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# Line 16  PEG attacking_gisp--hemppah: Line 16  PEG attacking_gisp--hemppah:
16  .. Affect-PEGs:  .. Affect-PEGs:
17    
18  This PEG document briefly describes the attack methods used by a "killer"  This PEG document briefly describes the attack methods used by a "killer"
19  program against the GISP P2P software. The program is intended to be used  program. The program is intended to be used to test GISP P2P software's
20  to test GISP's robustness against hostile attacks.    robustness against hostile attacks.  
21    
22  In this document we mean with "hostile peer" as an entity which is able to do a  In this document we mean with "hostile peer" as an entity which is able to do a
23  (limited/simplified/modified) number of regular GISP peer's functionalies  (limited/simplified/modified) number of regular GISP peer's functionalies
# Line 40  Research problems Line 40  Research problems
40  =================  =================
41    
42  GISP does not appear to address the attacks against DHT systems  GISP does not appear to address the attacks against DHT systems
43  described in Ref_1_ and Ref_2_.  described in ref1_ and ref2_. Using a simulation process as a
44    research method we want the answers to the following questions:
 For determining whether GISP is resilient against hostile attack,  
 we want the answers to the following questions:  
45    
46  - Does GISP have *obvious* exploits ?  - Does GISP have *obvious* exploits ?
47    
48  - If there are exploits how easily they can be used by an  - If there are exploits how easily they can be used by an
49    hostile peer ?    hostile peer ?
50      
51    - How severe implications attacks may cause to GISP network ?
52    
53  - Is GISP resilient against (hostile) attacks or not ?  - In general, is GISP resilient against (hostile) attacks or not ?
   
 - How severe implications attacks may cause ?  
54    
55  - How well GISP is able to re-organise after a (hostile) attack ?  - How well GISP is able to re-organise after a (hostile) attack ?
56    
# Line 65  simulation process by creating simple sc Line 63  simulation process by creating simple sc
63    
64  - A hostile peer(s) doesn't reply to queries (a "dumb" peer)*  - A hostile peer(s) doesn't reply to queries (a "dumb" peer)*
65    
66    .. Next you should describe the exact scenarios you want to try,
67       so start with the dumb peer and specify it exactly. Then run
68       the test.
69      
70    Scenario
71    
72    
73  - A hostile peer(s) tries to drop certain packets/queries wilfully*  - A hostile peer(s) tries to drop certain packets/queries wilfully*
74        
75  - A hostile peer(s) forwards queries to incorrect destination peers  - A hostile peer(s) forwards queries to incorrect destination peers
# Line 105  No changes are required to the Storm imp Line 110  No changes are required to the Storm imp
110  codebase.  codebase.
111    
112    
113  .. _Ref_1: http://www.cs.rice.edu/Conferences/IPTPS02/173.pdf      .. _ref1: http://www.cs.rice.edu/Conferences/IPTPS02/173.pdf    
114  .. _Ref_2: http://dcslab.snu.ac.kr/~buggy/p2p/paper/security/Pastry%20--%20Security%20for%20structured%20peer-to-peer%20overlay%20networks.pdf  .. _ref2: http://dcslab.snu.ac.kr/~buggy/p2p/paper/security/Pastry%20--%20Security%20for%20structured%20peer-to-peer%20overlay%20networks.pdf

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