DDNFS: a Distributed Digital Notary File System
Alexander Zangerl

TL;DR
The paper introduces DDNFS, a peer-to-peer distributed notary file system that enhances trust and robustness in online communications by using multiple independent notaries for integrity certification and data replication.
Contribution
It proposes a novel distributed notary system leveraging peer-to-peer technology to improve trustworthiness and resilience over traditional monolithic trust infrastructures.
Findings
Prototype implementation demonstrates effective integrity certification.
System handles common threat patterns successfully.
Enhanced robustness through multiple independent notaries.
Abstract
Safeguarding online communications using public key cryptography is a well-established practice today, but with the increasing reliance on `faceless', solely online entities one of the core aspects of public key cryptography is becoming a substantial problem in practice: Who can we trust to introduce us to and vouch for some online party whose public key we see for the first time? Most existing certification models lack flexibility and have come under attack repeatedly in recent years, and finding practical improvements has a high priority. We propose that the real-world concept of a notary or certifying witness can be adapted to today's online environment quite easily, and that such a system when combined with peer-to-peer technologies for defense in depth is a viable alternative to monolithic trust infrastructures. Instead of trusting assurances from a single party, integrity…
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Taxonomy
TopicsCryptography and Data Security · Distributed systems and fault tolerance · Access Control and Trust
