BitTorrent vulnerability to free riders: Root causes analysis

Farag Azzedin; Mohammed Onimisi Yahaya

doi:10.1109/HPCSim.2014.6903794

BitTorrent vulnerability to free riders: Root causes analysis

Farag Azzedin^*, Mohammed Onimisi Yahaya

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

BitTorrent has gained popularity as a file sharing environment. The concept of sharing assumes that every peer in the environment contributes. However, the action of not sharing negates the fundamental concepts of BitTorrent. In this paper, we investigate the free riding phenomenon in BitTorrent. Through simulation experiments, we study in detail BitTorrent's vulnerability to free riders.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014
Editors	Waleed Smari, Vesna Zeljkovic
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	978-984
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479953127
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCSim.2014.6903794
State	Published - 18 Sep 2014

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Name	Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014

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Keywords

BitTorrent
Distributed systems
choking algorithm
free riding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Software
Modeling and Simulation

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Azzedin, F., & Yahaya, M. O. (2014). BitTorrent vulnerability to free riders: Root causes analysis. In W. Smari, & V. Zeljkovic (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014 (pp. 978-984). Article 6903794 (Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCSim.2014.6903794

Azzedin, Farag ; Yahaya, Mohammed Onimisi. / BitTorrent vulnerability to free riders : Root causes analysis. Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014. editor / Waleed Smari ; Vesna Zeljkovic. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 978-984 (Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014).

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Azzedin, F & Yahaya, MO 2014, BitTorrent vulnerability to free riders: Root causes analysis. in W Smari & V Zeljkovic (eds), Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014., 6903794, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 978-984. https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCSim.2014.6903794

BitTorrent vulnerability to free riders: Root causes analysis. / Azzedin, Farag; Yahaya, Mohammed Onimisi.
Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014. ed. / Waleed Smari; Vesna Zeljkovic. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 978-984 6903794 (Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014).

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Azzedin F, Yahaya MO. BitTorrent vulnerability to free riders: Root causes analysis. In Smari W, Zeljkovic V, editors, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 978-984. 6903794. (Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2014). doi: 10.1109/HPCSim.2014.6903794

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