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Can Encrypted DNS Be Fast?
Austin Hounsel, Paul Schmitt, Kevin Borgolte +1
In this paper, we study the performance of encrypted DNS protocols and conventional DNS from thousands of home networks in the United States, over one month in 2020. We perform the…
Identifying Disinformation Websites Using Infrastructure Features
Austin Hounsel, Jordan Holland, Ben Kaiser +3
Platforms have struggled to keep pace with the spread of disinformation. Current responses like user reports, manual analysis, and third-party fact checking are slow and difficult…
Understanding How and Why University Students Use Virtual Private Networks
Agnieszka Dutkowska-Zuk, Austin Hounsel, Andre Xiong +4
We study how and why university students chose and use VPNs, and whether they are aware of the security and privacy risks that VPNs pose. To answer these questions, we conducted 32…
Encryption without Centralization: Distributing DNS Queries Across Recursive Resolvers
Austin Hounsel, Paul Schmitt, Kevin Borgolte +1
Emerging protocols such as DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and DNS-over-TLS (DoT) improve the privacy of DNS queries and responses. While this trend towards encryption is positive, deployment…