Assessing Network Operator Actions to Enhance Digital Sovereignty and Strengthen Network Resilience: A Longitudinal Analysis during the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Muhammad Yasir Muzayan Haq; Abhishta Abhishta; Raffaele Sommese; Mattijs Jonker; Lambert J.M. Nieuwenhuis

Assessing Network Operator Actions to Enhance Digital Sovereignty and Strengthen Network Resilience: A Longitudinal Analysis during the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Muhammad Yasir Muzayan Haq^*, Abhishta Abhishta^*, Raffaele Sommese, Mattijs Jonker, Lambert J.M. Nieuwenhuis

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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
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	8th International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity, WTMC 2023 - Delft, Netherlands Duration: 7 Jul 2023 → 7 Jul 2023 Conference number: 8

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Workshop	8th International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity, WTMC 2023
Abbreviated title	WTMC 2023
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Delft
Period	7/07/23 → 7/07/23

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Network resilience
Digital sovereignty
Russia-Ukraine conflict
DNS measurement

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Assessing Network Operator Actions to Enhance Digital Sovereignty and Strengthen Network Resilience: A Longitudinal Analysis during the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Haq, M. Y. M., Abhishta, A., Sommese, R., Jonker, M. & Nieuwenhuis, L. J. M., 31 Jul 2023, 2023 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW). IEEE, p. 487-494 8 p. 10190662
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Haq, MYM , Abhishta, A , Sommese, R , Jonker, M & Nieuwenhuis, LJM 2023, 'Assessing Network Operator Actions to Enhance Digital Sovereignty and Strengthen Network Resilience: A Longitudinal Analysis during the Russia-Ukraine Conflict', Paper presented at 8th International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity, WTMC 2023, Delft, Netherlands, 7/07/23 - 7/07/23.

Assessing Network Operator Actions to Enhance Digital Sovereignty and Strengthen Network Resilience: A Longitudinal Analysis during the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. / Haq, Muhammad Yasir Muzayan ; Abhishta, Abhishta ; Sommese, Raffaele et al.
2023. Paper presented at 8th International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity, WTMC 2023, Delft, Netherlands.

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Assessing Network Operator Actions to Enhance Digital Sovereignty and Strengthen Network Resilience: A Longitudinal Analysis during the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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