Nested encryption library for automated IPSec-based anonymous circuits establishment

Nowadays, security and privacy are becoming two of the most critical issues for current and future generation of communications systems. Since the 80's, many efficient systems have been proposed to ensure flows anonymity, mainly derived from the so-called Chaum's Mix networks. However, these solutions suffer from a lack of integration with standardized IP approaches and therefore missed a wide adoption by the general public. This paper proposes an anonymous circuit establishment scheme derived from the powerful Mix networks concept and inheriting from the IPSec Framework. This solution has been implemented and experimented over a real testbed in view to analyze its impacts on multimedia flows end-to-end transmission.