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Secure Static Content Delivery for CDN Using Blockchain Technology

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Data Privacy Management, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology (DPM 2021, CBT 2021)

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Abstract

A Content Distribution Network (CDN) is a new kind of network to distribute services and content spatially relative to end-users, providing high availability and high performance. The Origin server uses several replicas to reach this goal, but trust issues are present between them and between servers and clients.

In this work, we present a proof-of-concept for secure static content delivery (e.g., documents, images) by using Blockchain, a technology with the capability to ensure reliability and trust without a central authority. To test our proposal’s feasibility, we developed a system prototype on the Ethereum private network. The test shows the system’s goodness and the ability to create a new content distribution model over the Internet.

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  1. University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Mauro Conti & Pier Paolo Tricomi

  2. Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India

    P. Vinod

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Conti, M., Vinod, P., Tricomi, P.P. (2022). Secure Static Content Delivery for CDN Using Blockchain Technology. In: Garcia-Alfaro, J., Muñoz-Tapia, J.L., Navarro-Arribas, G., Soriano, M. (eds) Data Privacy Management, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology. DPM CBT 2021 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13140. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93944-1_20

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