4th Annual Communication Networks and Services Research Conference (CNSR'06)
Divalia: A Practical Framework for Anonymous Peer-to-Peer File Exchange in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
May 24-May 25
ISBN: 0-7695-2578-4
We describe Divalia, a new peer?to?peer (P2P) file exchange framework that targets mobile wireless ad-hoc networks. The framework supports anonymous transfers, to protect user privacy, as well as pre-authentication of data to be received, to reduce the likelihood of spoofs and the resulting bandwidth wastage. Divalia is composed of two parts: the Hash Set Dual-Request Protocol, to challenge a would-be provider to prove the possession of the requested file; and, a form of Direct Anonymous Broadcast, for anonymous acquisition of information to be used for the challenge. One goal of this paper is to demonstrate how an original and secure P2P system can be constructed within the constraints and opportunities of mobile wireless ad- hoc networks through the use of well known and extensively studied component cryptographic methods.
Citation:
Ryan Vogt, Ioanis Nikolaidis, Pawel Gburzynski, "Divalia: A Practical Framework for Anonymous Peer-to-Peer File Exchange in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks," cnsr, pp.149-156, 4th Annual Communication Networks and Services Research Conference (CNSR'06), 2006