Mistrustful P2P: Deterministic privacy-preserving P2P file sharing model to hide user content interests in untrusted peer-to-peer networks

摘要

P2P networks endowed individuals with the means to easily and efficiently distribute digital media over the Internet, but user legal liability issues may be raised as they also facilitate the unauthorized distribution and reproduction of copyrighted material. Traditional P2P file sharing systems focus on performance and scalability, disregarding any privacy or legal issues that may arise from their use. Lacking alternatives, and unaware of the privacy issues that arise from relaying traffic of insecure applications, users have adopted anonymity systems for P2P file sharing.