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The main characteristic of great autonomy of peers in Peer-to-Peer networks and the resulting “openness” of such networks makes them vulnerable to diverse attacks on their integrity and security. The possibility and the feasibility of obstruction of a Peer-to-Peer network as a whole, or forthright attacks on a single peer depend largely on a usage scenario of a Peer-to-Peer network. This aspect conditions the possibilities of attacks one has to either take care of or ignore.
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Divac-Krnic, L., Ackermann, R. (2005). 31. Security-Related Issues in Peer-to-Peer Networks. In: Steinmetz, R., Wehrle, K. (eds) Peer-to-Peer Systems and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3485. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11530657_31
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