NISAN: Network information service for anonymization networks

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 141-150

  Panchenko, Andriy ^a   Richter, Stefan ^a   Rache, Arne ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anonymous communication; DHT; Node lookup; Peer to peer; Privacy

Indexed keywords

ANONYMIZATION; ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION; DIRECT IMPACT; DISTRIBUTED DESIGN; DISTRIBUTING NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTION SERVICES; INFORMATION DISTRIBUTIONS; LOOKUPS; MALICIOUS NODES; NETWORK INFORMATION; NETWORK INFORMATION SERVICES; PATH SELECTION; PEER TO PEER; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; REAL NETWORKS; SECURITY PROBLEMS; SECURITY REQUIREMENTS; THIRD PARTIES;

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; NETWORK SECURITY; SCALABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 74049122426     PISSN: 15437221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1653662.1653681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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