An IP-layer anonymizing infrastructure

Author

Kung, H.T. ; Bradner, Scott ; Tan, K.-S.

Author_Institution

Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

7-10 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

389

Abstract

We describe an IP-layer anonymizing infrastructure, called ANON, which allows server addresses to be hidden from clients and vice versa. ANON uses a network resident set Of IP-layer anonymizing forwarders that can forward IP packets with encryption and decryption applied to their source and destination addresses. Using ANON, a client can send and receive packets to and from application servers without knowing their IP addresses. We have designed and implemented a laboratory testbed for this anonymizing infrastructure. This paper gives an overview of the ANON architecture and its implementation, and describes its security threat models and our countermeasures.

Keywords

cryptography; decoding; network servers; packet switching; telecommunication security; transport protocols; ANON; ANON architecture; IP packet forwarding; IP-layer anonymizing infrastructure; decryption; destination address; encryption; laboratory testbed; security threat models; server address; source address; threat countermeasures; Authentication; Bandwidth; Computer crime; Laboratories; Network servers; Postal services; Protection; Testing; Web and internet services; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MILCOM 2002. Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7625-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2002.1180473

Filename

1180473