University of Hamburg
Department of InformaticsWorking group Security in Distributed Systems
architecture

News

06.27.2015
New gMix VM and Tutorials are online [URL]

05.01.2015
New version of gMix framework available on GitHub [URL]

05.01.2015
New website is online

02.13.2015
Paper accepted for Elsevier Computers & Security journal :-)

10.22.2014
Experiment descriptions, executables and source code for the paper Workload Modelling for Mix-based Anonymity Services are online now [URL]

06.13.2014
Paper about EncDNS accepted at ESORICS 2014 :-)

05.21.2014
Updated VM image for gMix now available [more information].

05.21.2014
An implementation of the R&F Model [SEC 2013 paper] for distributed experiments is now available for the gMix load generator [code] [config]

05.21.2014
A GUI for the gMix Simulator is available now [code] [screenshots]

10.22.2014
Experiment descriptions, executables and source code for the paper Workload Modeling for Anonymity Services are online now [URL]

06.13.2014
Paper about EncDNS accepted at ESORICS 2014 :-)

05.21.2014
Updated VM image for gMix now available [more information].

05.21.2014
An implementation of the R&F Model [SEC 2013 paper] for distributed experiments is now available for the gMix load generator [code] [config]

05.21.2014
A GUI for the gMix Simulator is available now [code] [screenshots]

04.11.2014
Experiment descriptions, executables and source code for the paper EncDNS: A Lightweight Privacy-Preserving Name Resolution Service are online now [URL]

04.01.2014
We plan to release both a GUI for the gMix Simulator and an implementation of the R&F Model [SEC 2013 paper] for distributed experiments in about two months. Stay tuned

07.23.2013
SEC 2013 paper is online now [SpringerLink] [local copy]

04.15.2013
Paper accepted at SEC 2013 :-)

03.22.2013
Updated VM image for gMix now available [more information].

03.22.2013
Added several new client connection handlers implemented in different asynchronous I/O frameworks (Netty, MINA, Grizzly, NIO) [URL]

03.22.2013
Added new layer 2 plug-in Sphinx_Channel, a plug-in for long-lived anonymous channels [URL]

03.22.2013
Added new layer 2 plug-in RSA_OAEP_sourceRouting, a length-preserving variant of the RSA_OAEP_AES_OFB plug-in [URL]

03.22.2013
The RSA_OAEP_AES_OFB plug-in is now duplex (anonymous reply addresses are supported) [URL]

03.22.2013
The gMix Discrete-event Network Simulator now contains a plug-in mechanism (like the gMix Framework) [registry][plug-ins]

03.22.2013
Added several new example experiment config files for the gMix Discrete-event Network Simulator [URL]

03.22.2013
A new plot engine for the gMix Discrete-event Network Simulator is available with several new plot styles [code] [example plots]

02.07.2013
Performance improvements of the gMix Discrete-event Network Simulator finished (switch to a balanced binary heap as event queue).

02.07.2013
Added trace parser and extraction engine to the github repository.

02.06.2013
Experiment descriptions, executables and source code for the paper Generating Realistic Application Workloads for Mix-Based Systems for Controllable, Repeatable and Usable Experimentation are online [URL].

10.02.2012
We now provide a VM image for gMix [more information].

09.24.2012
Updated website with several tutorials.

08.31.2012
Updated website with a FAQ section and an overview of the available plug-ins.

08.29.2012
Added three new layer 3 plug-ins (Binomial Plus Pool, Logarithmic Pool and Square Root Pool). [paper] [code]

08.28.2012
Added new layer 3 plug-in Proportional Method. [paper] [code]

08.28.2012
Added source routing support for layer 2 plug-ins RSA_AES_Channel and Sphinx. [URL]

08.24.2012
Added new free route (source routing, round robin scheduling) TCP plug-in for layer 1 [URL]

08.02.2012
Updated github repository.

08.02.2012
Added possiblity to specify random variables for parameters in load generator config file. Supported distributions: binomial, exponential, gaussian, hypergeometric, poisson, uniform, zipf, weibull. [URL]

08.02.2012
New load generator available that supports mix packet level and application level traffic. Basic traffic models: greedy source, constant rate, poisson, trace file (PackMime-HTTP, fixed and dynamic scheduling) [URL]

06.10.2012
Paper accepted at ESORICS 2012 :-)

05.25.2012
Updated github repository.

05.25.2012
Plug-in mechanism and package structure refactored. [URL]

05.25.2012
Included several new Layer 5 socket types (StreamSockets, DatagramSockets etc.) [URL]

05.25.2012
Prototype of matching mechanism included (to model and verify dependencies between plug-ins) [URL1, URL2]

05.25.2012
Prototype of new recoding scheme (a fault-tolerant channel) added [URL]

04.13.2012
Config files, experiment descriptions, executable jar and source code for the paper "Introducing the gMix Open Source Framework for Mix Implementations" online

03.06.2012
The current framework prototype can be downloaded as executable jar file here

03.06.2012
Source code of the first working framework prototype is available on github

12.23.2011
Paper accepted at GI Sicherheit 2012 :-)

12.05.2011
All source code available on github now

12.05.2011
A first prototype of the gMix evaluation environment is online

12.05.2011
The first pre-alpha release of the gMix framework is available here

12.03.2011
A first mix implementation using the gMix architecture is online (a synchronous batch mix with constant dummy traffic)

12.02.2011
Project website online

News

06.27.2015
New gMix VM and Tutorials are online [URL]

05.01.2015
New version of gMix framework available on GitHub [URL]

05.01.2015
New website is online

02.13.2015
Paper accepted for Elsevier Computers & Security journal :-)

10.22.2014
Experiment descriptions, executables and source code for the paper Workload Modelling for Mix-based Anonymity Services are online now [URL]

06.13.2014
Paper about EncDNS accepted at ESORICS 2014 :-)

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