2015/07/21 by Chen Chen, Daniele Enrico Asoni, Daniele E. Asoni +8 · 6 voices · 23 citations
Computer Science · #Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques #Computer network #Computer science #Computer security #Cryptography #Cryptography and Data Security #Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting #Latency (audio) #Layer (electronics) #Network layer #Operating system #Overhead (engineering) #Routing (electronic design automation) #Telecommunications #cs.CR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.05724
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 14 pages, 5 figures
openalex publication_date 2015/07/21 · arxiv created 2016/02/08 · arxiv updated 2016/02/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present HORNET, a system that enables high-speed end-to-end anonymous channels by leveraging next generation network architectures. HORNET is designed as a low-latency onion routing system that operates at the network layer thus enabling a wide range of applications. Our system uses only symmetric cryptography for data forwarding yet requires no per-flow state on intermediate nodes. This design enables HORNET nodes to process anonymous traffic at over 93 Gb/s. HORNET can also scale as required, adding minimal processing overhead per additional anonymous channel. We discuss design and implementation details, as well as a performance and security evaluation.