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P2P networks provide a basic form of anonymity. The anonymity, however, breaks down at download/upload time because the IP address of the host from which the data is downloaded (or to which it is uploaded) can be known to the outside. We propose a technique to provide anonymity for both the client and the server node. A random node along the path between the client and the server node is selected as an agent node and works as a proxy: the client will see it as the server and the server looks at it as the client, hence protecting the identity of the client and the server from each other.
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Kim, B.R., Kim, K.C. (2005). Anonymous Communication Systems in P2P Network with Random Agent Nodes. In: Zhuge, H., Fox, G.C. (eds) Grid and Cooperative Computing - GCC 2005. GCC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3795. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11590354_97
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