Using linkability information to attack mix-based anonymity services

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5672 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 94-107

  Schiffner, Stefan ^a   Clauß, Sebastian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANONYMITY SERVICE; LINKABILITY; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; SIMULATION RESULT; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS; WEIGHTED GRAPH;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 69949190946     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03168-7_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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