Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are composed of a large number of sensor nodes that are selforganized. The open nature of WSNs makes them easily exposed to a variety of attacks and brings many security challenges. Furthermore, because of the potentially dynamic behavior of WSNs, there is hardly any infrastructure or centralized control. To enhance the security in WSNs, it is necessary to evalua...

Nowadays, peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming systems have become the most popular way to deliver multimedia content over the internet due to their low bandwidth requirement and high video streaming quality. However, P2P streaming systems are vulnerable to various attacks, especially pollution attacks, due to their distributed and dynamically changing infrastructure. In this paper, by exploring the un...

In this paper, we introduce a framework for providing incentives for honest participation in global-scale distributed trust management infrastructures. Our system can improve the quality of information supplied by these systems by reducing free-riding and encouraging honesty. Our approach is twofold: (1) we provide rewards for participants that advertise their experiences to others, and (2) imp...

In this paper, Access Aware Routing Protocol (AARP) towards Trust Management problem for Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is proposed. In MANET, nodes periodically move over the terrain space with transmission range. In this research work a scheme to handle trust establishment and aggregation issues are proposed. Unlike trust management in previous schemes, trust management in MANET involves neigh...

Within the practitioner literature, trust has often been noted as a key component for the success of knowledge management practices; however, trust is a very complex construct that has many different facets and definitions. This paper reviews the trust literature to create an understanding of the different types and bases of trust. These types and bases of trust are then applied to the knowledg...

In the context of electronic commerce, when modeling the trustworthiness of selling agent relies (in part) on propagating ratings provided by buying agents that have personal experience with the seller, the problem of unfair ratings arises. Extreme diversity of open and dynamic electronic marketplaces causes difficulties in handling unfair ratings in trust management systems. To ease this probl...

Computational trust is a central paradigm in today’s Internet as our modern society is increasingly relying upon online transactions and social networks. This is indeed leading to the introduction of various trust management systems and associated trust models, which are customized according to their target applications. However, the heterogeneity of trust models prevents exploiting the trust k...

Mainly justified by the growing concern about vulnerabilities of IT systems, some new technologies are being integrated into computing devices, for realizing so-called Trusted Computing systems. However, they are raising questions about intrusive cyber-control over individual user activities and data, but also about consequences in cyber-war scenarios. The aim of this article is to confront Tru...

During their everyday decision making, humans consider the interplay between two types of trust: vertical trust and horizontal trust. Vertical trust captures the trust relationships that exist between individuals and institutions, while horizontal trust represents the trust that can be inferred from the observations and opinions of others. Although researchers are actively exploring both vertic...