PKI-based security for peer-to-peer information sharing

Conference · Sun May 02 04:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:828735

Berket, Karlo ^[1]; Essiari, Abdelilah; Muratas, Artur

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The free flow of information is the feature that has made peer-to-peer information sharing applications popular. However, this very feature holds back the acceptance of these applications by the corporate and scientific communities. In these communities it is important to provide confidentiality and integrity of communication and to enforce access control to shared resources. We present a number of security mechanisms that can be used to satisfy these security requirements. Our solutions are based on established and proven security techniques and we utilize existing technologies when possible. As a proof of concept, we have developed an information sharing system, called scishare, which integrates a number of these security mechanisms to provide a secure environment for information sharing. This system will allow a broader set of user communities to benefit from peer-to-peer information sharing.

• Research Organization: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 828735
• Report Number(s): LBNL--54975
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNITIES
PEER-TO-PEER INFORMATION-SHARING PKI SECURITY AUTHORIZATION
SECURITY