Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate a side-channel technique to infer whether two machines are exchanging packets on the Internet provided that one of them is a Linux machine. For ICMP and UDP exchanges, we require that at least one machine is a Linux machine, and for TCP connections, we require that at least the server is a Linux machine. Unlike many side-channel measurement techniques, our method does not require that either machine be idle. That is, we make no assumptions about either machines’ traffic patterns with respect to other hosts on the Internet. We have implemented our technique, and we present the results of a proof-of-concept experiment showing that it can effectively measure whether hosts are communicating.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| State | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 4th USENIX Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet, FOCI 2014, co-located with USENIX Security 2014 - San Diego, United States Duration: Aug 18 2014 → … |
Conference
| Conference | 4th USENIX Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet, FOCI 2014, co-located with USENIX Security 2014 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Diego |
| Period | 8/18/14 → … |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Software