Mixmaster is a Type II
anonymous remailer which sends messages in fixed-size packets and reorders them, preventing anyone watching the messages go in and out of remailers from tracing them. It is an implementation of a Chaumian Mix network.
History
Mixmaster was originally written by Lance Cottrell, and was maintained by
Len Sassaman.
Peter Palfrader is the current maintainer. Current Mixmaster software can be compiled to handle
Cypherpunk messages as well; they are needed as reply blocks for
nym servers.
See also
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Anonymity
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Anonymous P2P
An anonymous P2P communication system is a peer-to-peer distributed application in which the nodes, which are used to share resources, or participants are anonymous or pseudonymous. Anonymity of participants is usually achieved by special routin ...
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Anonymous remailer
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Cypherpunk anonymous remailer (Type I)
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Mixminion (Type III)
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Onion routing
Onion routing is a technique for anonymous communication over a computer network. In an onion network, messages are encapsulated in layers of encryption, analogous to layers of an onion. The encrypted data is transmitted through a series of net ...
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Tor (network)
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Pseudonymous remailer (a.k.a. nym servers)
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Penet remailer
The Penet remailer () was a pseudonymous remailer operated by Johan "Julf" Helsingius of Finland from 1993 to 1996. Its initial creation stemmed from an argument in a Finnish newsgroup over whether people should be required to tie their real na ...
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Data privacy
Information privacy is the relationship between the collection and dissemination of data, technology, the public expectation of privacy, contextual information norms, and the legal and political issues surrounding them. It is also known as data ...
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Traffic analysis
Traffic analysis is the process of intercepting and examining messages in order to deduce information from patterns in communication, it can be performed even when the messages are encrypted. In general, the greater the number of messages observed ...
References
Further reading
* ''Email Security'',
Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier (; born January 15, 1963) is an American cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist, and writer. Schneier is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Fellow at the Berkman Klein Ce ...
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* ''Computer Privacy Handbook'', Andre Bacard ()
External links
Mixmaster homepageOfficial Mixmaster Remailer FAQFeraga.com: Howto use a Type II Anonymous Remailer(link not active 12 May 2010)
Anonymity networks
Internet Protocol based network software
Routing
Network architecture
Mix networks
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