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Dive into the debate between mix cascades and P2P concepts, comparing topology, classification, user flexibility, anonymity, traffic analysis, robustness, incentives, deployment, performance, scalability, and security measures. Evaluate the pros and cons for each approach to understand their impact.
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Panel discussion:Mix Cascades vs. P2P:Is one concept superior? PET 2004 May 27 2004
Cascade topology Free route topology
Extended classificationFlexibility of Routing System defined User’s choice
Anonymity set size • Mix • Network • Traffic analysis • Robustness / Availability / Exit policies • Incentives to cooperate • deployed by volonteers or by professionals? • Number of users • Performance • Low-latency / High-latency systems • Cost / Resources needed • Scalability • Increase number of users • Increase number of mixes / cascades • Flexibility / User’s choice • Attacks • Denial of Service attacks / n-1 attack • Corrupted nodes (trust) • Intersection attacks … • Unconditional / Conditional anonymity • Restricted Route Networks