Abstract
We conduct longitudinal and temporal analyses on active DNS measurement data to investigate how the Russia-Ukraine conflict impacted the network infrastructures supporting domain names under ICANN's CZDS new gTLDs. Our findings revealed changes in the physical locations of network infrastructures, utilization of managed DNS services, infrastructure redundancy, and distribution, which started right after the first reported Russian military movements in February 2022. We also found that domains from different countries had varying location preferences when moving their hosting infrastructure. These observed changes suggest that network operators took proactive measures in anticipation of an armed conflict to promote resilience and protect the sovereignty of their networks in response to the conflict.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2023 Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity |
| Subtitle of host publication | 2023 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 9 May 2023 |
| Event | 8th International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity, WTMC 2023 - Delft, Netherlands Duration: 7 Jul 2023 → 7 Jul 2023 Conference number: 8 |
Workshop
| Workshop | 8th International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity, WTMC 2023 |
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| Abbreviated title | WTMC 2023 |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Delft |
| Period | 7/07/23 → 7/07/23 |
Keywords
- Network Resilience
- Digital Sovereignty
- Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- DNS Measurement
