Collaborative red teaming for anonymity system evaluation

  • Authors:
  • Sandy Clark;Chris Wacek;Matt Blaze;Boon Thau Loo;Micah Sherr;Clay Shields;Jonathan Smith

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Pennsylvania;Georgetown University;University of Pennsylvania;University of Pennsylvania;Georgetown University;Georgetown University;University of Pennsylvania

  • Venue:
  • CSET'12 Proceedings of the 5th USENIX conference on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper describes our experiences as researchers and developers during red teaming exercises of the SAFEST anonymity system. We argue that properly evaluating an anonymity system -- particularly one that makes use of topological information and diverse relay selection strategies, as does SAFEST-- presents unique challenges that are not addressed using traditional red teaming techniques. We present our efforts towards meeting these challenges, and discuss the advantages of a collaborative red teaming paradigm in which developers play a supporting role during the evaluation process.