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A survey of anonymous peer-to-peer file-sharing

  • T. Chothia
  • , K. Chatzikokolakis

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    Abstract

    This paper provides a survey of searchable, peer-to-peer file-sharing systems that offer the user some form of anonymity. We start this survey by giving a brief description of the most popular methods of providing anonymous communication. These include the Ants protocol, Onion routing, Multicasting, MIXes and UDP address spoofing. We then describe a number of implemented systems based on one, or a combination of, these methods. Finally, we discuss possible attacks on the anonymity of these systems and give examples of particular attacks and defences used by the systems we describe.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEmbedded and ubiquitous computing - EUC 2005 workshops : EUC 2005 Workshops: UISW, NCUS, SecUbiq, USN, and TAUES, Nagasaki, Japan, December 6-9, 2005 : proceedings)
    EditorsT. Enokido, L. Yan, B. Xiao, D. Kim, Y.S. Dai, L.T. Yang
    Place of PublicationBerlin
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages744-755
    ISBN (Print)3-540-30803-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume3823
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743

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