years 5 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
14 years 5 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
14 years 5 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
14 years 5 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
14 years 5 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
14 years 5 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
14 years 5 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
14 years 5 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...