Too Close for Comfort: Morasses of (Anti-) Censorship in the Era of CDNs

Too Close for Comfort: Morasses of (Anti-) Censorship in the Era of CDNs

Recent research claims that “powerful” nation-states may be hegemonic over significant web traffic of “underserved” nations (e.g., Brazil and India). Such traffic may be surveilled when transiting (or ending in) these powerful nations. On the other hand, content distribution networks (CDNs) are desi...

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Main Authors: Gosain Devashish, Mohindra Mayank, Chakravarty Sambuddho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-04-01
Series:Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Subjects:
anti-censorship
cdn
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2021-0023
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spelling doaj-5ce855a67aa341b193af651f30b19a552021-09-05T14:01:11ZengSciendoProceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies2299-09842021-04-012021217319310.2478/popets-2021-0023Too Close for Comfort: Morasses of (Anti-) Censorship in the Era of CDNsGosain Devashish0Mohindra Mayank1Chakravarty Sambuddho2IIIT Delhi, IndiaIIIT Delhi, IndiaIIIT Delhi, IndiaRecent research claims that “powerful” nation-states may be hegemonic over significant web traffic of “underserved” nations (e.g., Brazil and India). Such traffic may be surveilled when transiting (or ending in) these powerful nations. On the other hand, content distribution networks (CDNs) are designed to bring web content closer to end-users. Thus it is natural to ask whether CDNs have led to the localization of Internet traffic within the country’s boundary, challenging the notion of nation-state hegemony.https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2021-0023anti-censorshipcdnip geolocation
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Too Close for Comfort: Morasses of (Anti-) Censorship in the Era of CDNs
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cdn
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Mohindra Mayank
Chakravarty Sambuddho
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title Too Close for Comfort: Morasses of (Anti-) Censorship in the Era of CDNs
title_short Too Close for Comfort: Morasses of (Anti-) Censorship in the Era of CDNs
title_full Too Close for Comfort: Morasses of (Anti-) Censorship in the Era of CDNs
title_fullStr Too Close for Comfort: Morasses of (Anti-) Censorship in the Era of CDNs
title_full_unstemmed Too Close for Comfort: Morasses of (Anti-) Censorship in the Era of CDNs
title_sort too close for comfort: morasses of (anti-) censorship in the era of cdns
publisher Sciendo
series Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
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publishDate 2021-04-01
description Recent research claims that “powerful” nation-states may be hegemonic over significant web traffic of “underserved” nations (e.g., Brazil and India). Such traffic may be surveilled when transiting (or ending in) these powerful nations. On the other hand, content distribution networks (CDNs) are designed to bring web content closer to end-users. Thus it is natural to ask whether CDNs have led to the localization of Internet traffic within the country’s boundary, challenging the notion of nation-state hegemony.
topic anti-censorship
cdn
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