PUBLICATIONS

Forensic Investigation of the OneSwarm Anonymous Filesharing System.
Swagatika Prusty, Brian Neil Levine, and Marc Liberatore. In Proc. ACM Conference on Computer & Communications Security (CCS), page 13, October 2011.
Keywords: forensics; peer-to-peer; anonymity; [bibtex] [PDF] [slides] [link]

Economic Incentives for Protecting Digital Rights Online.
N. Boris Margolin, Brian Neil Levine, James D. Miller, and Matthew Wright. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 10(5):553-564, September 2011.
Keywords: security; Sybil attack; Journal Paper; [bibtex] [PDF] [doi] [link]

Effective Digital Forensics Research is Investigator-Centric.
Robert J. Walls, Brian Neil Levine, Marc Liberatore, and Clay Shields. In Proc. USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security (HotSec), August 2011.
Keywords: forensics; security; [bibtex] [PDF] [slides] [audio] [video] [link]

Forensic Triage for Mobile Phones with DEC0DE.
Robert J. Walls, Erik Learned-Miller, and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. USENIX Security Symposium, August 2011.
Keywords: forensics; Synthesis project; [bibtex] [PDF] [slides] [audio] [video] [link]

Empirical Tests of Anonymous Voice Over IP.
Marc Liberatore, Bikas Gurung, Brian Neil Levine, and Matthew Wright. Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 34(1):341-350, January 2011.
Keywords: privacy; anonymity; peer-to-peer; Journal Paper; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Strengthening Forensic Investigations of Child Pornography on P2P Networks.
Marc Liberatore, Brian Neil Levine, and Clay Shields. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Future Networking Technologies (CoNEXT), November 2010.
Keywords: forensics; peer-to-peer; [bibtex] [PDF] [slides] [link]

Reverse Engineering for Mobile Systems Forensics with Ares.
John Tuttle, Robert J. Walls, Erik Learned-Miller, and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. ACM Workshop on Insider Threats, October 2010.
Keywords: forensics; [bibtex] [PDF] [workshop] [link]

Forensic Investigation of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks.
Marc Liberatore, Robert Erdely, Thomas Kerle, Brian Neil Levine, and Clay Shields. In Proc. DFRWS Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference, August 2010.
Keywords: forensics; peer-to-peer; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

DEX: Digital Evidence Provenance Supporting Reproducibility and Comparison.
Brian Neil Levine and Marc Liberatore. In Proc. of DFRWS Annual Conference, August 2009.
Keywords: forensics; [bibtex] [PDF] [conference] [link]

Auditing and Forensic Analysis.
Brian Neil Levine and Gerome Miklau. In M. Tamer A-Zsu and Ling Liu, editors, Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer-Verlag, June 2009.
Keywords: Auditing; forensics; database security; ; [bibtex] [table_of_contents] [link]

Detecting Denial of Service Attacks in Tor.
Norman Danner, Danny Krizanc, and Marc Liberatore. In Proceedings of Thirteenth International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, Rockley, Christ Church, Barbados, February 2009.
Keywords: security; anonymity; ; [bibtex] [link]

Enhancing Child Safety & Online Technologies. Appendix D: Technology Advisory Board Report.
Laura DeBonis, Ben Adida, Scott Bradner, Hany Farid, Lee Hollaar, Todd Inskeep, Brian Neil Levine, Adi Mcabian, R.L. Morgan, Lam Nguyen, Jeff Schiller, and Danny Weitzner. Technical report, Internet Safety Technical Task Force to the Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking of State Attorneys General of the United States, December 2008.
Keywords: peer-to-peer; forensics; [bibtex] [appendix_d] [full_report] [link]

Passive-Logging Attacks Against Anonymous Communications Systems.
Matthew Wright, Micah Adler, Brian Neil Levine, and Clay Shields. ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC), 11(2), May 2008.
Keywords: anonymity; peer-to-peer; Journal Paper; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Low-Latency Anonymity System: Statistical Attacks and New Applications.
Marc Liberatore. PhD thesis, University of Massachusetts Amherst, February 2008.
Keywords: security; Thesis; anonymity; ; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Quantifying Resistance to the Sybil Attack.
N. Boris Margolin and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC), pages 1--15, January 2008.
Keywords: Sybil attack; peer-to-peer; anonymity; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Threats to Privacy in the Forensic Analysis of Database Systems.
Patrick Stahlberg, Gerome Miklau, and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. ACM Intl Conf. on Management of Data (SIGMOD), pages 91--102, June 2007.
Keywords: forensics; database security; Privacy; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Informant: Detecting Sybils Using Incentives.
N. Boris Margolin and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC), pages 192--207, February 2007.
Keywords: Sybil attack; peer-to-peer; anonymity; [bibtex] [PDF] [presentation] [techreport] [link]

