JP2006246401A - Hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system, index server thereof, terminal device, and mirror peer creating method in the same system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To safely and surely acquire contents even if a peer can not be connected by redundantly accumulating information without leaking the information to the peer. <P>SOLUTION: In the hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system, an index server 5 manages system connection states (log-on, log-off) of peers 1-4 by polling or the like, a data providing peer stores encrypted contents into a peer of a mirroring destination under an instruction by the index server 5, and a data requesting peer acquires desired contents from the peer of the mirroring destination and decodes the acquired contents, while the data storage destination peer logs off, under key management by the index server 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system, an index server thereof, a terminal device, and a method of creating a mirror peer in the system.

P2P communication network systems that exchange data with each other by peer-to-peer (hereinafter referred to as P2P) are becoming widespread. In such a system, each peer manages its own information, but when a certain peer becomes unable to connect, it becomes impossible to acquire information managed by that peer.
In order to solve this problem, an attempt to improve the availability of the system by redundantly storing information in other peers is also being considered. However, such attempts have a drawback in that information managed by the peer is leaked to other peers that do not need to acquire information.

On the other hand, there is known an information sharing system in which secret information can be shared by a plurality of users, and it is possible to prevent peeping or falsification of encrypted information without using complicated access control. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP-A-11-143359

  As described above, when information is redundantly accumulated in other peers in order to improve the availability of the P2P communication network system, the peer is not required to acquire the information. There was a drawback that information to be managed leaked. Also, in a hybrid P2P communication network system equipped with an index server, if a peer that logs off the system due to power off or failure of a peer participating in the system, the data possessed by the peer cannot be acquired. There was a problem that. Particularly in applications in the medical field, for example, when distributing medical chart information, doctors have pointed out that if a medical chart cannot be obtained, it has a significant impact on medical care, but it is not permitted. It is necessary to prevent the person from browsing.

  The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, information can be stored redundantly without leaking to other peers, and even if the user is unable to connect the corresponding peer, It is an object of the present invention to provide a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system, an index server thereof, a terminal device, and a method of creating a mirror peer in the system capable of acquiring contents securely and reliably.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system that includes an index server and a plurality of terminal devices, and exchanges data between peers. Monitors the connection status of each peer connected to the communication network, receives an index acquisition request from the data requesting peer, and confirms that the storage destination peer corresponding to the searched index is not connected to the communication network. The mirror storage destination peer in which the content encrypted in advance corresponding to the index is registered, and the encryption key used at the time of registration are notified to the requested data request peer, The plurality of terminal devices encrypt the content when providing data, and the index server In addition to storing in the mirror storage destination peer that is instructed, the encryption key used at the time of encryption is registered in the index server, and at the time of data acquisition, the connection status of each peer connected from the index server to the communication network Each of the peers is configured to obtain information on the information, obtain the encrypted content from the mirror storage destination peer, and decrypt the encrypted content using an encryption key registered in the index server.

  The present invention is also an index server in a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system, which monitors the connection state of each peer connected to the communication network and receives and retrieves an index acquisition request from a data requesting peer. When it is confirmed that the storage destination peer corresponding to the index is not connected to the communication network, mirror peer management for notifying the mirror storage destination peer in which the content encrypted in advance corresponding to the index is registered And an encryption key management unit for notifying the requested content requesting peer of the encryption key used at the time of registration.

  In the present invention, when the mirror peer management unit receives an inquiry about the storage destination of the encrypted content from the data providing peer, the mirror peer management unit designates a mirror storage destination peer that is a mirror storage destination of the encrypted content, and The encryption key management unit registers an encryption key used when encrypting the content from the data providing peer, receives the content acquisition request of the data providing peer from the data requesting peer, and stores the mirror storage destination. And transmitting the encryption key to the requested data requesting peer and receiving an index acquisition request from the data requesting peer, and sending the retrieved index to the requested data requesting peer. An index control unit to transmit to the communication network of the storage destination peer corresponding to the index Information on kicking the connection state, characterized by comprising a connection management unit to be sent to a data requesting peer of said requirements.

  In the present invention, the connection management unit issues a polling request to each peer connected to the communication network at a predetermined time interval, and manages that the responding peer is connected to the communication network. Or, it is characterized in that it is managed by performing periodic registration from a peer and managing these in combination.

