Ipv6 hitlists at scale: Be careful what you wish for

E Rye, D Levin - Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2023 Conference, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Today's network measurements rely heavily on Internet-wide scanning, employing tools like
ZMap that are capable of quickly iterating over the entire IPv4 address space. Unfortunately …

Target acquired? Evaluating target generation algorithms for IPv6

L Steger, L Kuang, J Zirngibl, G Carle… - 2023 7th Network …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet measurements are a crucial foundation of IPv6-related research. Due to the
infeasibility of full address space scans for IPv6 however, those measurements rely on …

Characterizing the VPN Ecosystem in the Wild

A Maghsoudlou, L Vermeulen, I Poese… - … Conference on Passive …, 2023 - Springer
With the increase of remote working during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) around the world has nearly doubled. Therefore, measuring …

Deep dive into the iot backend ecosystem

SJ Saidi, S Matic, O Gasser, G Smaragdakis… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, eg, at home, in
enterprise environments, and in production lines. To support the advanced functionalities of …

QUIC hunter: Finding QUIC deployments and identifying server libraries across the Internet

J Zirngibl, F Gebauer, P Sattler, M Sosnowski… - … Conference on Passive …, 2024 - Springer
The diversity of QUIC implementations poses challenges for Internet measurements and the
analysis of the QUIC ecosystem. While all implementations follow the same specification …

6Sense:{Internet-Wide}{IPv6} Scanning and its Security Applications

G Williams, M Erdemir, A Hsu, S Bhat… - 33rd USENIX Security …, 2024 - usenix.org
Internet-wide scanning is a critical tool for security researchers and practitioners alike. By
exhaustively exploring the entire IPv4 address space, Internet scanning has driven the …

6Search: A reinforcement learning-based traceroute approach for efficient IPv6 topology discovery

N Liu, C Jia, B Hou, C Hou, Y Chen, Z Cai - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Topology discovery can infer the interconnection relationship between network entities. A
complete network topology is of great significance for network security analysis, application …

Pushing alias resolution to the limit

T Albakour, O Gasser, G Smaragdakis - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we show that utilizing multiple protocols offers a unique opportunity to improve
IP alias resolution and dual-stack inference substantially. Our key observation is that …

Seeds of Scanning: Exploring the Effects of Datasets, Methods, and Metrics on IPv6 Internet Scanning

G Williams, P Pearce - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM on Internet …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Large-scale Internet scanning is a vital research tool. While IPv4 can be exhaustively
probed, the size of IPv6 precludes complete enumeration, limiting large-scale measurement …

: A Fast, Efficient, and Comprehensive Global Active IPv6 Address Detection System

G Song, L He, F Zhu, J Lin, W Zhang… - IEEE/ACM …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fast Internet-wide scanning is essential for network situational awareness and asset
evaluation. However, the vast IPv6 address space makes brute-force scanning infeasible …