Reputation Management Framework and Its Use as Currency in Large-Scale Peer-to-Peer Networks

  • Authors:
  • Rohit Gupta;Arun K. Somani

  • Affiliations:
  • Iowa State University;Iowa State University

  • Venue:
  • P2P '04 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a reputation management framework for large-scale peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, wherein all nodes are assumed to behave selfishly. The proposed framework has several advantages. It enables a form of virtual currency, such that the reputation of nodes is a measure of their wealth. The framework is scalable and provides protection against attacks by malicious nodes. The above features are achieved by developing trusted communities of nodes whose members trust each other and cooperate to deal with the problem of nodesý selfishness and possible maliciousness.