Master of Puppets: Trusting Silicon in the Fight for Practical Security in Fully Decentralised Peer-to-Peer Networks

Bernd Prünster, Edona Fasllija, Dominik Mocher

2019

Abstract

This paper presents a practical solution to Sybil and eclipse attacks in a fully decentralised peer-to-peer context by utilising trusted computing features of modern Android devices. We achieve this by employing hardware-based attestation mechanisms introduced in recent Android versions and bind each P2P network node identifier to a distinct physical device. In contrast to resource-testing approaches, this binding makes it impossible for attackers to rely on cheap cloud computing resources to outperform legitimate users. We address well-known P2P challenges by applying trusted computing approaches, which were previously only theorised in this context. This results in a system that can now actually be implemented on a global scale. We thoroughly mind bandwidth, power and performance constraints to achieve a ready-to-use solution whose only requirement is the possession of a recent Android phone.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Prünster B., Fasllija E. and Mocher D. (2019). Master of Puppets: Trusting Silicon in the Fight for Practical Security in Fully Decentralised Peer-to-Peer Networks.In Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications - Volume 2: SECRYPT, ISBN 978-989-758-378-0, pages 252-259. DOI: 10.5220/0007926702520259

in Bibtex Style

@conference{secrypt19,
author={Bernd Prünster and Edona Fasllija and Dominik Mocher},
title={Master of Puppets: Trusting Silicon in the Fight for Practical Security in Fully Decentralised Peer-to-Peer Networks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications - Volume 2: SECRYPT,},
year={2019},
pages={252-259},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007926702520259},
isbn={978-989-758-378-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications - Volume 2: SECRYPT,
TI - Master of Puppets: Trusting Silicon in the Fight for Practical Security in Fully Decentralised Peer-to-Peer Networks
SN - 978-989-758-378-0
AU - Prünster B.
AU - Fasllija E.
AU - Mocher D.
PY - 2019
SP - 252
EP - 259
DO - 10.5220/0007926702520259