Privacy

A group of researchers and privacy proponents is working to develop
new standards for network anonymity at the Internet protocol level, a
prospect that could mask the location of Web users.  The coalition,
called the NymIP project, plans to create next-generation
"pseudonymity and anonymity services for the Internet ... designed
using an open, public process," according to its Web site

Formed last month and introduced at a recent Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) session, the group was spearheaded by Zero-Knowledge
Systems , a developer of privacy technology, and Harvard University
researcher Scott Bradner, who is also an area director for the
IETF. The IETF is hosting a working-group mailing list to discuss the
issues surrounding the development of privacy standards.

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