Sybil attack
nounEtymology Named from Sybil, a book about a woman diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder; suggested by Brian Zill at Microsoft Research.
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An attack that subverts a reputation system by forging a large number of identities in peer-to-peer networks.
Computer security
- If the signal rate from the claimed identity and the actual node differs, it can be considered as a Sybil attack. The successful prevention of Sybil attack increases the stability of the network.2022, Peter Augustine, Pethuru Raj, Sathyan Munirathinam, editors, Enterprise Digital Transformation: Technology, Tools, and Use Cases, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 180:
- Synonyms
- pseudospoofing