Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2002, Volume 2429/2002, 121-129, DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45748-8_12

Introducing Tarzan, a Peer-to-Peer Anonymizing Network Layer

Michael J. Freedman, Emil Sit, Josh Cates and Robert Morris

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Abstract

We introduce Tarzan, a peer-to-peer anonymous network layer that provides generic IP forwarding. Unlike prior anonymizing layers, Tarzan is flexible, transparent, decentralized, and highly scalable. Tarzan achieves these properties by building anonymous IP tunnels between an open-ended set of peers. Tarzan can provide anonymity to existing applications, such as web browsing and file sharing, without change to those applications. Performance tests show that Tarzan imposes minimal overhead over a corresponding non-anonymous overlay route.

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