Securing History: Privacy and Accountability in Database Systems.
Gerome Miklau, Brian Neil Levine, and Patrick Stahlberg. In Biennial ACM/VLDB Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR), pages 387--396, January 2007.
Keywords: database security; forensics; [bibtex] [PDF] [presentation] [link]

A Survey of Solutions to the Sybil Attack.
Brian Neil Levine, Clay Shields, and N. Boris Margolin. Tech report 2006-052, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, October 2006.
Keywords: Sybil attack; peer-to-peer; security; anonymity; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Inferring the Source of Encrypted HTTP Connections.
Marc Liberatore and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. ACM conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), pages 255--263, October 2006.
Keywords: security; privacy; anonymity; forensics; [bibtex] [PDF] [slides] [traces] [link]

Detecting the Sybil Attack in Ad hoc Networks.
Chris Piro, Clay Shields, and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. IEEE/ACM International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm), pages 1--11, August 2006.
Keywords: security; Sybil attack; wireless; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

On the Cost-Ineffectiveness of Redundancy in Commercial P2P Computing.
Matthew Yurkewych, Brian Neil Levine, and Arnold L. Rosenberg. In Proc. ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), pages 280--288, November 2005.
Keywords: security; peer-to-peer; Sybil attack; Synthesis project; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Privacy Vulnerabilities in Encrypted HTTP Streams.
George Bissias, Marc Liberatore, David Jensen, and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. Privacy Enhancing Technologies Workshop (PET), pages 1--11, May 2005.
Keywords: security; anonymity; privacy; [bibtex] [PDF] [traces] [link]

The Predecessor Attack: An Analysis of a Threat to Anonymous Communications Systems.
Matthew Wright, Micah Adler, Brian Neil Levine, and Clay Shields. ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC), 4(7):489--522, November 2004.
Keywords: anonymity; peer-to-peer; Journal Paper; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Analysis of an Incentives-based Protection System.
N. Boris Margolin, Matthew Wright, and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. ACM Digital Rights Management Workshop (DRM), pages 22--30, October 2004.
Keywords: security; Sybil attack; [bibtex] [PDF] [presentation] [link]

SPIES: Secrets Protection Incentives-based Escrow System.
N. Boris Margolin, Matthew Wright, and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. Workshop on the Economics of Peer-to-Peer Systems (p2pEcon), June 2004.
Keywords: security; Sybil attack; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Timing Attacks in Low-Latency Mix Systems.
Brian Neil Levine, Mike Reiter, Chenxi Wang, and Matthew Wright. In Proc. Financial Cryptography (FC) (LNCS 3110), pages 251---265, February 2004.
Keywords: peer-to-peer; anonymity; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Defending Anonymous Communication Against Passive Logging Attacks.
Matthew Wright, Micah Adler, Brian Neil Levine, and Clay Shields. In Proc. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland), pages 28--41, May 2003.
Keywords: anonymity; peer-to-peer; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

Hordes - A Multicast Based Protocol for Anonymity.
Brian Neil Levine and Clay Shields. Journal of Computer Security, 10(3):213--240, September 2002.
Keywords: anonymity; multicast; peer-to-peer; Journal Paper; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

An Analysis of the Degradation of Anonymous Protocols.
Matthew Wright, Micah Adler, Brian Neil Levine, and Clay Shields. In Proc. ISOC Symposium Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS), pages 38--50, February 2002. Outstanding Paper Award.
Keywords: peer-to-peer; anonymity; award paper; Synthesis project; [bibtex] [PDF] [presentation] [link]

Responder Anonymity and Anonymous Peer-to-Peer File Sharing.
Vincent Scarlata, Brian Neil Levine, and Clay Shields. In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), pages 272--280, November 2001.
Keywords: peer-to-peer; anonymity; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]

A Protocol for Anonymous Communication Over the Internet.
Clay Shields and Brian Neil Levine. In Proc. ACM Conference on Computer and Communication Security (CCS), pages 33--43, November 2000.
Keywords: anonymity; multicast; peer-to-peer; [bibtex] [PDF] [link]