Publications
Technical Reports of submitted papers
2019
G. C. M. Moura, J. Heidemann, R. de O. Schmidt and W. Hardaker. Cache Me If You Can: Effects of DNS Time-to-Live. ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2019. [to appear]
L. Costella, M. A. S. Trentin and R. de O. Schmidt. CatchmentView: Visualization of Anycast Catchment. Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (SBRC), Demo track, Gramado-RS, Brazil, 2019. [pdf]
2018
G. C. M. Moura, J. Heidemann, M. Müller, R. de O. Schmidt and M. Davids. When the Dike Breaks: Dissecting DNS Defenses During DDoS. ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), Boston, USA, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
J. J. Santanna, R. de O. Schmidt, D. Tuncer, J. de Vries, L. Z. Granville and A. Pras. Booter List Generation: The Basis for Investigating DDoS-for-hire Websites. International Journal on Network Management (IJNM), 28(1). [pdf] [doi]
2017
W. B. de Vries, R. de O. Schmidt, W. Hardaker, J. Heidemann, P.-T. de Boer and A. Pras. Broad and Load-Aware Anycast Mapping with Verfploeter. ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), London, UK, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
M. Müller, G. C. M. Moura, R. de O. Schmidt and J. Heidemann. Recursives in the Wild: Engineering Authoritatives DNS Servers. ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), London, UK, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
M. Karimzadeh, H. van den Berg, A. Pras and R. de O. Schmidt. Quantitative Comparison of the Efficiency and Scalability of the Current and Future LTE Network Architectures. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol 2017. [pdf] [doi]
L. Hendriks, P. Vlan, R. de O. Schmidt, P.-T. de Boer and A. Pras. Threats and Surprises behind IPv6 Extension Headers. Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis (TMA) conference, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
J. J. Santanna, R. de O. Schmidt, D. Tuncer, A. Sperotto, L. Z. Granville and A. Pras. Quiet Dogs Can Bite: What Booters Should We Go After? And Which Are Our Mitigation Options? IEEE Communications Magazine (COMMAG), 55(7), pp 50-56. [pdf] [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, J. Heidemann and J. H. Kuipers. Anycast Latency: How Many Sites Are Enough? Passive and Active Measurement (PAM) conference, Sydney, Australia, pp 188-200, LNCS 10176, 2017. [pdf] [doi] - BEST PAPER AWARD!
L. Hendriks, R. de O. Schmidt, R. van Rijswijk-Deij and A. Pras. On the potential of IPv6 open resolvers for DDoS attacks. Passive and Active Measurement (PAM) conference, Sydney, Australia, pp 17-29, LNCS 10176, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
C. Hesselman, G. C. M. Moura, R. de O. Schmidt and C. Toet. Increasing DNS Security and Stability through a Control Plane for Top-level Domain Operators. IEEE Communications Magazine (COMMAG), Network & Service Management Series, 55(1), 197-203, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
D. M. Douglas, J. J. Santanna, R. de O. Schmidt, L. Z. Granville and A. Pras. Booters: can anything justify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for hire? Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society, 15(1), 2017. [pdf] [doi]
L. Hendriks, P. Vlan, R. de O. Schmidt, P.-T. de Boer and A. Pras. Flow-based Detection of IPv6-specific Network Layer Attacks. Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS) conference, LNCS 10356, pp 137-142, Zurich, Switzerland. [pdf] [doi]
M. Karimzadeh, L. Valtulina, A. Pras, H. van den Berg, R. de O. Schmidt, M. Liebsch and T. Taleb. Double-NAT Based Mobility Management for Future LTE Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), San Francisco, USA, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
2016
G. C. M. Moura, R. de O. Schmidt, J. Heidemann, W. B. de Vries, M. Müller, L. Wei and C. Hesselman. Anycast vs. DDoS: Evaluating the November 2015 Root DNS Event. ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), Santa Monica, USA, pp 255-270, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
