3 papers
cs.NI2026
Shy Guys: A Light-Weight Approach to Detecting Robots on Websites
Rémi Van Boxem, Tom Barbette, Cristel Pelsser +1
Automated bots now account for roughly half of all web requests, and an increasing number deliberately spoof their identity to either evade detection or to not respect robots.txt.…
cs.NI2025
The Forest Behind the Tree: Revealing Hidden Smart Home Communication Patterns
François De Keersmaeker, Rémi Van Boxem, Cristel Pelsser +1
The widespread use of Smart Home devices has attracted significant research interest in understanding their behavior within home networks. Unlike general-purpose computers, these d…
cs.NI2024
An Analysis of QUIC Connection Migration in the Wild
Aurélien Buchet, Cristel Pelsser
As QUIC gains attention, more applications that leverage its capabilities are emerging. These include defenses against on-path IP tracking and traffic analysis. However, the deploy…