Techniques for Anonymity in Computer Networks

Dave is giving a highly informal talk on a topic he has explored. He is filling in for our speaker who had to cancel.

Abstract

In this talk, I will describe several techniques for maintaining anonymity in computer networks. The concentration will be on existing and implementable protocols and systems: mail rewriters, the "Anonymizer", the "Mixmaster", and MIX-nets and DC-nets in general. The treatment will be high-level and bereft of most details. I also plan to sketch a line of research in this area that I would like to pursue.

References

Below are links to references mentioned in Dave's talk.

The Scientology Saga from the defendants' point of view

http://www.cybercom.net/~rnewman/scientology/home.html

The Woodside Literary Agency spamming/stalking article from the Boston Phoenix

http://www.phx.com/archive/styles/97/02/13/NET_STALKING.html

Lance Cottrell's Home Page (the Mixmaster)

http://www.obscura.com/~loki/

Nym.alias.net homepage (for establishing an anonymous email address using type 1 remailers)

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/n.a.n.html

Anonymous remailer list

finger remailer-list@kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu

The WWW anonymizer

http://www.anonymizer.com

Plentiful anonymity / privacy / cypherpunk links

http://www.obscura.com/~loki/cypherpunks.html

Another good set of links

http://www.stack.nl/~galactus/remailers/index-anon.html

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For more information contact Rob Pitts <rip@cs.bu.edu>

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