Trufflehunter: cache snooping rare domains at large public DNS resolvers

A Randall, E Liu, G Akiwate, R Padmanabhan… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents and evaluates Trufflehunter, a DNS cache snooping tool for estimating
the prevalence of rare and sensitive Internet applications. Unlike previous efforts that have …

Global, passive detection of connection tampering

R Sundara Raman, LH Merino, K Bock… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In-network devices around the world monitor and tamper with connections for many reasons,
including intrusion prevention, combating spam or phishing, and country-level censorship …

Always in control? Sovereign states in cyberspace

S Mainwaring - European Journal of International Security, 2020 - cambridge.org
For well over twenty years, we have witnessed an intriguing debate about the nature of
cyberspace. Used for everything from communication to commerce, it has transformed the …

DNSScope: Fine-Grained DNS Cache Probing for Remote Network Activity Characterization

J Li, Z Lin, X Ma, J Li, J Qu, X Luo… - IEEE INFOCOM 2024 …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The domain name system (DNS) is indispensable to nearly every Internet service. It has
been extensively utilized for network activity characterization in passive and active …

NinjaDoH: A Censorship-Resistant Moving Target DoH Server Using Hyperscalers and IPNS

S Seidenberger, M Beret, R Wijewickrama… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We introduce NinjaDoH, a novel DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol that leverages the
InterPlanetary Name System (IPNS), along with public cloud infrastructure, to create a …

A study on the use of 3rd party DNS resolvers for malware filtering or censorship circumvention

M Fejrskov, E Vasilomanolakis… - … Conference on ICT …, 2022 - Springer
DNS resolvers perform the essential role of translating domain names into IP addresses.
The default DNS resolver offered by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) can be undesirable …

Lessons from the library: Extreme minimalist scaling at pirate ebook platforms

MP Eve - Digital Humanities Quarterly, 2022 - eprints.bbk.ac.uk
At 33TB of data in its main collection, the highly illegal Library Genesis project is one of the
largest repositories of copyright-violating educational ebooks ever created. Established over …

[HTML][HTML] Digital Iran: Soft Power and Affect in Video Games

M Cohoon - 2021 - ideah.pubpub.org
With nearly 3 billion gamers worldwide, online games and streaming have become a pivotal
part of everyday life for people across the globe, leading to new conceptions and …

[PDF][PDF] ZDNS vs. MassDNS: A Comparison of DNS Measurement Tools

J Dix, P Sattler, J Zirngibl - 2023 - net.in.tum.de
The DNS is an ever-growing essential part of today's Internet. Its ability to function well is
crucial for the Internet's stability and maintainability. To ensure that, the DNS needs to …

Overcoming threats and vulnerabilities in dns

A Shaikh, B Pardeshi, F Dalvi - Proceedings of the 3rd International …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
With the advancement of Internet based technology we face intense need of well-defined
security mechanisms to be implemented at each phase. Domain Name System (DNS) is …