  The present invention also provides a terminal device constituting each of the peers in a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system including an index server, wherein the content server encrypts content and is instructed by the index server when providing data. And storing the encryption key used at the time of the encryption to the index server, and at the time of data acquisition, information on the connection status of each peer connected to the communication network from the index server. When it is confirmed that the storage destination peer corresponding to the index is not connected to the communication network, the encrypted content is acquired from the mirror storage destination peer and registered in the index server. Peer management means for decrypting using an encryption key And wherein the Rukoto.

  The present invention also relates to a method for creating a mirror peer in a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system having an index server and exchanging data between peers, wherein the index server is connected to a communication network. Monitoring the connection status of each peer, and the data providing peer encrypts the content and stores it in the mirror destination peer designated by the index server, and the encryption used for the encryption to the index server Registering a key; a data requesting peer obtaining information about a connection state of each peer connected to the communication network from the index server; and the data requesting peer corresponding to the index. Is connected to the communication network When it is confirmed that the encrypted content is obtained from the mirror storage destination peer and decrypted by using an encryption key registered in the index server. .

According to the present invention, the index server manages the system connection state (logon, logoff) of each peer by polling or the like, and the data providing peer sends the content encrypted under the instruction from the index server to the mirroring destination peer. The data requesting peer obtains and decrypts the desired content from the mirroring peer when the data saving peer is logged off under the key management by the index server, and decrypts it to other peers. Thus, it is possible to provide a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system capable of accumulating information redundantly and capable of acquiring content even when the corresponding peer cannot be connected. .
The present invention is particularly effective when used in a network system using peer-to-peer communication in which important data such as an electronic medical record is securely stored and reliably acquired. Of course, the present invention is not limited to the electronic medical record, and important data can be efficiently stored and acquired, so that a wide range of applications as a secure peer-to-peer communication network system can be expected.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of a hybrid P2P communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The hybrid P2P communication system includes an index server 5 and transmits data between peers A to D (1 to 4) including terminal devices such as PCs and mobile phones having a network connection environment via the P2P network 6. Exchange. Each of the peers A to D (1 to 4) encrypts the content and provides it to the mirror storage destination peer (any one of 1 to 4) designated by the index server 5 at the time of providing the data and It has a function to register the encryption key used at the time of encryption. Note that the data providing peer and the mirror saving peer are controlled in the system so as not to be the same. Further, at the time of data acquisition, information on the connection status of each of the peers A to D (1 to 4) connected to the P2P network 6 is obtained from the index server 5 and encrypted from the mirror storage destination peer (any one of 1 to 4). It also has a function of acquiring the received content and decrypting it using the encryption key notified from the index server 5.

  On the other hand, the index server 5 monitors the connection status of each of the peers 1 to 4 connected to the P2P network 6 and receives an index acquisition request from the data requesting peer (one of 1 to 4). When it is confirmed that the corresponding storage destination peer (any one of 1 to 4) is not connected to the P2P network 6, the mirror storage destination peer (1) in which the content encrypted in advance corresponding to the index is registered. -4) and the function of notifying the requested data requesting peer (any of 1-4) of the encryption key used at the time of registration. The timing at which the index server 5 notifies the encryption key and the mirror storage destination peer (any one of 1-4) may be the time when the data requesting peer (any one of 1-4) requests acquisition of data. By doing so, security can be further enhanced.

  Each of the peers A to D (1 to 4) stores the data in its own peers A to D (1 to 4) and provides the content to the index server 5 when the data is provided. The content received from each of the peers A to D (1 to 4) is encrypted, and the encrypted content is stored in the mirror storage destination peers A to D (any one of 1 to 4) other than the data providing peer, and the encryption is performed. Manage activation keys. The index request is received from the data requesting peer (any one of 1 to 4), and the index server 5 receives information on the connection status of each peer 1 to 4 connected to the P2P network 6 that owns the search result together with the search result. send. The data requesting peer (any one of 1-4) is notified that the storage destination peer (any one of 1-4) corresponding to the index is not connected to the P2P network 6, and the contents of the unconnected peer Is sent to the index server 5. The index server 5 acquires the encrypted content from the mirror storage destination peer (any one of 1 to 4), decrypts it using the encryption key possessed by the index server 5, and converts the content to the data requesting peer (1 To any one of (4) to (4).

