Coercion-free electronic elections using Tor

The goal of this thesis is to propose a solution to prevent an attacker who has some degree of control over a network to impede voters which are using that network. That is a system that is resistant to forced-abstention coercion attacks. Although the goal for the thesis is forced-abstention attacks...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Argelaguet, Pau
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/139069
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/139069
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:red TOR
informática
seguridad informática
xarxa TOR
informàtica
seguretat informàtica
TOR network
computers
computer security
Computer security -- TFM
Seguretat informàtica -- TFM
Seguridad informática -- TFM
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Sumario:The goal of this thesis is to propose a solution to prevent an attacker who has some degree of control over a network to impede voters which are using that network. That is a system that is resistant to forced-abstention coercion attacks. Although the goal for the thesis is forced-abstention attacks, indeed, such a system will also help prevent (or at least, make them more difficult) the other described attacks. The fact that an attacker cannot know when a voter did vote or even if they voted at all adds a layer of complexity to the hypothetical attack.