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Information Leakage as a Model for Quality of Anonymity Networks

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Ye Zhu,

Riccardo BettatiAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Volume 20, Issue 4

Pages 540 - 552

https://doi.org/10.1109/TPDS.2008.100

Published: 01 April 2009 Publication History

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Measures for anonymity in systems must be on one hand simple and concise, and on the other hand reflect the realities of real systems. Such systems are heterogeneous, as are the ways they are used, the deployed anonymity measures, and finally the possible attack methods. Implementation quality and topologies of the anonymity measures must be considered as well. We therefore propose a new measure for the anonymity degree, that takes into account these various. We model the effectiveness of single mixes or of mix networks in terms of information leakage, and we measure it in terms of covert channel capacity. The relationship between the anonymity degree and information leakage is described, and an example is shown.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-34281-3_11

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IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems Volume 20, Issue 4

April 2009

160 pages

ISSN:1045-9219

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Almasizadeh JAbdollahi Azgomi M(2018)A probabilistic model for anonymity analysis of anonymous communication networksTelecommunications Systems10.1007/s11235-018-0454-069:2(171-186)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2018
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Mhamdi THasan OTahar S(2018)Evaluation of anonymity and confidentiality protocols using theorem provingFormal Methods in System Design10.1007/s10703-015-0232-547:3(265-286)Online publication date: 28-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10703-015-0232-5
Mhamdi THasan OTahar S(2012)Quantitative analysis of information flow using theorem provingProceedings of the 14th international conference on Formal Engineering Methods: formal methods and software engineering10.1007/978-3-642-34281-3_11(119-134)Online publication date: 12-Nov-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-34281-3_11

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