Feghhi, Saman and Leith, Douglas J.
(2014)
A Successful Web Traffic Analysis Attack Using
Only Timing Information.
Working Paper.
arXiv.org.
Abstract
We introduce an attack against encrypted web
traffic that makes use only of packet timing information on the
uplink. This attack is therefore impervious to existing packet
padding defences. In addition, unlike existing approaches this
timing-only attack does not require knowledge of the start/end
of web fetches and so is effective against traffic streams. We
demonstrate the effectiveness of the attack against both wired
and wireless traffic, achieving mean success rates in excess of
90%. In addition to being of interest in its own right, this timing-only
attack serves to highlight deficiencies in existing defences
and so to areas where it would be beneficial for VPN designers
to focus further attention.
| Item Type: |
Monograph
(Working Paper)
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| Keywords: |
Web Traffic Analysis; Attack; Timing Information; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute |
| Item ID: |
5957 |
| Identification Number: |
arXiv:1410.2087 |
| Depositing User: |
Professsor Douglas Leith
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| Date Deposited: |
12 Mar 2015 16:51 |
| Publisher: |
arXiv.org |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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