Secure and Private Service Discovery in Pervasive Computing Environments

Every year, billions of computing devices are built and seamlessly integrated into our surroundings and daily lives. In the near future, we will live in pervasive computing environments. In these environments, devices range from traditional PCs, printers, or servers, to devices that people carry, wear, and to the devices that are embedded into commodities and ambient environments. Smart phones, iPods, smartcards, RFID tags, and various sensors are already ubiquitous. New types of devices are emerging rapidly. It is predicted that within a decade one may interact with thousands of computing devices in pervasive computing environments. Unlike traditional computing environments, pervasive computing poses at least two new challenges: a great number of devices and extremely dynamic computing environments. Unattended devices and service or partial failures may cause network services inaccessible. New networks ABSTRACT