Practical traffic analysis: Extending and resisting statistical disclosure

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3424, Issue , 2005, Pages 17-34

  Mathewson, Nick ^a   Dingledine, Roger ^a  

^a Free Haven Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SECURITY OF DATA; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

ANONYMOUS MESSAGE SYSTEMS; MIX NETWORKS; PADDING MESSAGES; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS;

TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EID: 24344478834     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11423409_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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