AuthenticPeer: A Reputation Management System for Peer-to-Peer Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

Reputation and trust are dominant challenges in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in general and peer-to-peer sensor network (P2PWSN) in particular. Numerous efforts have been devoted to developing reputation management systems that can alleviate the difficulties in finding trustworthy communication partners in P2P networks. There are two main approaches in this field: peer-based reputation systems and message-based reputation systems, each of which has its own advantages and limitations. In this paper, we propose a new reputation system for P2PWSN, AuthenticPeer, which utilizes techniques from both approaches in a way that maximizes their advantages and overcomes their limitations. The proposed system has been tested thoroughly in various simulated P2PWSN environments under various number of files and common threat models. Experimental results illustrate enhanced performance of AuthenticPeer reputation system when compared to two P2P reputation systems, EigenTrust and Incremental EigenTrust, in terms of success rate of good users and fraction of inauthentic downloads, specifically with the threat models: individual malicious, malicious collective, camouflaged collective, and malicious spies, regardless of the number of files in the networks.

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“…Trust management systems in P2P environments can be divided into three main categories. The first category is peer-based trust systems, where the decision for which source to download is reached based on the honesty of peers; secondly, we have file-based trust systems, where the decision for which source to download is reached based on the quality of the provided file; the final category is hybrid-based systems, which are combinations of peer and file systems [49]. Among the different categories, peer-based systems are the most commonly employed.…”

“…AuthenticPeer [49] is a hybrid-based trust management system in P2P wireless sensor networks. It uses techniques from the peer and file approaches to maximize features and overcome limitations.…”

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“…Trust management systems can be classified on the basis of the main entity considered in the reputation calculation into three categories: peer-based, file-based, and hybrid trust management systems [8].…”

“…In peer-based trust management systems, reputation is calculated on the basis of the peer's past behavior regardless of the files past ratings. In other words, the choice of a server is based on the peer's reputation, not the file's trustworthiness [8]. One of the most well-known peer-based trust management systems is EigenTrust [6].…”

“…However, as P2P systems lack centralized control, authentication and authorization are difficult to implement [7]. Moreover, peers are unknown entities who can join and leave the network at any time [8]. Consequently, P2P systems are vulnerable to many types of security threats and malicious attacks, such as buggy or inauthentic files.…”