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Distributed Discovery of User Handles with Privacy

Paul, Thomas ; Hornung, Marius ; Strufe, Thorsten (2014)
Distributed Discovery of User Handles with Privacy.
Konferenzveröffentlichung, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Decentralized Online Social Networks (DOSN) seek to increase their users’ privacy by removing centralized data storage and control. Their lack of usability and competitive features has severely hindered their success. Even a privacy preserving user discovery, which seems paramount for a social networking service, so far has not been implemented. Aiming at a hybrid architecture of decentralized servers, as it is suggested by the currently most successful DOSN Diaspora amongst others, we suggest a distributed discovery of users. Our discovery mechanism protects privacy of users and does not create vulnerabilities to mass collections of profiles or SPAM.

The scheme adapts known techniques like DHT, indirection, and proof of knowledge, to meet the service specific requirements. A general implementation for a popular XMPP server furthermore gives proof of our concept and represents a first step towards constructing a reliable distributed social networking service with user discovery on decentralized servers, without leaking any information about its users.

Typ des Eintrags: Konferenzveröffentlichung
Erschienen: 2014
Autor(en): Paul, Thomas ; Hornung, Marius ; Strufe, Thorsten
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Distributed Discovery of User Handles with Privacy
Sprache: Deutsch
Publikationsjahr: Dezember 2014
Buchtitel: GlobeCom
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Decentralized Online Social Networks (DOSN) seek to increase their users’ privacy by removing centralized data storage and control. Their lack of usability and competitive features has severely hindered their success. Even a privacy preserving user discovery, which seems paramount for a social networking service, so far has not been implemented. Aiming at a hybrid architecture of decentralized servers, as it is suggested by the currently most successful DOSN Diaspora amongst others, we suggest a distributed discovery of users. Our discovery mechanism protects privacy of users and does not create vulnerabilities to mass collections of profiles or SPAM.

The scheme adapts known techniques like DHT, indirection, and proof of knowledge, to meet the service specific requirements. A general implementation for a popular XMPP server furthermore gives proof of our concept and represents a first step towards constructing a reliable distributed social networking service with user discovery on decentralized servers, without leaking any information about its users.

ID-Nummer: TUD-CS-2014-0983
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 20 Fachbereich Informatik
20 Fachbereich Informatik > Peer-to-Peer Netzwerke
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