SAS: A scalar anonymous communication system Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Anonymity technologies have gained more and more attention for communication privacy. In general, users obtain anonymity at a certain cost in an anonymous communication system, which uses rerouting to increase the system's robustness. However, a long rerouting path incurs large overhead and decreases the quality of service (QoS). In this paper, we propose the Scalar Anonymity System (SAS) in order to provide a tradeoff between anonymity and cost for different users with different requirements. In SAS, by selecting the level of anonymity, a user obtains the corresponding anonymity and QoS and also sustains the corresponding load of traffic rerouting for other users. Our theoretical analysis and simulation experiments verify the effectiveness of SAS. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.

name of conference

  • Networking and Mobile Computing, Third International Conference, ICCNMC 2005, Zhangjiajie, China, August 2-4, 2005, Proceedings

published proceedings

  • NETWORKING AND MOBILE COMPUTING, PROCEEDINGS

author list (cited authors)

  • Xu, H. Y., Fu, X. W., Zhu, Y., Bettati, R., Chen, J. N., & Zhao, W.

citation count

  • 3

complete list of authors

  • Xu, HY||Fu, XW||Zhu, Y||Bettati, R||Chen, JN||Zhao, W

editor list (cited editors)

  • Lu, X., & Zhao, W.

publication date

  • October 2005