Bento: Bringing Network Function Virtualization to Tor
Primary Investigator:
Christina Garman
Michael Reininger, Arushi Arora, Stephen Herwig, Nicholas Francino, Christina Garman, Dave Levin
Abstract
Bento seeks to introduce programmable middleboxes into the Tor network, enabling users to install and run sophisticated “functions” on willing Tor routers, further improving anonymity, resilience to attack, performance of hidden services, and more.