Questions tagged [p2p]
A peer-to-peer (abbreviated to P2P) computer network is one in which each computer in the network can act as a client or server for the other computers in the network, allowing shared access to various resources such as files, peripherals, and sensors without the need for a central server.
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Discovery Service as a Trust Anchor for P2P Network?
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I'm designing a P2P network with a central Discovery Service (providing core info about every platform in the network) but no centralised Auth server.
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Possible public/private identity recovery after compromise without a centeral authority?
I’ve been thinking about P2P systems using asymmetric keys and wondering if there is anyway to recover an identity in the event it was compromised using some kind of web-of-trust.
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How can I securely generate secret-sharing/multisig keys on a p2p network?
I am trying to create a peer-to-peer escrow system. I need to encrypt the private key of a wallet with a 2-of-3 secret-sharing function - the buyer, seller, and arbitrator will each have have one key.
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P2P sharing of uniquely encrypted files
I need a way to share large, uniquely encrypted files (AES256) that are actually the same file when decrypted, through P2P, to optimize download speeds.
For instance, a centralized server would ...
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Routing attacks on Peer 2 Peer networks?
I've started creating a framework that aims to make anything into an IoT device. In order to stay online, a peer 2 peer layer needs to be implemented. On top of it, common point services will give the ...
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derived key from email + password?
When deriving a private key from a password, will the resulting secret key be any weaker if the user email is included in the function input? Meaning, user email concatenated with the user password.
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Is sharing with Direct Connect DC++ secure?
As I have some useful software that I want to share with friends and I don't like to get involved with torrents, DC++ (P2P client for sharing and chatting) seems a good way to do it, but I'm not sure ...
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