ID mapping attacks in P2P networks

Current P2P (overlay) networks have been designed with a focus on the construction of efficientmechanisms for the storage and retrieval of information among a community of participating nodes,with limited attention to the protection from malicious behaviors. The paper analyzes the attacks thatcan be realized on the choice of identifiers by the nodes and proposes adequate countermeasures. Thepaper uses as a reference the Kademlia protocol, but the results are immediately applicable to most DHTnetworks.