Anonymity analysis of mix networks against flow-correlation attacks

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1801-1805

  Zhu, Ye ^a   Fu, Xinwen ^a   Bettati, Riccardo ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SECURITY OF DATA; USER INTERFACES; WEB BROWSERS;

ANONYMITY ANALYSIS; FLOW CORRELATION ATTACKS; MIX NETWORKS; PAYLOAD FLOW RATE;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33846627316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2005.1577959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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