Research Article
Practical Anonymous Communication on the Mobile Internet using Tor
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550305, author={Christer Andersson and Andriy Panchenko}, title={Practical Anonymous Communication on the Mobile Internet using Tor}, proceedings={3rd International ICST Workshop on the Value of Security through Collaboration}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={SECOVAL}, year={2008}, month={6}, keywords={Availability Computer science Cryptography IP networks Internet Mobile communication Mobile computing Telecommunication traffic Usability Web server}, doi={10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550305} }- Christer Andersson
Andriy Panchenko
Year: 2008
Practical Anonymous Communication on the Mobile Internet using Tor
SECOVAL
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550305
Abstract
This paper proposes and evaluates several architectural designs for enabling anonymous browsing on the mobile Internet. These architectural designs make use of the Tor network in a mobile setting for the provisioning of anonymity to mobile devices. We compare several architectural designs with respect to their anonymity and performance properties. In particular, we are interested in finding a trade-off between anonymity and performance. We also evaluate the architectural designs against other criteria such as practicality, usability, availability, and trust. We show that the most preferable option – given a powerful mobile device and some optimizations in the Tor protocol– is the option where the Tor client is run directly on the mobile device.
