Passive-attack analysis for connection-based anonymity systems

International Journal of Information Security

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 172-180

  Serjantov, Andrei ^a   Sewell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anonymous communication systems; Traffic analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL PASSIVE ADVERSARIES; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 19744377978     PISSN: 16155262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10207-004-0059-3     Document Type: Article

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