Quasi-Anonymous Channels

Abstract

Although both anonymity and covert channels are part of the larger topic of information hiding, there also exists an intrinsic linkage between anonymity and covert channels. This linkage was illustrated in [1]; however, [1] just scratched the surface of the interplay between covert channels and anonymity, without a formal analysis of the related issues. This paper begins the process of formalizing the linkage between anonymity and covert channels via the study of quasi-anonymous channels. We also discuss and contrast some of the existing formal mathematical models of anonymity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA465128

Entities

People

  • Ira S. Moskowitz
  • Paul Syverson
  • Richard E. Newman

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anonymous Communications
  • Channel Capacity
  • Communication Channels
  • Computers
  • Information Operations
  • Information Theory
  • Malware
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Standards
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Transmitters
  • Transmitting

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design