Journal of Information Processing Systems

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Implementation of Search Engine to Minimize Traffic Using Blockchain-Based Web Usage History Management System

  • Yu, Sunghyun (Dept. of Computer Science Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Yeom, Cheolmin (Dept. of Computer Science Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Won, Yoojae (Dept. of Computer Science Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2020.02.04
  • Accepted : 2020.04.14
  • Published : 2021.10.31
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Abstract

With the recent increase in the types of services provided by Internet companies, collection of various types of data has become a necessity. Data collectors corresponding to web services profit by collecting users' data indiscriminately and providing it to the associated services. However, the data provider remains unaware of the manner in which the data are collected and used. Furthermore, the data collector of a web service consumes web resources by generating a large amount of web traffic. This traffic can damage servers by causing service outages. In this study, we propose a website search engine that employs a system that controls user information using blockchains and builds its database based on the recorded information. The system is divided into three parts: a collection section that uses proxy, a management section that uses blockchains, and a search engine that uses a built-in database. This structure allows data sovereigns to manage their data more transparently. Search engines that use blockchains do not use internet bots, and instead use the data generated by user behavior. This avoids generation of traffic from internet bots and can, thereby, contribute to creating a better web ecosystem.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Institute for Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korean Government (MSIT) (No. 2019-0-01343, Training Key Talents in Industrial Convergence Security).

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