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A proposal of encoded computations for distributed massively multiplayer online services

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Minoru Kawahara,

Yutaka TakahashiAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGCHI international conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology

Pages 72 - es

https://doi.org/10.1145/1178823.1178908

Published: 14 June 2006 Publication History

Abstract

This paper deals with Massively Multiplayer Online services, which are used to interact with other user in real time. Although it is possible to distribute the load on the server to users' computers, the distributed services are more vulnerable to cheating such as data theft. We propose a method for concealing data from a user who is authorized to manage the data. The method makes it possible to carry out various kinds of operations with data and program codes concealed. We show that concealed information can not be figured out with the knowledge of original programs or encoding keys which other users have.

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Kackley JGambrell MGourd J(2008)I3P: A Protocol for Increasing Reliability and Responsiveness in Massively Multiplayer GamesJournal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics10.20965/jaciii.2008.p014212:2(142-149)Online publication date: 20-Mar-2008
https://doi.org/10.20965/jaciii.2008.p0142

Index Terms

A proposal of encoded computations for distributed massively multiplayer online services
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Architectures
    1. Distributed architectures
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Distributed systems organizing principles

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ACE '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGCHI international conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology

June 2006

572 pages

ISBN:1595933808

DOI:10.1145/1178823

General Chairs:
Hiroshi Ishii
Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Laboratory
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Disney Online, Woodbury University, and Bell Labs
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Stephane Natkin
CNAM Paris, CEDRIC
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Katsuhide Tsushima
Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan

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Kackley JGambrell MGourd J(2008)I3P: A Protocol for Increasing Reliability and Responsiveness in Massively Multiplayer GamesJournal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics10.20965/jaciii.2008.p014212:2(142-149)Online publication date: 20-Mar-2008
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