Year: 2018
Type: preprint
Abstract: We present IPchain, a blockchain to store the allocations and delegations of IP addresses, with the aim of easing the deployment of secure interdomain routing systems. Interdomain routing security is of vital importance to the Internet since it prevents unwanted traffic redirections. IPchain makes use of blockchains' properties to provide flexible trust models and simplified management when compared to existing systems. In this paper we argue that Proof of Stake is a suitable consensus algorithm for IPchain due to the unique incentive structure of this use-case. We have implemented and evaluated IPchain's performance and scalability storing around 150k IP prefixes in a 1GB chain.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Paillisse, Jordi, Ferriol, Miquel, Garcia, Eric, Latif, Hamid, Piris, Carlos, Lopez, Albert, Kuerbis, Brenden, Rodriguez-Natal, Alberto, Ermagan, Vina, Maino, Fabio, Cabellos, Albert
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G2341921237
OpenAlex ID: W2952230234