1st International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing

Research Article

Analysis of peer-to-peer distributed reputation schemes

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651237,
        author={Manuel Rodriguez-Perez and Oscar Esparza and Jose L. Mu\`{o}oz},
        title={Analysis of peer-to-peer distributed reputation schemes},
        proceedings={1st International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
        year={2006},
        month={7},
        keywords={Collaboration  Context  Context-aware services  Costs  Network servers  Network topology  Peer to peer computing  Proposals  Scalability  Telematics},
        doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651237}
    }
    
  • Manuel Rodriguez-Perez
    Oscar Esparza
    Jose L. Muñoz
    Year: 2006
    Analysis of peer-to-peer distributed reputation schemes
    COLLABORATECOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651237
Manuel Rodriguez-Perez1,*, Oscar Esparza1,*, Jose L. Muñoz1,*
  • 1: Engineering Telematics Department (Technical University of Catalonia)
*Contact email: manuelr@entel.upc.es, oscar.esparza@entel.upc.es, jose.munoz@entel.upc.es

Abstract

Peer-to-peer systems consist of groups of nodes acting as clients and servers. These groups of nodes communicate directly among themselves through wide-area networks. Some of the benefits of fully distributed peer-to-peer systems are scalability, resource aggregation and interoperability without any administration cost or centralized infrastructure support. In this context, reputation schemes aid the service requesters to choose the proper resource provider and to prevent malicious behaviors. This paper analyzes reputation management in fully distributed peer-to-peer systems. This paper discusses the main issues that a reputation framework must address and analyzes the most representative distributed reputation systems. This paper also discusses the main advantages and drawbacks of each proposal in relation to peer-to-peer reputation system requirements.