@techreport{huitema-perpass-trafficanalysis-00, number = {draft-huitema-perpass-trafficanalysis-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-huitema-perpass-trafficanalysis/00/}, author = {Christian Huitema}, title = {{Passive Traffic Analysis Threats and Defense}}, pagetotal = 14, year = 2013, month = nov, day = 5, abstract = {Traffic analysis is used by various entities to derive "meta data" about Internet communications, such as who communicates with whom or what, and when. We analyze how meta-data can be extracted by monitoring IP headers, DNS traffic, and clear-text headers of commonly used protocols. We then propose a series of actions that would make traffic analysis more difficult.}, }