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ScrambleSuit: A Polymorphic Network Protocol to Circumvent Censorship
Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), Institutionen för matematik och datavetenskap (from 2013). (PriSec)ORCID-id: 0000-0003-2481-2997
Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för ekonomi, kommunikation och IT, Avdelningen för datavetenskap. (Human IT)ORCID-id: 0000-0001-6459-8409
Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences.
2013 (Engelska)Rapport (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

Deep packet inspection technology became a cornerstone of Internet censorship by facilitating cheap and effective filtering of what censors consider undesired information. Moreover, filtering is not limited to simple pattern matching but makes use of sophisticated techniques such as active probing and protocol classification to block access to popular circumvention tools such as Tor.

In this paper, we propose ScrambleSuit; a thin protocol layer above TCP whose purpose is to obfuscate the transported application data. By using morphing techniques and a secret exchanged out-of-band, we show that ScrambleSuit can defend against active probing and other fingerprinting techniques such as protocol classification and regular expressions.

We finally demonstrate that our prototype exhibits little overhead and enables effective and lightweight obfuscation for application layer protocols.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
2013. , s. 12
Nyckelord [en]
Tor, bridge, pluggable transport, active probing, censorship, circumvention
Nationell ämneskategori
Datorsystem
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Datavetenskap
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-27221OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-27221DiVA, id: diva2:621480
Tillgänglig från: 2013-05-15 Skapad: 2013-05-15 Senast uppdaterad: 2020-07-08Bibliografiskt granskad
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1. Enhancing Censorship Resistance in the Tor Anonymity Network
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Enhancing Censorship Resistance in the Tor Anonymity Network
2014 (Engelska)Licentiatavhandling, sammanläggning (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

Baksidestext

The Tor network was originally designed as low-latency anonymity network.However, as the years progressed, Tor earned a reputation as also being a useful tool to circumvent Internet censorship. At times, the network counted 30,000 users only from China. Censors reacted by tightening their grip on the national communication infrastructure. In particular, they developed techniques to prevent people from being able to access the Tor network. This arms race now counts several iterations and no end is in sight.

This thesis contributes to a censorship-resistant Tor network in two ways. First, it analyses how existing censorship systems work. In particular, the Great Firewall of China is analysed in order to obtain an understanding of its capabilities as well as to explore circumvention opportunities. Second, this thesis proposes practical countermeasures to circumvent Internet censorship. In particular, it presents a novel network protocol which is resistant to the Great Firewall's active probing attacks.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Karlstad: Karlstads universitet, 2014
Serie
Karlstad University Studies, ISSN 1403-8099 ; 2014:5
Nyckelord
tor, censorship, anonymity, network
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Datorsystem
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Datavetenskap
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urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-30752 (URN)978-91-7063-534-2 (ISBN)
Presentation
2014-02-27, 10:00 (Engelska)
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Tillgänglig från: 2014-01-22 Skapad: 2013-12-18 Senast uppdaterad: 2020-07-08Bibliografiskt granskad

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