Mixmaster anonymous remailer
| Original author(s) | Lance Cottrell |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Len Sassaman and Peter Palfrader |
| Stable release | 3.0
/ March 3, 2008 |
| Type | Anonymous remailer |
| Website | http://mixmaster.sourceforge.net/ |
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.[1]
History
Mixmaster was originally written by Lance Cottrell, and was maintained by
nym servers
.
See also
- Anonymity
- Anonymous P2P
- Anonymous remailer
- Cypherpunk anonymous remailer (Type I)
- Mixminion (Type III)
- Onion routing
- Pseudonymous remailer (a.k.a. nym servers)
- Data privacy
- Traffic analysis
References
- ^ "Mixmaster man page". SourceForge. January 14, 2008. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
Further reading
- Email Security, ISBN 0-471-05318-X)
- Computer Privacy Handbook, Andre Bacard (ISBN 1-56609-171-3)
External links
- Mixmaster homepage
- Official Mixmaster Remailer FAQ
- Remailer FAQ
- Remailer Vulnerabilities
- A/I: PARANOIA REMAILER HOWTO
- Feraga.com: Howto use a Type II Anonymous Remailer (link not active 12 May 2010)
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