Anonymity

Question 1

What is Dummy Traffic

Answer 1

• Send dummy traffic through the network to hide traffic volumes of lows and cover real traffic
• Link padding is a sublcass of dummy traffic

Question 2

Basic concepts for anonymity systems

Answer 2

1. Escape geographically (re-routing)
2. Confuse packet flows at re-routers (Mixing)
3. Hide content (Layered Encryption and Hop by Hop encryption)
4. Hide message properties (padding)
5. Hide communication / flow properties (Dummy Traffic )