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20232026
most citedZDNS: A Fast DNS Toolkit for Internet Measurement

40 citations · 116 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

cs.NI2026

Expanding Access, Exposing Risk: A Short Study of Exposed Starlink Hosts

Omar Elamri, Isaac-Neil Zanoria, Jacob Zhi +2

In this very short paper, we present a measurement-driven analysis of the security characteristics of Starlink-connected hosts and uncover several concerning trends. We find that S…

cs.NI2024

A Global Perspective on the Past, Present, and Future of Video Streaming over Starlink

Liz Izhikevich, Reese Enghardt, Te-Yuan Huang +1

This study presents the first global analysis of on-demand video streaming over Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks, using data from over one million households across 85 coun…

cs.NI2024

Rooting Out Incorrect RIPE Atlas Probe Geolocations

Katherine Izhikevich, Ben Du, Manda Tran +4

Geolocation plays a critical role in understanding the Internet. In this work, we analyze and fix operator-misreported geolocation. Using DNS root servers to detect speed of Intern…

cs.CR2023

Using Honeybuckets to Characterize Cloud Storage Scanning in the Wild

Katherine Izhikevich, Geoff Voelker, Stefan Savage +1

In this work, we analyze to what extent actors target poorly-secured cloud storage buckets for attack. We deployed hundreds of AWS S3 honeybuckets with different names and content…

cs.CR2023★ 19 cited

Cloud Watching: Understanding Attacks Against Cloud-Hosted Services

Liz Izhikevich, Manda Tran, Michalis Kallitsis +2

Cloud computing has dramatically changed service deployment patterns. In this work, we analyze how attackers identify and target cloud services in contrast to traditional enterpris…

cs.CR2023★ 12 cited

Stratosphere: Finding Vulnerable Cloud Storage Buckets

Jack Cable, Drew Gregory, Liz Izhikevich +1

Misconfigured cloud storage buckets have leaked hundreds of millions of medical, voter, and customer records. These breaches are due to a combination of easily-guessable bucket nam…

cs.NI2023★ 40 cited

ZDNS: A Fast DNS Toolkit for Internet Measurement

Liz Izhikevich, Gautam Akiwate, Briana Berger +5

Active DNS measurement is fundamental to understanding and improving the DNS ecosystem. However, the absence of an extensible, high-performance, and easy-to-use DNS toolkit has lim…

cs.NI2023★ 2 cited

Democratizing LEO Satellite Network Measurement

Liz Izhikevich, Manda Tran, Katherine Izhikevich +2

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks are quickly gaining traction with promises of impressively low latency, high bandwidth, and global reach. However, the research community k…

cs.NI2023★ 29 cited

Predicting IPv4 Services Across All Ports

Liz Izhikevich, Renata Teixeira, Zakir Durumeric

Internet-wide scanning is commonly used to understand the topology and security of the Internet. However, IPv4 Internet scans have been limited to scanning only a subset of service…

cs.CR2023★ 14 cited

LZR: Identifying Unexpected Internet Services

Liz Izhikevich, Renata Teixeira, Zakir Durumeric

Internet-wide scanning is a commonly used research technique that has helped uncover real-world attacks, find cryptographic weaknesses, and understand both operator and miscreant b…