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What is Mix-Net

Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
A set of mix-servers that work together to provide anonymity in communications. Each mix-server in the mix-net receives a set of messages and forwards them in a secret random order to the next mix-server. In e-voting mix-nets are usually used to provide anonymity in vote submit or decipher process.
Published in Chapter:
Key Concepts and Protocols in E-Voting
Rui F.L. Joaquim (CCISEL, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch100
Abstract
With today’s technology, it is possible to improve the decision support of our networked and virtual organizations. More specific we are talking about e-voting systems, namely Internet voting systems, which are a convenient way to express actors’ will and/or opinion with all properties of traditional voting, such as: accuracy, democracy, privacy, and verifiability. To look at e-voting systems only as a modern way to conduct political or private organizations’ elections is diminutive of its potential. Whenever people’s privacy is at stake e-voting expertise can come in hand. Examples of such scenarios are quality surveys to improve service quality, for instance banks and other private or public service entities; health related surveys, for instance sexual behavior survey to help in the creation of a plan to fight sexual transmitted diseases, and teaching quality surveys to help adapt classes’ content to students’ needs.
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