Inference of peer temperament in unstructured peer-to-peer networks by creating a virtual multi layer structure

Abstract

The innate exposure of P2P network to various types of attacks leads to increasing levels of vagueness and menace. Among the different security enforcing mechanisms trust management using reputation based methods plays a vital role. Various reputation models developed in history and recent times are mentioned. This paper suggests a reputation model for unstructured P2P network by creating a virtual multi layer network. The fundamental operation behind the Multilayer network is utility calculation and transmission of tags. This method will make the network to scale well for large number of peers. In addition to scalability other features includes effortless searching and reduction in unwanted use of system resources.