• DocumentCode
    841919
  • Title

    Measuring anonymity: the disclosure attack

  • Author

    Agrawal, Dakshi ; Kesdogan, Dogan

  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    27
  • Lastpage
    34
  • Abstract
    Anonymity services hide user identity at the network or address level but are vulnerable to attacks involving repeated observations of the user. Quantifying the number of observations required for an attack is a useful measure of anonymity.
  • Keywords
    data privacy; security of data; telecommunication security; anonymity services; disclosure attack; repeated observations; user identity; Bipartite graph; Cryptography; Joining processes; Privacy; Protection; Protocols; Public key; Relays; Telecommunication traffic;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSECP.2003.1253565
  • Filename
    1253565