A Generic Trust Overlay Simulator for P2P Networks

Abstract

Traditional overlay network simulators provide accurate low-level models of the network hardware and protocols but are but none of them deal with the problem of trust in the large scale overlay networks. We tackle this problem by employing a trust overlay simulator, which offer a viable solution to simulate trustworthy behavior in overlay networks. With this simulator, we can exam varies kinds of the trust and reputation mechanisms in the overlay environment. We hope that this simulator will help move the overlay network closer to fulfilling its promise by developing and testing trust and reputation-based protocols on it