DocumentCode :
2898494
Title :
A New Security Architecture for BitTorrent
Author :
Bader, Firas ; Radoveneanu, Andra ; Ragab-Hassen, Hani
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK
fYear :
2011
fDate :
16-18 Nov. 2011
Firstpage :
451
Lastpage :
455
Abstract :
With the proliferation of the use of Internet for distributing multimedia and software content, there is an increasing need for efficient and secure data distribution mechanisms that can scale to large numbers of users. The peer-to-peer protocol BitTorrent is scalable and is widely used to share unprotected files. The lack of security in BitTorrent obstructs its deployment for business applications. P2P systems have developed up to a point where their use in a business context is hampered by the lack of security. We propose to add the missing security services, widening the range of use of P2P systems. In this paper we propose a new and scalable security architecture for BitTorrent that provides reliable mechanisms for authentication, authorization, and confidentiality. The security architecture we propose for BitTorrent could be used in both personal and business contexts, and its comparison to existing architectures shows its efficiency.
Keywords :
computer network security; multimedia computing; peer-to-peer computing; protocols; BitTorrent; Internet; multimedia content distribution; peer-to-peer protocol; scalable security architecture; secure data distribution; software content distribution; Authentication; Authorization; Peer to peer computing; Protocols; Servers; BitTorrent; Peer-to-peer; X.509; XACML; access control;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2011 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Changsha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2135-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/TrustCom.2011.58
Filename :
6120851
Link To Document :
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