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We present remote Operating System detection as an inference problem: given a set of observations (the target host responses to a set of tests), we want to infer the OS type which most probably generated these observations. Classical…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2010-06-11 Carlos Sarraute , Javier Burroni

This paper considers the problem of single-server Individually-Private Information Retrieval with side information (IPIR). In this problem, there is a remote server that stores a dataset of $K$ messages, and there is a user that initially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Anoosheh Heidarzadeh , Alex Sprintson

Traditional Neighbor Discovery (ND) and Secure Neighbor Discovery (SND) are key elements for network functionality. SND is a hard problem, satisfying not only typical security properties (authentication, integrity) but also verification of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Ahmed Mohamed Hussain , Panos Papadimitratos

In this paper, we uncover a new off-path TCP hijacking attack that can be used to terminate victim TCP connections or inject forged data into victim TCP connections by manipulating the new mixed IPID assignment method, which is widely used…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Xuewei Feng , Chuanpu Fu , Qi Li , Kun Sun , Ke Xu

The increasing use of the Internet of Things raises security concerns. To address this, device fingerprinting is often employed to authenticate devices, detect adversaries, and identify eavesdroppers in an environment. This requires the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Justin Feng , Amirmohammad Haddad , Nader Sehatbakhsh

The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) has introduced a massive influx of devices into the market, bringing with them significant security vulnerabilities. In this diverse ecosystem, robust IoT device identification is a critical…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Kahraman Kostas

Local Differential Privacy (LDP) provides provable privacy protection for data collection without the assumption of the trusted data server. In the real-world scenario, different data have different privacy requirements due to the distinct…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Xiaolan Gu , Ming Li , Li Xiong , Yang Cao

Fingerprinting of quantum computer devices is a new threat that poses a challenge to shared, cloud-based quantum computers. Fingerprinting can allow adversaries to map quantum computer infrastructures, uniquely identify cloud-based devices…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-28 Allen Mi , Shuwen Deng , Jakub Szefer

Along with the benefits of Internet of Things (IoT) come potential privacy risks, since billions of the connected devices are granted permission to track information about their users and communicate it to other parties over the Internet.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-01-24 Chris Xiaoxuan Lu , Yang Li , Yuanbo Xiangli , Zhengxiong Li

Many Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices rely on cloud computation resources to perform machine learning inferences. This is expensive and may raise privacy concerns for users. Consumers of these devices often have hardware such as gaming…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Han Zhang , Zifan Wang , Mihir Dhamankar , Matt Fredrikson , Yuvraj Agarwal

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 prevalent protocols, e.g., SSH and BGP, reply to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-09-28 Taha Albakour , Oliver Gasser , Georgios Smaragdakis

Persistent Identifiers (PID) are the foundation referencing digital assets in scientific publications, books, and digital repositories. In its realization, PIDs contain metadata and resolving targets in form of URLs that point to data sets…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-05-02 Oliver Wannenwetsch , Tim A. Majchrzak

Time-to-Live data in the IP header offers two interesting characteristics: First, different IP stacks pick different start TTL values. Second, each traversed router should decrement the TTL value. The combination of both offers host and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-06-27 Quirin Scheitle , Oliver Gasser , Paul Emmerich , Georg Carle

In recent years, the advances in digitalisation have also adversely contributed to the significant rise in cybercrimes. Hence, building the threat intelligence to shield against rising cybercrimes has become a fundamental requisite.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Cebajel Tanan , Sameer G. Kulkarni , Tamal Das , Manjesh K. Hanawal

We consider a mobile edge computing scenario where a number of devices want to perform a linear inference $\boldsymbol{W}\boldsymbol{x}$ on some local data $\boldsymbol{x}$ given a network-side matrix $\boldsymbol{W}$. The computation is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Reent Schlegel , Siddhartha Kumar , Eirik Rosnes , Alexandre Graell i Amat

This work presents RiDDLE, short for Reversible and Diversified De-identification with Latent Encryptor, to protect the identity information of people from being misused. Built upon a pre-learned StyleGAN2 generator, RiDDLE manages to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Dongze Li , Wei Wang , Kang Zhao , Jing Dong , Tieniu Tan

Connected vehicles are becoming commonplace. A constant connection between vehicles and a central server enables new features and services. This added connectivity raises the likelihood of exposure to attackers and risks unauthorized…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-05-08 Valentin Zieglmeier , Severin Kacianka , Thomas Hutzelmann , Alexander Pretschner

This paper was designed to provide Intranet traffic monitoring by sniffing the packets at the local Area Network (LAN) server end to provide security and control. It was implemented using five computer systems configured with static…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-10-25 Henry N. Ogbu , Moses Adah Agana

Internet of Things (IoT) has brought along immense benefits to our daily lives encompassing a diverse range of application domains that we regularly interact with, ranging from healthcare automation to transport and smart environments.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Mengmeng Ge , Naeem Firdous Syed , Xiping Fu , Zubair Baig , Antonio Robles-Kelly

In developing regions a substantial number of users rely on legacy and ultra-low-cost mobile devices. Unfortunately, many of these devices are not equipped to run the standard authentication or identity apps that are available for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Vasilios Mavroudis , Chris Hicks , Jon Crowcroft