Three researchers, five conjectures: An empirical analysis of tom-Skype censorship and surveillance

1st USENIX Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet, FOCI 2011, co-located with USENIX Security 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Knockel, Jeffrey ^a   Crandall, Jedidiah R ^a   Saia, Jared ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOLITION; INTERNET TELEPHONY; MONITORING; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANALYTIC TECHNIQUE; CHAT PROGRAMS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERNET CENSORSHIP; JOINT VENTURES; MOBILE INTERNET; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; VOICE OVER IP;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 85084163803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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