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Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems

2007-12-10 10:39:42 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...anonymity systems has now been published The spread of wide-scale Internet surveillance has spurred interest in anonymity systems that protect users privacy by restricting unauthorised access to their identity. This requirement can be considered as a flow control policy in the well established field of multilevel secure systems. I apply...
 
Tags: covert, covert channel vulnerabilities, vulnerabilities, network covert channels, covert channels, channels, covert channel, anonymity systems, systems
 
 
 
 
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Metrics for security and performance in low-latency anonymity systems

2008-07-21 08:16:12 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...anonymity systems, clients choose a random sequence of computers (nodes) to route their connections through. The intention is that, unless someone is watching the whole network at the same time, the tracks of each users communication will become hidden amongst that of others. Exactly how a client chooses nodes varies between system to system,...
 
Tags: route selection, route selection critical, route selection algorithms, route, nodes, tor nodes vary, security, performance, route selection algorithm
 
 
 
 
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Research unmasks anonymity networks

2008-02-01 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b2a8fc in Network World on Security
 
Anonymity systems designed to allow users to carry out actions on the Internet without identifying themselves can often be cracked with a bit of unorthodox thinking, according to a Cambridge researcher
 
Tags: anonymity systems, cambridge researcher, internet, actions, carry, bit, users, unorthodox
 
 
 
 
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Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems wins best thesis award

2008-06-03 09:57:41 by Steven J. Murdoch in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
My PhD thesis Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems has been awarded this years best thesis prize by the ERCIM security and trust management working group. The announcement can be found on the working group homepage and Ive been invited to give a talk at their upcoming workshop, STM 08 , Trondheim, Norway, 1617 June 2008
 
Tags: anonymity systems, thesis, ercim security, trust management, norway, workshop, homepage, june, talk
 
 
 
 
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End to end trust

2008-04-09 15:12:21 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...anonymity and freedom of speech. The associated white paper elaborates on these themes and it's well worth a read. Download it here . The privacy buffs will no doubt claim that such initiatives will see the end of Internet anonymity. But would that be such a bad thing? Scott Charney, himself, states "The fact that anyone can connect to the...
 
Tags: online identity issue, identity, internet anonymity, internet, scott, scott charney, current rsa conference, rsa conference, pass identity claims
 
 
 
 
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What do the Cold Boot Crypto Attack, DVD Players, and MiFare tell us about the Future of Biometrics?

2008-03-26 00:16:43 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
...anonymity and the need for biometrics In fact, I found the article to be rather upsetting. Not because of the articles thesis that strong authentication through a national ID program would not necessarily pose a threat to privacy; but rather, because of their naive (and irresponsible) handling of the realities of the biometric authentication...
 
Tags: biometric authentication, biometric authentication infrastructure, biometric authentication challenge, tamper-proof biometric authentication, authentication, authentication device, mifare, tamper, biometrics
 
 
 
 
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Google Changes Privacy Policy

2007-03-15 08:31:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...anonymity when researching certain topics. I will never use their desktop client However, two pieces of good news have come out of the Googleplex in the last few months and I hope this is the start of a trend. The first story appeared mid January when it was reported that Google was resisting certain government subpoenas. With every...
 
Tags: privacy, google, privacy concerns, policy, google chat, financial data, data, google desktop, users privacy
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #73: SIP security issues at IETF 70, Skype security, vulnerabilities in Cisco and Nokia phones, Vietnam's cyberdissidents, VoIP security news

2007-12-31 18:08:58 by HASH0x89ff4a8 in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
...anonymity VoIP News: Not Waiting For the Big One TechWorld: VoIP is the next big hack (follow up on Peter Cox Globe and Mail: Cyberdissidents weaving along new path National Security Agency Certifies New Sectra vIPer Phone by General Dynamics for Top Secret Communications (sent in by Peter Thermos Websense Predicts 2008s Top Ten Security...
 
Tags: voip security news, news, voip, protect voip communications, security, sip, skype security, sip security issues, voip news
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #73: SIP security issues at IETF 70, Skype security, vulnerabilities in Cisco and Nokia phones, Vietnam's cyberdissidents, VoIP security news

2007-12-31 19:08:58 by Dan York in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
...anonymity VoIP News: Not Waiting For the Big One TechWorld: VoIP is the next big hack (follow up on Peter Cox Globe and Mail: Cyberdissidents weaving along new path National Security Agency Certifies New Sectra vIPer Phone by General Dynamics for Top Secret Communications (sent in by Peter Thermos Websense Predicts 2008???s Top Ten Security...
 
Tags: voip security news, news, voip, protect voip communications, security, sip, skype security, sip security issues, voip news