  In this case, since each of the peers A to D (1 to 4) has no information about the encryption key or the mirror storage destination peer (any one of 1 to 4), security can be further improved.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an expanded function of the internal configuration of the index server according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The index server 5 according to the embodiment of the present invention monitors the connection state of each of the peers A to D (1 to 4) connected to the P2P network 6 and requests data among the peers A to D (1 to 4). If an index acquisition request is received from a peer that is a peer, and it is confirmed that the peer that is a storage destination peer corresponding to the searched index is not connected to the P2P network 6, it is encrypted in advance corresponding to the index. The server functions as server management means according to claim 2, in which the mirror storage destination peer in which the content has been registered and the encryption request key used at the time of registration are notified to the requested content requesting peer.
The index server 5 includes an index control unit 51, an index DB (database) 52, a mirror peer management unit 53, a mirror peer DB 54, an encryption key management unit 55, an encryption key DB 56, a connection management unit 57, It is comprised from connection information DB58.

When receiving the content request from the data requesting peer (any one of 1 to 4), the mirror peer management unit 53 notifies the mirror saving destination peer (any one of 1 to 4) that is the mirror saving destination of the encrypted content. .
Also, the encryption key management unit 55 receives the encryption key used when encrypting the content from the data providing peer (any one of 1 to 4) and registers it in the encryption key DB 56. Further, when an index request is received from a data requesting peer (any one of 1 to 4), the index control unit 51 retrieves an index from the index DB 52, responds with the index, and the connection management unit 57 similarly performs an index. When there is a request, information on the connection status of the storage destination peer corresponding to the index in the P2P network 6 is transmitted to the requested data requesting peer (any one of 1 to 4).

On the other hand, when the mirror peer management unit 53 receives the content request of the data providing peer (1 to 4) from the data requesting peer (1 to 4), the mirror peer management unit 53 sets the mirror saving destination peer (1 To 4), the encryption key management unit 55 transmits each of the encryption keys to the requested data requesting peer (any of 1 to 4).
The connection management unit 57 issues a polling request to each of the peers A to D (1 to 4) connected to the P2P network 6 at a predetermined time interval, and the peer that has made a status response (any one of 1 to 4) Are managed as being connected to the P2P network 6.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an expanded function of the internal configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The terminal device (each peer 1 to 4) according to the embodiment of the present invention encrypts the content and stores it in the mirror storage destination peer (one of 1 to 4) indicated by the index server 5 when providing data. The encryption key used at the time of encryption is registered in the index server 5, and the index server 5 is searched for data before acquiring the data. Along with the search results, the index server 5 obtains information on the connection status of each peer 1 to 4 connected to the P2P network 6 that owns the search results. When it is confirmed that the storage destination peer (any one of 1 to 4) corresponding to the index is not connected to the P2P network 6, and when it is desired to acquire the content of the unconnected peer, a request is sent to the index server 5 . After being notified of the mirror storage destination peer (any one of 1-4) and the key from the index server 5, the encrypted content is acquired from the mirror storage destination peer (any one of 1-4), and from the index server 5 Decrypt using the notified encryption key.

  The terminal device (peers A to D) includes a content 11, a content encryption unit 12, a data transfer unit 13, an encryption key registration unit 14, an index search unit 15, a content request unit 16, and an encrypted content. It comprises an acquisition unit 17 and a content decryption unit 18.

The content encryption unit 12 encrypts the content stored in the content 11 and stores it in the mirror storage destination peer (one of 1 to 4) instructed by the index server 5 at the time of data provision, and registers the encryption key It has a function of registering the encryption key used at the time of encryption to the index server 5 via the unit 14.
Further, the index search unit 15 transmits an index search request to the index server, and receives a notification regarding the index search result and connection status. This information is transmitted to the content request unit 16, and when the content request unit 16 transmits the content of the disconnected peer to the index server 5, the index server 5 specifies the mirror peer designation information and the encryption key instead of the disconnected peer. Notification of. The content request unit 16 has a function of transmitting a content request to a designated mirror peer.
The content decryption unit 18 has a function of acquiring the encrypted content received from the mirror peer by the encrypted content acquisition unit 17 and decrypting the content using the encryption key acquired from the content request unit 16.

4 and 5 are sequence diagrams for explaining the operation of the hybrid P2P communication network system according to the embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device at the time of data provision (FIG. 4) and at the time of data request (FIG. 5). The relationship between (peers 1 to 4) and the index server 5 is shown.
Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the sequence diagrams of FIGS. 4 and 5.

