Over the Internet today, computing and communications environments are significantly more
complex and chaotic than classical distributed systems, lacking any centralized organization …

One of the most striking properties of the Internet is its flexibility to accommodate features it
was not conceived for. Among the most significant examples, in this survey we consider the …

Recent years have witnessed growing consolidation of web operations. For example, the
majority of web traffic now originates from a few organizations, and even micro-websites …

With the dramatically increasing deployment of IoT devices, storing and protecting the large
volume of IoT data has become a significant issue. Traditional cloud-based IoT structures …

Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs), like Blockchain, are characterized by features such
as transparency, traceability, and security by design. These features make the adoption of …

We present Tapestry, a peer-to-peer overlay routing infrastructure offering efficient, scalable,
location-independent routing of messages directly to nearby copies of an object or service …

A fundamental problem in studying peer-to-peer networks is the evaluation of new protocols.
This paper presents OverSim, a flexible overlay network simulation framework based on …

A key feature that distinguishes modern botnets from earlier counterparts is their increasing
use of structured overlay topologies. This lets them carry out sophisticated coordinated …

Reputation systems are crucial for distributed applications in which users have to be made
accountable for their actions, such as e-commerce websites. However, existing systems …

Load balancing is a critical issue for the efficient operation of peer-to-peer networks. We give
two new load-balancing protocols whose provable performance guarantees are within a …