Talk:Traffic analysis

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 Definition Traffic analysis is a branch of signals intelligence, inferring useful information from messages without actually reading them. [d] [e]
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I just dropped a lot of text in here, borrowed from the FreeS/WAN docs which we have permission to re-use. It needs a second opinion, likely some editing. There's also a citation I once had and cannot now find, the "radio silence" story. Sandy Harris 16:34, 4 August 2008 (CDT)

Also, it should discuss and link to systems designed to resist traffic analysis, which I think include OTR and TOR. Anyone know enough to do that? Sandy Harris 17:37, 4 August 2008 (CDT)