Explain your answer in terms of the malicious node in each of the first, second, and third positions.

We have had the opportunity to explore anonymization and the use of onion routing. Suppose an intermediate node for onion routing were malicious, exposing the source and destination of communications it forwarded. Clearly this disclosure would damage the confidentiality onion routing was designed to achieve.

If the malicious node were the one in the middle, what would be exposed?
If the malicious one were one node of three, what would be lost?
Explain your answer in terms of the malicious node in each of the first, second, and third positions.
How many nonmalicious nodes are necessary to preserve privacy?

Write a 2 to 3 page paper that addresses the concerns that have been identified. Support the ideas and suggestions with citations. The paper should also use APA style and appropriate citations.

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