Multimedia Security in P2P Networks

Abstract: This Master thesis is a contribution to develope Multimedia security mechanisms for various P2P file sharing environments. Objective of this research thesis is to design a software tool for Multimedia business environments to fight against the copyright infringement in various P2P file sharing networks. In order to fulfil this objective, a combined implementation of two independent mechanisms designed at Fraunhofer IPSI is required. So far, the combined implementation does not yet exist for any P2P network. So, the first objective is to design a most comprehensive architecture for their implementation and the second objective is to validate that implementation built on top of the architecture. To do so, we have chosen BitTorrent network for implementation and validation.