A Trust-based Middleware for Providing Security to Ad-Hoc Peer-to-Peer Applications

Trust has emerged as an important facet of inter-domain relationships. Trust management in fixed networks is not functional in ad hoc P2P networks, because these require an autonomous, user-centric and non-static trust management. The trust model is the basis of any security infrastructure. In this...

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Main Authors: Almenarez, F., Marin, A., Diaz, D., Cortes, A., Campo, C., Garcia-Rubio, C.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication system security
Data security
Middleware
Peer to peer computing
Personal digital assistants
Pervasive computing
Routing
Testing
Voting
Wireless application protocol
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Summary:Trust has emerged as an important facet of inter-domain relationships. Trust management in fixed networks is not functional in ad hoc P2P networks, because these require an autonomous, user-centric and non-static trust management. The trust model is the basis of any security infrastructure. In this paper, we propose a trust-based middleware for secure digital content sharing between pervasive devices. Such middleware allows to enhance security support of pervasive devices. Likewise, we propose a suitable and efficient secure file exchange protocol, WSFEP, for content sharing. Both middleware and file sharing application have been successfuly integrated and tested on PDAs.
DOI:10.1109/PERCOM.2008.95