Prabhjot Singh (University of Waterloo), Diogo Barradas (University of Waterloo), Tariq Elahi (University of Edinburgh), Noura Limam (University of Waterloo)

Despite the implementation of encrypted channels, such as those offered by anonymity networks like Tor, network adversaries have demonstrated the ability to compromise users’ browsing privacy through website fingerprinting attacks. This paper studies the susceptibility of Tor users to website fingerprinting when data is exchanged over low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite Internet links. Specifically, we design an experimental testbed that incorporates a Starlink satellite Internet connection, allowing us to collect a dataset for evaluating the success of website fingerprinting attacks in satellite environments compared to conventional fiber connections. Our findings suggest that Tor traffic transmitted via Starlink is as vulnerable to fingerprinting attacks as traffic over fiber links, despite the distinct networking characteristics of Starlink connections in contrast to fiber.

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TrustSketch: Trustworthy Sketch-based Telemetry on Cloud Hosts

Zhuo Cheng (Carnegie Mellon University), Maria Apostolaki (Princeton University), Zaoxing Liu (University of Maryland), Vyas Sekar (Carnegie Mellon University)

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A Unified Symbolic Analysis of WireGuard

Pascal Lafourcade (Universite Clermont Auvergne), Dhekra Mahmoud (Universite Clermont Auvergne), Sylvain Ruhault (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information)

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AnonPSI: An Anonymity Assessment Framework for PSI

Bo Jiang (TikTok Inc.), Jian Du (TikTok Inc.), Qiang Yan (TikTok Inc.)

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LoRDMA: A New Low-Rate DoS Attack in RDMA Networks

Shicheng Wang (Tsinghua University), Menghao Zhang (Beihang University & Infrawaves), Yuying Du (Information Engineering University), Ziteng Chen (Southeast University), Zhiliang Wang (Tsinghua University & Zhongguancun Laboratory), Mingwei Xu (Tsinghua University & Zhongguancun Laboratory), Renjie Xie (Tsinghua University), Jiahai Yang (Tsinghua University & Zhongguancun Laboratory)

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