First, the operation at the time of data provision will be described with reference to FIG. Here, peer A is a data providing peer, and peer C is a mirror storage destination peer.
First, the data providing peer 1 (peer A) creates an encryption key (S41), acquires the content to be mirrored from the content 11, and encrypts the content by the content encryption unit 12 (S42). Subsequently, an inquiry about the content storage destination peer is made to the index server 5 (S43).
The index server 5 receives a query issued from the data providing peer 1 (peer A) via the mirror peer management unit 53 and requests the mirror storage destination peer 3 (peer C) to provide the data providing peer 1 (peer A). (S44).

The data providing peer 1 (peer A) that has received the notification of the mirror storage destination peer 3 (peer C) issues a content storage request to the notified mirror storage destination peer 3 (peer C) (S45). The encrypted content is transmitted via the data transfer unit 13 (S46, S47). The data providing peer (peer A) 1 further registers the encryption key used when encrypting the content and the mirror storage destination peer 3 (peer C) in the index server 5 (S48, S49).
The encryption key may be determined by the index server 5 and notified to the data providing peer 1 (peer A). The mirror storage destination peer 3 (peer C) can be determined by the data providing peer 1 (peer A) and notified to the index server 5. Furthermore, one content may be divided and partially stored in a plurality of peers, and the same content may be stored in a plurality of not only a specific peer.

Next, the operation at the time of data request will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the data requesting peer will be described as peer B. The index server 5 manages the logon / logoff of each peer by polling or the like.
Specifically, the index server 5 periodically issues a polling request to each peer (1 to 4) via the connection management unit 57, and the responding peer is connected to the system, and the response is The missing peer can be considered disconnected from the system.

First, the data requesting peer (peer B) issues an index request to the index server 5 (S51). The index server 5 receives the index request at the index control unit 51, and searches the index DB 52 for an index file (S52).
Further, the index server 5 grasps the connection state of the data providing peer 1 (peer A) (here, log off) by the connection management unit 57 (S53), and performs index control for the data requesting peer 2 (peer B). The index which is the search output of the unit 51 and the fact that the data providing peer 1 (peer A) is in the logoff state are notified as connection state information (S54).

Receiving this, the data requesting peer (peer B) requests the contents of the data providing peer (peer A) from the index server 5 (S55). The index server 5 receives the content request by the mirror peer management unit 53, notifies the requested data request peer 2 (peer B) of the mirror storage destination peer 3 (peer C), and manages the encryption key. The encryption key is sent via the unit 55 (S56).
In the data requesting peer 2 (peer B) that has received the mirror storage destination peer 3 (peer C) and the encryption key from the index server 5, the content requesting unit 16 sends data to the mirror storage destination peer 3 (peer C). (S57), and the obtained encrypted content is decrypted by the content decrypting unit 18 using the previous encryption key (S58, S59).
In the process of S54, the index server 5 can send the encryption key processed in S56 and notify the mirror storage destination peer. Further, the index server 5 has been described as being a reliable entity independent of each peer, but each of the peers A to D (1 to 4) or a part of the peers (1 to 4) is substituted for the query. It is also possible to perform a search.

  As described above, in the present invention, the index server 5 manages the system connection state (logon, logoff) of each peer 1 to 4 by polling or the like, and the data providing peer (any one of 1 to 4) is the index server. The content encrypted under the instruction of 5 is stored in the mirror destination peer (any one of 1-4), and the data requesting peer (any one of 1-4) is under key management by the index server 5, When the data storage destination peer (any one of 1-4) is logged off, the desired content is acquired from the mirroring destination peer (any one of 1-4) and decrypted. Information can be stored redundantly without any leakage to any peer (1 to 4), and even if the corresponding peer (1 to 4) cannot be connected, Obtained is possible, it is possible to provide a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system.

