As the information network plays a more and more important role globally, the traditional network theories and technologies, especially those related to network security, can no longer meet the network development requirements. Offering the system with secure and trusted services has become a new focus in network research. This paper first discusses the meaning of and aspects involved in the trusted network. According to this paper, the trusted network should be a network where the network’s and users’ behaviors and their results are always predicted and manageable. The trustworthiness of a network mainly involves three aspects: service provider, information transmission and terminal user. This paper also analyzes the trusted network in terms of trusted model for network/user behaviors, architecture of trusted network, service survivability and network manageability, which is designed to give ideas on solving the problems that may be faced in developing the trusted network.
