DECLUSTERING THE ITRUST SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL NETWORK TO INCREASE TRUSTWORTHINESS

Christopher M. Badger, Louise E. Moser, P. Michael Melliar-Smith, Isai Michel Lombera, Yung-Ting Chuang

2012

Abstract

The iTrust search and retrieval network aims to provide trustworthy access to information on theWeb by making it difficult to censor or filter information. The declustering algorithm, presented in this paper, randomizes the network in a manner that reduces the clustering, or cliquishness, of the network. This randomization also reduces the necessary amount of cooperation between nodes by ensuring that a connection to any node is short-lived and can be replaced with a connection to another node from a large pool of known peers. Thus, the declustering algorithm reduces the expectation of cooperation among peers, which represents the degree to which the nodes rely on, or act on, information provided by their peers. In general, the smaller the expectation of cooperation, the less susceptible the network is to malicious attacks. Simulation results demonstrate that the declustering algorithm succeeds in randomizing the neighbors of a node in the network and, thus, in reducing the likelihood of malicious attacks.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

M. Badger C., E. Moser L., Michael Melliar-Smith P., Michel Lombera I. and Chuang Y. (2012). DECLUSTERING THE ITRUST SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL NETWORK TO INCREASE TRUSTWORTHINESS . In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-8565-08-2, pages 312-322. DOI: 10.5220/0003908503120322

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist12,
author={Christopher M. Badger and Louise E. Moser and P. Michael Melliar-Smith and Isai Michel Lombera and Yung-Ting Chuang},
title={DECLUSTERING THE ITRUST SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL NETWORK TO INCREASE TRUSTWORTHINESS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2012},
pages={312-322},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003908503120322},
isbn={978-989-8565-08-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - DECLUSTERING THE ITRUST SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL NETWORK TO INCREASE TRUSTWORTHINESS
SN - 978-989-8565-08-2
AU - M. Badger C.
AU - E. Moser L.
AU - Michael Melliar-Smith P.
AU - Michel Lombera I.
AU - Chuang Y.
PY - 2012
SP - 312
EP - 322
DO - 10.5220/0003908503120322