[Measurement-wg] Next Paper Reading - The Cost of the "S" in HTTPS

[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele]

I take that back.

I found the article here

https://davidtnaylor.com/CostOfTheS.pdf

Regards

Caleb

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 4:10 PM Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele <
muyiwacaleb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately, i can't find it in any open library to download it.
>
> You care to share for academic purposes?
>
> Regards
>
> Caleb
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 3:36 PM Josiah Chavula <josiahchavula at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Josiah Chavula <josiahchavula at gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019, 15:05
>> Subject: Next Paper Reading - The Cost of the "S" in HTTPS
>> To: <measurement-wg at afrinic.net>
>>
>>
>> I was tasked to nominate a paper for the next reading, and I suggest
>> "The Cost of the "S" in HTTPS" <https://doi.org/10.1145/2674005.2674991>.
>> It's not necessarily focused on Africa, but I think the implications
>> discussed are very much applicable to our region. With so much noise about
>> cyber-security, I am wondering if anyone in Africa/among us is interested
>> in web/Internet security protocols. Abstract below, paper attached (I would
>> generally just link, but the paper is behind a pay-wall and some may not
>> have access).
>>
>> Abstract:
>>
>> Increased user concern over security and privacy on the Internet has led
>> to widespread adoption of HTTPS, the secure version of HTTP. HTTPS
>> authenticates the communicating endpoints and provides confidentiality for
>> the ensuing communication. However, as with any security solution, it does
>> not come for free. HTTPS may introduce overhead in terms of infrastructure
>> costs, communication latency, data usage, and energy consumption. Moreover,
>> given the opaqueness of encrypted communication, any in-network value-added
>> services requiring visibility into application layer content, such as
>> caches and virus scanners, become ineffective.
>>
>> This paper attempts to shed some light on these costs. First, taking
>> advantage of datasets collected from large ISPs, we examine the
>> accelerating adoption of HTTPS over the last three years. Second, we
>> quantify the direct and indirect costs of this evolution. Our results show
>> that, indeed, security does not come for free. This work thus aims to
>> stimulate discussion on technologies that can mitigate the costs of HTTPS
>> while still protecting the user's privacy.
>>
>> -----------------------------
>>
>> Regards
>> Josiah
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