A new anonymity measure based on partial entropy

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1484-1488

  Duan, Guihua ^a   Wang, Weiping ^a   Wang, Jianxin ^a   Yang, Luming ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anonymity measure; Anonymous communication; Entropy; Network security

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENTROPY; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET;

ANONYMITY MEASURE; ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NETWORK SECURITY; PARTIAL ENTROPY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 51249094082     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2008.287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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