traffix analysis

[Steve Schear]

At 09:17 PM 8/27/2003 -0500, Anonymous wrote:
>It will often be possible to also trace the communication channel back
>through the crowd, by inserting delays onto chosen links and observing
>which ones correlate with delays in the data observed at the endpoint.
>This way it is not necessary to monitor all subscribers to the crowd,
>but rather individual traffic flows can be traced.

Using random "throwaway" WiFi neighborhood hotspots can blunt this type of 
attack.  Even if they trace the link back to the consumer who lent his 
bandwidth it may provide scant  information.

steve


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