Question

In peer to peer systems, the guarantees offered by conventional servers may be violated by:(a) physical damage to the host;(b) Errors or inconsistencies by system administrators or their managers;(c) successful attacks on the security of the system software;(d) hardware or software errors.Give two examples of possible incidents for each type of violation. Which of them could be described as a breach of trust or a criminal act? Would they be breaches of trust if they occurred on a personal computer that was contributing some resources to a peer-to-peer service? Why is this relevant for peer-to-peer systems?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The two examples for each type of violation:

A) Power failure and Act of sabotage

B) Accidental deletion of file and Permission failure

C) Tampering of data, Denial of service attack

D) Failures of HDD (hard disk) and finding program bugs.

Note:

There is a difference in trusted behavior for pc's and servers are relevant because pea-to-peer system must be designed to cope with the looser interpretation of trust for pi s