Hi! Just to clarify: CADET is one component of GNUnet, GNUnet itself does more. As for a 'mix network layer', yes, we plan to do that eventually ;-).
-Christian On 07/25/2014 02:08 PM, M. Klehr wrote: > Hello, > > I think GNUnet is a very valuable effort in "fixing" the internet and > I would like to thank everyone involved with it. > > I really enjoyed reading the CADET paper and I'm not sure if GNUnet is > a direct implementation of CADET, but here are some thoughts about > CADET that I would like to throw in for discussion. Please do tell me > if I'm wrong. > I understand that there's link encryption between participants to > maintain message integrity and anonymity on the basic layer. Then > there's end-to-end encryption and connection redundancy (leaving aside > the multiplexing layer for now). > However, it seems to me a relaying node can still intercept a fair > amount of meta data through path information that's being sent along > with messages. I understand that this is intentional since the > protocol is designed for restricted route scenarios and nodes are able > to learn the network topology very quickly this way, but I believe > that using these connectivity paths for direct (albeit encrypted) > communication is a privacy flaw and invites censorship, because any > relaying node can learn who you're communicating with. > What I've been thinking about is the role a mix network layer > reminiscent of Tor could play in GNUnet. > > What do you think? > > cheers, > Marcel > > > > _______________________________________________ > GNUnet-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnunet-developers >
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