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Web MIXes: A System for Anonymous and Unobservable Internet Access

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Designing Privacy Enhancing Technologies

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We present the architecture, design issues and functions of a MIX-based system for anonymous and unobservable real-time Internet access. This system prevents traffic analysis as well as flooding attacks. The core technologies include an adaptive, anonymous, time/volumesliced channel mechanism and a ticket-based authentication mechanism. The system also provides an interface to inform anonymous users about their level of anonymity and unobservability.

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  1. Fakultät Informatik, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

    Oliver Berthold & Stefan Köpsell

  2. International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley

    Hannes Federrath

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  1. Institut Informatik, FU Berlin, Takustr. 9, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Hannes Federrath

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Berthold, O., Federrath, H., Köpsell, S. (2001). Web MIXes: A System for Anonymous and Unobservable Internet Access. In: Federrath, H. (eds) Designing Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2009. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44702-4_7

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