Anonymity in the Internet

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-74524
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.7452

Federrath, Hannes

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Item type:	Conference or workshop item (Speech)
Date:	2006
Institutions:	Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik > Alumni or Retired Professors > Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik IV - Management der Informationssicherheit (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hannes Federrath)
Keywords:	Anonymous and unobservable communication systems, Privacy enhancing technologies
Dewey Decimal Classification:	000 Computer science, information & general works > 004 Computer science 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Unknown
Created at the University of Regensburg:	Yes
Item ID:	7452

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Abstract

Research in Privacy Enhancing Technology has meanwhile a tradition of at least 20 years. One application (if not the most significant at the present) of Privacy Enhancing Technology is anonymous Web surfing. While weak protection can be achieved by simple proxy solutions, strong anonymity needs more effort: Systems like JAP and TOR are based on the idea of the "mix network" introduced by David ...