  The present invention is particularly effective when used in a network system using peer-to-peer communication in which important data such as an electronic medical record is securely stored and reliably acquired. Of course, the present invention is not limited to the electronic medical record, and important data can be efficiently stored and acquired, so that a wide range of applications as a secure peer-to-peer communication network system can be expected.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments, and includes designs and the like that do not depart from the gist of the present invention. For example, communication between each peer and between the peer and the index server may include respective authentication and encryption.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration | structure of the hybrid type peer to peer system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which expanded and showed the function of the internal structure of the index server which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which expanded the function and showed the internal structure of the terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the sequence diagram quoted in order to demonstrate operation | movement of the hybrid type peer to peer system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the sequence diagram quoted in order to demonstrate operation | movement of the hybrid type peer to peer system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1-4 ... Peer (terminal device), 5 ... Index server, 6 ... P2P network, 11 ... Content, 12 ... Content encryption part, 13 ... Data transfer part, 14 ... Encryption key registration part, 15 ... Index search part , 16 ... Content request unit, 17 ... Encrypted content acquisition unit, 18 ... Content decryption unit, 51 ... Index control unit, 52 ... Index DB, 53 ... Mirror peer management unit, 54 ... Mirror peer DB, 55 ... Encryption key management unit 56 ... Encryption key DB, 57 ... Connection management unit, 58 ... Connection information DB,

Claims (6)

A hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system that includes an index server and a plurality of terminal devices, and exchanges data between peers.
The index server monitors the connection state of each peer connected to the communication network, and the storage destination peer corresponding to the index retrieved by receiving the index acquisition request from the data requesting peer is not connected to the communication network. It is confirmed that the mirror storage destination peer in which the content encrypted in advance corresponding to the index is registered, and the encryption key used at the time of registration to the data requesting peer that has made the request Notify
When the plurality of terminal devices provide data, the content is encrypted and stored in a mirror storage destination peer designated by the index server, and the encryption key used for the encryption is registered in the index server, At the time of acquisition, the encryption server obtains information on the connection status of each peer connected to the communication network from the index server, acquires the encrypted content from the mirror storage destination peer, and is registered in the index server A hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system, wherein each of the peers that are to be decoded is configured. An index server in a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system,
The connection status of each peer connected to the communication network is monitored, and an index acquisition request is received from the data requesting peer, and it is confirmed that the storage destination peer corresponding to the searched index is not connected to the communication network. A mirror peer management unit for notifying a mirror storage destination peer in which content encrypted in advance corresponding to the index is registered;
An encryption key management unit for notifying the requested content request peer of the encryption key used at the time of registration;
An index server comprising: When the mirror peer management unit receives an inquiry about the storage destination of encrypted content from the data providing peer, specifies a mirror storage destination peer that is a mirror storage destination of the encrypted content;
The encryption key management unit registers the encryption key used when encrypting the content from the data providing peer, receives the content acquisition request of the data providing peer from the data requesting peer, and stores the mirror Sending the encryption key to the requested peer and the requested data requesting peer;
An index control unit that receives an index acquisition request from the data requesting peer and transmits the searched index to the requested data requesting peer;
A connection management unit that transmits information on a connection state in the communication network of the destination peer corresponding to the index to the requested data requesting peer;
The index server according to claim 2, further comprising:   The connection management unit issues a polling request to each peer connected to the communication network at a predetermined time interval and manages the responding peer as being connected to the communication network, or periodically from the peer 4. The index server according to claim 3, wherein the index server is managed by performing a simple registration or a combination thereof. In a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system provided with an index server, a terminal device constituting each of the peers,
At the time of data provision, the content is encrypted and stored in the mirror storage destination peer instructed by the index server, and the encryption key used at the time of the encryption is registered in the index server. When information on the connection state of each peer connected to the communication network is obtained and it is confirmed that the storage destination peer corresponding to the index is not connected to the communication network, the encryption is received from the mirror storage destination peer. A peer management unit that obtains encrypted content and decrypts it using an encryption key registered in the index server;
A terminal device comprising: A method for creating a mirror peer in a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system having an index server and exchanging data between peers,
The index server monitoring a connection state of each peer connected to a communication network;
A data providing peer encrypts the content and stores it in a mirror storage destination peer designated by the index server, and registers the encryption key used at the time of the encryption in the index server;
A data requesting peer obtaining information about the connection status of each peer connected to the communication network from the index server;
When the data requesting peer confirms that the storage destination peer corresponding to the index is not connected to the communication network, the data requesting peer acquires the encrypted content from the mirror storage destination peer, and the index server Decrypting using the encryption key registered in
A method for creating a mirror peer in a hybrid peer-to-peer communication network system, comprising:

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