Security and Privacy in Mobile Information and Communication Systems. First International ICST Conference, MobiSec 2009, Turin, Italy, June 3-5, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Filtering SPAM in P2PSIP Communities with Web of Trust

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-04434-2_10,
        author={Juho Heikkil\aa{} and Andrei Gurtov},
        title={Filtering SPAM in P2PSIP Communities with Web of Trust},
        proceedings={Security and Privacy in Mobile Information and Communication Systems. First International ICST Conference, MobiSec 2009, Turin, Italy, June 3-5, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBISEC},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={p2p social networking trust spam prevention},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-04434-2_10}
    }
    
  • Juho Heikkilä
    Andrei Gurtov
    Year: 2012
    Filtering SPAM in P2PSIP Communities with Web of Trust
    MOBISEC
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04434-2_10
Juho Heikkilä1,*, Andrei Gurtov1,*
  • 1: Helsinki University of Technology
*Contact email: Juho.Heikkila@hiit.fi, Andrei.Gurtov@hiit.fi

Abstract

Spam is a dominant problem on email systems today. One of the reasons is the lack of infrastructure for security and trust. As Voice over IP (VoIP) communication becomes increasingly popular, proliferation of spam calls is only a matter of time. As SIP identity scheme is practically similar to email, those share the same threats. We utilized Host Identity Protocol (HIP) to provide basic security, such as end-to-end encryption. To provide call filtering, however, other tools are needed. In this paper, we suggest applying trust paths familiar from the PGP web of trust to prevent unwanted communication in P2PSIP communities.