Noise Generating Mixnet
Noise-Generating Mixnets (NGM) protect not just content, but also patterns of behaviour online. It obfuscates both data and metadata of communication.
The NymVPN is the first commercial application to include an NGM offering protection against AI-surveillance. The network can also be integrated to any blockchain, wallet, or app to provide network layer privacy protection.
Nym's Noise Generating Network
Key Features
5-hop mixnet
Data sent via the mixnet to any web application travels 5-hops, before arriving at its destination. Between an Entry Node and an Exit node, three layers of mixnodes guarantee metadata obfuscation.
Nested encryption
At each subsequent hop, the data packets are encrypted so each node only has information about the packet's origin and destination but not the payload (data) itself.
Zero knowledge access credentials
When a Nym Client connects to the mixnet, the Entry Gateway performs the check for a zero-knowledge network access credential, making users un-linkable to their internet usage.
Noise components
Noise
Cover traffic
Empty data packets are introduced into the network to increase the anonymity of all users. These dummy packets look just like real ones.
Noise
Traffic mixing
Anonymized data packets from different users are shuffled together by mix nodes to obscure patterns of communication across the network.
Noise
Timing obfuscation
Data mixing prevents surveillance from tracking your packets based on the timing of when they arrive on and leave a server.
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Using the Mixnet
How can I use the Nym NGM?
How can I use the Nym NGM?
Individuals:
You can simply get the NymVPN app to start benefiting from the secure routing offered by the Nym network. The app allows people to choose between two network modes:
- Fast Mode (decentralized 2-hop), optimized for browsing and streaming
- Anonymous Mode (a 5-hop NGM) optimized for anonymity and best for messaging, crypto transactions, email, and other activities that can tolerate high latency.
Enterprise:
For companies seeking to offer superior security and integrity to their customers, the Nym network can be used as a general purpose secure routing network. Nym can be integrated directly with applications and services to secure the integrity of users and systems by providing secure routing for any app, blockchain, or service. Integrations currently in progress include z-cash light clients to protect crypto transactions and Ethereum validators to secure the integrity of consensus and protect against MEV attacks. Contact us at: contact@nym.com.
Why is the Nym network decentralized?
Why is the Nym network decentralized?
Decentralization of the mixnet improves its fundamental privacy properties like ensuring that users are not directly connected to their online interactions.
Decentralization ensures that the full route of a user’s traffic can never be known by any single entity handling user data, and makes external surveillance very difficult to achieve.
Decentralization requires a minimum of 2 intermediary servers (or hops) between a user and the web. The large majority of VPNs are centralized. With NymVPN, there is no single entity on the network, not even Nym, where your full traffic is logable. Nym is a zero-knowledge network by design.
What are the benefits of a Noise Generating Mixnet (NGM)?
What are the benefits of a Noise Generating Mixnet (NGM)?
A Noise Generating Mixnet (NGM) is a new technology for secure internet traffic routing, developed specifically for the growing challenges posed by AI and malicious government surveillance programs. A NGM protects not just the content of messages but also the metadata and patterns of communication across the internet.
A NGM performs best in class (over VPNs and Tor) against:
- Traffic analysis
- End-to-end correlation attacks
- Website fingerprinting
- Protecting your traffic from a global passive adversary able to watch the entire network.
It does this by introducing “noise” into the network to protect users’ metadata and obscure their patterns of communication. On Nym’s NGM, noise includes uniform packet sizes, cover traffic, packet mixing, and timing obfuscation. Network noise makes it so everyone’s traffic cannot be analyzed and used by fraudsters, hackers, and malicious actors to perform a variety of attacks.
What is the speed and latency of the Nym NGM?
What is the speed and latency of the Nym NGM?
The speed of the Nym network depends on your choice of routing. Through NymVPN, the normal 2-hop (WireGuard) mode has speeds up to 100 Mbps and latency around 50 ms depending on your chosen gateways. This is ideal for things like browsing and streaming.
For maximal anonymity protections , the Anonymous Mode will involve more latency but with advanced protections against surveillance. It is thus recommended for highly sensitive traffic which can tolerate high latency like messaging, crypto transactions, and email.
How much does it cost to use the Nym network?
How much does it cost to use the Nym network?
For end users you can use the Nym NGM via the NymVPN. NymVPN has three plans available: a monthly plan of $11.99, or discounted plans of 1- or 2-years. See Nym’s pricing pages for all the details.
For enterprise Any app, wallet or blockchain can integrate with the Nym NGM to secure traffic of users, light clients and validators. For more information on how to integrate and partner with Nym, reach out to: sales@nymte.ch
Learn about the NYM token
Token
The NYM utility token is the native token of the mixnet. Learn how to bond a node or delegate stake to start earning rewards!
