Accession Number:

ADA564917

Title:

Methodically Modeling the Tor Network

Descriptive Note:

Conference paper

Corporate Author:

MINNESOTA UNIV MINNEAPOLIS

Personal Author(s):

• Jansen, Rob
• Bauer, Kevin
• Hopper, Nicholas
• Dingledine, Roger

Report Date:

2012-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

Live Tor network experiments are difficult due to Tors distributed nature and the privacy requirements of its client base. Alternative experimentation approaches such as simulation and emulation, must make choices about how to model various aspects of the Internet and Tor that are not possible or not desirable to duplicate or implement directly. This paper methodically models the Tor network by exploring and justifying every modeling choice required to produce accurate Tor experimentation environments. We validate our model using two state-of-the-art Tor experimentation tools and measurements from the live Tor network. We find that our model enables experiments that characterize Tors load and performance with reasonable accuracy.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER NETWORKS
• MESSAGE PROCESSING
• SIMULATION
• SYMPOSIA

Subject Categories:

• Computer Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE