Paper Info
Title
Libresocial: A Peer-To-Peer Framework For Online Social Networks
Abstract
Distributed online social networks (DOSNs) were first proposed to solve the problem of privacy, security, and scalability. A significant amount of research was undertaken to offer viable DOSN solutions that were capable of competing with the existing centralized OSN applications such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. This research led to the emergence of the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks as a possible solution, upon which several OSNs such as LifeSocial.KOM, Safebook, PeerSoN among others were based. In this article, we define the basic requirements for an P2P OSN. We then revisit one of the first P2P-based OSNs, LifeSocial.KOM, that is now called LibreSocial, which evolved in the past years to address the challenges of running a completely decentralized social network. Over the course of time, several essential new technologies have been incorporated within LibreSocial for better functionalities. In this article we describe the architecture and each individual component of LibreSocial and point out how LibreSocial meets the basic requirements for a fully functional distributed OSN.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1002/cpe.6150
CONCURRENCY AND COMPUTATION-PRACTICE & EXPERIENCE
Keywords
DocType
Volume
framework, peer&#8208, to&#8208, peer, social network
Journal
33
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
8
1532-0626
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kalman Graffi122828.17
Masinde Newton200.34