Bitswap is the data exchange protocol for the content-addressed peer-to-peer overlay network IPFS. During content discovery, Bitswap reveals the interest of a peer in content to all neighbors, enabling the tracking of user interests. In our paper, we propose a modification of the Bitswap protocol, which enables source obfuscation using proxies for content discovery. The proxies are selected via a random-walk. Enabling content discovery through proxies introduces plausible deniability. We evaluate the protocol modification with a simulation. The protocol modification demonstrates enhanced privacy, while maintaining acceptable performance levels.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 wedler2024plausibly
%A Wedler, Manuel
%A Daniel, Erik
%A Tschorsch, Florian
%B 2024 IEEE 49th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)
%D 2024
%K imported
%P 1-9
%R 10.1109/LCN60385.2024.10639726
%T Plausibly Deniable Content Discovery for Bitswap Using Random Walks
%X Bitswap is the data exchange protocol for the content-addressed peer-to-peer overlay network IPFS. During content discovery, Bitswap reveals the interest of a peer in content to all neighbors, enabling the tracking of user interests. In our paper, we propose a modification of the Bitswap protocol, which enables source obfuscation using proxies for content discovery. The proxies are selected via a random-walk. Enabling content discovery through proxies introduces plausible deniability. We evaluate the protocol modification with a simulation. The protocol modification demonstrates enhanced privacy, while maintaining acceptable performance levels.
@inproceedings{wedler2024plausibly,
abstract = {Bitswap is the data exchange protocol for the content-addressed peer-to-peer overlay network IPFS. During content discovery, Bitswap reveals the interest of a peer in content to all neighbors, enabling the tracking of user interests. In our paper, we propose a modification of the Bitswap protocol, which enables source obfuscation using proxies for content discovery. The proxies are selected via a random-walk. Enabling content discovery through proxies introduces plausible deniability. We evaluate the protocol modification with a simulation. The protocol modification demonstrates enhanced privacy, while maintaining acceptable performance levels.},
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author = {Wedler, Manuel and Daniel, Erik and Tschorsch, Florian},
biburl = {https://puma.scadsai.uni-leipzig.de/bibtex/2083a2686152a4086fc32e8964bacf30c/scadsfct},
booktitle = {2024 IEEE 49th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)},
doi = {10.1109/LCN60385.2024.10639726},
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issn = {2832-1421},
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month = oct,
pages = {1-9},
timestamp = {2024-12-11T12:11:20.000+0100},
title = {Plausibly Deniable Content Discovery for Bitswap Using Random Walks},
year = 2024
}
