DocumentCode :
1954621
Title :
Exploiting approximate transitivity of trust
Author :
Morselli, Ruggero ; Bhattacharjee, Bobby ; Katz, Jonathan ; Marsh, Michael
Author_Institution :
University of Maryland, USA
fYear :
2007
fDate :
10-14 Sept. 2007
Firstpage :
515
Lastpage :
524
Abstract :
Social networks, of which webs of trust are a particular type, have been shown to be effective ways of moving information with minimal external configuration, setup, or management. For applications requiring information assurance, a web of trust is an appealing system architecture, since trust is an inherent component of both the network design and assurance. The trust in a typical web of trust is not transitive, however, making the construction of an application with strong assurance difficult or impossible. Instead, in this paper we examine a notion of weak assurance that can be provided by a web of trust, and might be “good enough” for many applications. As a motivating example, and to provide a more concrete basis for exposition, we present KeyChains, a peer-to-peer system that operates over a distributed web of trust to provide fully decentralized public key publishing and retrieval. In addition to weak assurance guarantees, KeyChains also provides an audit trail for public keys retrieved. Our analysis and simulations show that the resulting system is both efficient and secure.
Keywords :
Analytical models; Concrete; Least squares approximation; Packaging; Peer to peer computing; Protocols; Public key; Publishing; Service oriented architecture; Social network services;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems, 2007. BROADNETS 2007. Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Raleigh, NC, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1432-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1433-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/BROADNETS.2007.4550477
Filename :
4550477
Link To Document :
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