Summary: USENIX Association NSDI '09: 6th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation 29
Bunker: A Privacy-Oriented Platform for Network Tracing
Andrew G. Miklas
, Stefan Saroiu
, Alec Wolman
, and Angela Demke Brown

University of Toronto and
Microsoft Research
Abstract: ISPs are increasingly reluctant to collect
and store raw network traces because they can be used
to compromise their customers' privacy. Anonymization
techniques mitigate this concern by protecting sensitive
information. Trace anonymization can be performed of-
fline (at a later time) or online (at collection time). Of-
fline anonymization suffers from privacy problems be-
cause raw traces must be stored on disk ­ until the traces
are deleted, there is the potential for accidental leaks or
exposure by subpoenas. Online anonymization drasti-
cally reduces privacy risks but complicates software en-

Source: Akella, Aditya - Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences