Mutual anonymity protocol with integrity protection for mobile peer-to-peer networks

  • Authors:
  • Kuo-Yu Tsai;Chien-Lung Hsu;Tzong-Chen Wu

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Information Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan.;Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan 333, Taiwan.;Department of Information Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Security and Networks
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

A mobile peer-to-peer network (MOPNET) has drawn increasing attentions for its communication convenience and ease of resource sharing in an unfixed infrastructure. The essential requirements for applications in a MOPNET are to enforce trust of transmitted data and security of peers. However, most of mutual anonymity protocols for a MOPNET lack integrity protection, and hence, any peer might suffer from some potential security threats such as virus-infected or Trojan horse files. This paper proposes a mutual anonymity protocol with integrity protection for a MOPNET, in which the initiator and responder anonymously share data with each other, and ensure its integrity.