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Global Network Interference Detection Over the RIPE Atlas Network

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Explore a 33-minute conference talk from USENIX FOCI '14 that presents innovative methods for detecting global network interference using the RIPE Atlas platform. Learn how researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Karlstad University address challenges in censorship measurement by leveraging a widely-deployed network to improve geographic coverage and scalability. Discover their proposed algorithm for monitoring vital service reachability, balancing timeliness, diversity, and cost. Examine case studies of blocking events in Turkey and Russia, revealing under-explored forms of interference and evidence of cooperation between a blogging platform and government authorities for content blocking. Gain insights into the analytical framework and data collection needs for future ubiquitous measurements initiatives in network censorship detection.

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FOCI '14 - Global Network Interference Detection Over the RIPE Atlas Network


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