TY - GEN
T1 - Camouflaged private communication
AU - Herzberg, Amir
AU - Porat, Ely
AU - Soffer, Nir
AU - Waisbard, Erez
N1 - Place of conference:USA
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Communication such as web browsing is often monitored and restricted by organizations and governments. Users who wish to bypass the monitoring and restrictions often relay their (encrypted) communication via proxy servers or anonymizing networks such as Tor. While this type of solution allows users to hide the content of their communication and often bypass the restrictions, the mere use of a proxy may alert authorities, placing the users at risk. We introduce a simple and efficient construction, leveraging general purpose services, which allows users to hide their communication from active adversaries without relying on prior trust. Finally, we implement a proof of concept showing that camouflaged web browsing is possible using legitimate services such as Gmail without requiring software installation on the client side.
AB - Communication such as web browsing is often monitored and restricted by organizations and governments. Users who wish to bypass the monitoring and restrictions often relay their (encrypted) communication via proxy servers or anonymizing networks such as Tor. While this type of solution allows users to hide the content of their communication and often bypass the restrictions, the mere use of a proxy may alert authorities, placing the users at risk. We introduce a simple and efficient construction, leveraging general purpose services, which allows users to hide their communication from active adversaries without relying on prior trust. Finally, we implement a proof of concept showing that camouflaged web browsing is possible using legitimate services such as Gmail without requiring software installation on the client side.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856167835&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/passat/socialcom.2011.104
DO - 10.1109/passat/socialcom.2011.104
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AN - SCOPUS:84856167835
SN - 9780769545783
T3 - Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011
SP - 1159
EP - 1162
BT - Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust, PASSAT 2011 and 2011 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom 2011
Y2 - 9 October 2011 through 11 October 2011
ER -