Nextgen G* Traffic Analysis Resistant Overlay Networks (re Tor stinks)

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 11:48:58AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 05:32:59PM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
> > - Base fill traffic, meaning a base of fill [at linerate, fulltime, regulated],
> > such that when wheat is ready to pass, the wheat packet is
> > substituted in for the fill packet. The fill security aspect is
> > mentally biased for, such that it should continue to hold
> > regardless whatever wheat or active adversary crap is attempted
> > to be sent over or at it.

In an overlay net, we think of a link as peer to peer.

But physically that link is usually as follows:

  NodeA -> ISP1 router -> GT-1 router ...
  ... -> ISP2 router -> NodeB

Wo when we talk base fill/ linerate/ fulltime chaff link, we should
perhaps be clear about which physical links/routes we are referring
to - we must consider the physical links as much as the virtual/
overlay links, in order to properly assess security implications.