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
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