期刊名称:Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law
印刷版ISSN:1558-7215
电子版ISSN:1558-7223
出版年度:2015
卷号:10
期号:4
页码:10
出版社:Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law
摘要:In April 2015, BitTorrent Inc. released their distributed peer-to-peer powered browser, Project Maelstrom, into public beta. The browser facilitates a new alternative website distribution paradigm to the traditional HTTP-based, client-server model. This decentralised web is powered by each of the visitors accessing each Maelstrom hosted website. Each user shares their copy of the website;s source code and multimedia content with new visitors. As a result, a Maelstrom hosted website cannot be taken offline by law enforcement or any other parties. Due to this open distribution model, a number of interesting censorship, security and privacy considerations are raised. This paper explores the application, its protocol, sharing Maelstrom content and its new visitor powered ``web-hosting'' paradigm.
关键词:Project Maelstrom; BitTorrent; Decentralised Web; Alternative Web; Browser Forensics