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How Anonymous Is the Tor Network? A Long-Term Black-Box Investigation.

A popular choice for anonymous Internet communication, the Tor network uses entry, relay, and exit nodes to hide the traffic's origin. However, an investigation that involved running real applications and website requests through Tor revealed numerous agglomerations of exiting traffic that an attack...

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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 42 - 50
Main Authors: Koch, Robert, Golling, Mario, Rodosek, Gabi Dreo
Format: Article
Published: IEEE Mar2016
Subjects:
Internet
Computer networks
Websites
Internet traffic
Telecommunication traffic
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:A popular choice for anonymous Internet communication, the Tor network uses entry, relay, and exit nodes to hide the traffic's origin. However, an investigation that involved running real applications and website requests through Tor revealed numerous agglomerations of exiting traffic that an attacker could exploit.