English

HORNET: High-speed Onion Routing at the Network Layer

Cryptography and Security 2016-02-09 v3

Abstract

We present HORNET, a system that enables high-speed end-to-end anonymous channels by leveraging next generation network architectures. HORNET is designed as a low-latency onion routing system that operates at the network layer thus enabling a wide range of applications. Our system uses only symmetric cryptography for data forwarding yet requires no per-flow state on intermediate nodes. This design enables HORNET nodes to process anonymous traffic at over 93 Gb/s. HORNET can also scale as required, adding minimal processing overhead per additional anonymous channel. We discuss design and implementation details, as well as a performance and security evaluation.

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@article{arxiv.1507.05724,
  title  = {HORNET: High-speed Onion Routing at the Network Layer},
  author = {Chen Chen and Daniele Enrico Asoni and David Barrera and George Danezis and Adrian Perrig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.05724},
  year   = {2016}
}

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14 pages, 5 figures

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