Measuring relationship anonymity in mix networks

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 59-62

  Shmatikov, Vitaly ^a   Wang, Ming Hsiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

anonymity; mix networks; privacy

Indexed keywords

ANONYMITY; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; FORMAL DEFINITION; HIGH PROBABILITY; INFORMATION-THEORETIC METRICS; MIX NETWORKS; ROUTE SELECTION ALGORITHMS; SENDER ANONYMITY;

COMPUTER PRIVACY; DATA PRIVACY; ENTROPY;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 84885205648     PISSN: 15437221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1179601.1179611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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