P5 : a protocol for scalable anonymous communication
| Title | P5 : a protocol for scalable anonymous communication |
| Publication Type | Conference Papers |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Sherwood R, Bhattacharjee B, Srinivasan A |
| Conference Name | 2002 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2002. Proceedings |
| Date Published | 2002/// |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| ISBN Number | 0-7695-1543-6 |
| Keywords | Broadcasting, communication efficiency, Computer science, cryptography, data privacy, Educational institutions, Internet, large anonymous groups, P5 protocol, packet-level simulations, Particle measurements, Peer to peer computing, peer-to-peer personal privacy protocol, privacy, Protocols, receiver anonymity, scalable anonymous communication, security of data, sender anonymity, sender-receiver anonymity, Size measurement, telecommunication security |
| Abstract | We present a protocol for anonymous communication over the Internet. Our protocol, called P5 (peer-to-peer personal privacy protocol) provides sender-, receiver-, and sender-receiver anonymity. P5 is designed to be implemented over current Internet protocols, and does not require any special infrastructure support. A novel feature of P5 is that it allows individual participants to trade-off degree of anonymity for communication efficiency, and hence can be used to scalably implement large anonymous groups. We present a description of P5, an analysis of its anonymity and communication efficiency, and evaluate its performance using detailed packet-level simulations. |
| DOI | 10.1109/SECPRI.2002.1004362 |