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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Irdeto B.v., Hoofddorp, NL;
Dmitri Jarnikov, Hoofddorp, NL;
Irdeto B.V., Hoofddorp, NL;
Abstract
There is described a method of monitoring a peer-to-peer network. The method comprises: (i) monitoring network traffic between a first peer and the peer-to-peer network so as to identify a first subset of peers in the peer-to-peer network; and (ii) preventing the first peer from communicating with at least one peer in the first subset of peers to thereby cause the first peer to communicate with at least one further peer in the peer-to-peer network so as to enable identification of the at least one further peer. In addition, there is described a peer-to-peer network monitor for monitoring a peer-to-peer network, wherein the monitor is operable to monitor network traffic between a first peer and the peer-to-peer network so as to identify a subset of peers in the peer-to-peer network in communication with the first peer, and wherein the monitor is operable to prevent the first peer from communicating with at least one peer in the subset of peers to thereby cause the first peer to communicate with at least one further peer in the peer-to-peer network so as to enable the monitor to identify the at least one further peer. Corresponding computer programs and computer-readable media are also described.