Title :
Bootstrapping of Peer-to-Peer Networks
Author :
GauthierDickey, Chris ; Grothoff, Christian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Denver Univ., Denver, CO
fDate :
July 28 2008-Aug. 1 2008
Abstract :
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 peer-to-peer networks - without the need for centralized services or the public exposure of end-user´s private IP addresses.
Keywords :
IP networks; distributed processing; peer-to-peer computing; statistical analysis; IP address; distributed bootstrapping; domain name system; peer-to-peer network; start-of-authorities; statistical profile; Application software; Computer science; Databases; Domain Name System; IP networks; Network topology; Peer to peer computing; Probability; Random number generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; bootstrapping; decentralized; peer-to-peer; privacy;
Conference_Titel :
Applications and the Internet, 2008. SAINT 2008. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Turku
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3297-4
DOI :
10.1109/SAINT.2008.15
