The routing primitives implemented by current structured p2p overlays provide a besteffortservice to deliver a message to a replica root associated with a given key. Asdiscussed above, a malicious overlay node has ample opportunities to corrupt overlaylevelcommunication. ...

Peer to peer networks are dangerous, very less internet surfers know about it. Your computer is inviting hackers to invade. Let me explain briefly about p2p. When accessing the Internet, you access websites through an application known as a browser. Common browser applications are Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Mozilla. Peer-to-Peer ...

If you have installed file-sharing software, files on your computer may be available to other P2P users on the Internet without your knowledge. Many file-sharing applications also receive a continuous stream of advertisements whenever they are open, degrading your computer's performance and using additional network bandwidth. In addition to the ...

Sharebot stops P2P information leaks or should I have said unwanted information disclosure because, as you know, nothing can stop a disgruntled employee to upload your Q1 2007 profits & losses to a P2P network So,one of the biggest risks of using a P2P application is the lack of control over ...

Very interesting definitions that I found on www.dqchannels.com which I would like to highlight: 'Grayware' is a term that regularly appears on IT and security professionals' radar screens today. An umbrella term applied to ...