J. J. Santanna, R. de O. Schmidt, D. Tuncer, J. de Vries, L. Z. Granville and A. Pras. Booter Blacklist: Unveiling DDoS-for-hire Websites. 12th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), Montreal, Canada, pp 144-152, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
W. de Vries, R. de O. Schmidt and A. Pras. Anycast and its potential for DDoS mitigation. 10th International conference on Autonomous Infrastructure Management and Security (AIMS), PhD student workshop. Munich, Germany, pp 147-151, LNCS 9701, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
L. Hendriks, R. de O. Schmidt, R. Sadre, J. Bezerra and A. Pras. Assessing the Quality of Flow Measurements from OpenFlow Devices. 8th International Workshop on Traffic Monitoring and Analysis (TMA). Louvain La Neuve, Belgium, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, R. Sadre and L. Hendriks. Flow-Based Network Management: A Report from the IRTF NMRG Workshop. Report paper at Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM). 2016. [pdf] [doi]
N. M. Rodday, Ricardo de O. Schmidt and A. Pras. Exploring Security Vulnerabilities of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Demo at IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Istanbul, Turkey, pp 993-994, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
M. Hoogesteger, Ricardo de O. Schmidt and A. Pras. ITSA: Internet Traffic Statistics Archive. Demo at IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS). Istanbul, Turkey, pp 995-996, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
2015
M. Karimzadeh, Z. Zhao, L. Hendriks, R. de O. Schmidt, S. la Fleur, H. van den Berg, A. Pras, T. I. Braun and M. Corici. Mobility and Bandwidth Prediction as a Service in Virtualized LTE Systems. 4th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (CLOUDNET), 132-138. Niagara Falls, Canada, 2015. [pdf] [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, R. Sadre, A. Sperotto, H. van den Berg and A. Pras. Impact of Packet Sampling on Link Dimensioning. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 12(3), 392-405, 2015. [pdf] [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, H. van den Berg and A. Pras. Measurement-Based Network Link Dimensioning. 14th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM), Dissertation Digest paper, 1071-1077. Ottawa, Canada, 2015. [pdf] [doi]
N. Bouten, R. de O. Schmidt, J. Famaey, S. Latré, A. Pras and F. De Turck. QoE-Driven In-Network Optimization for Adaptive Video Streaming Based on Packet Sampling Measurements. Computer Networks, 81, 96-115, 2015. [pdf] [doi]
2014
R. de O. Schmidt. Measurement-Based Link Dimensioning for the Future Internet. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Twente. CTIT Ph.D. series No. 14-334. ISBN 978-90-365-3798-8. Nov 2014. [pdf] [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, L. Hendriks, A. Pras and R. van der Pol. OpenFlow-based Link Dimensioning. Demo at INDIS Workshop, Supercomputing (SC). New Orleans - LA, USA, 2014. [pdf]
R. de O. Schmidt, R. Sadre, A. Sperotto, H. van den Berg and A. Pras. A Hybrid Procedure for Efficient Link Dimensioning. Computer Networks, 67, 252-269, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
F. Francois, N. Wang, K. Moessner, S. Georgoulas and R. de O. Schmidt. Leveraging MPLS Backup Paths for Distributed Energy-Aware Traffic Engineering. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), 11(2), 235-249, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, R. Sadre, N. Melnikov, J. Schönwälder and A. Pras. Linking Network Usage Patterns to Traffic Gaussianity Fit. 13th IFIP Networking Conference. Trondheim, Norway, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
M. Hoogesteger, R. de O. Schmidt, A. Sperotto and A. Pras. ReFlow - Statistics on Internet Traffic. Poster at TERENA Networking Conference (TNC). Dublin, Ireland, 2014. [pdf]
2013
I. Drago, R. de O. Schmidt, R. Hofstede, A. Sperotto, M. Karimzadeh, B. R. Haverkort and A. Pras. Networking for the Cloud: Challenges and Trends. Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation (PIK), Special Issue on Data Center Networking, 36(4), 1-8, Dec. 2013 (invited paper). [pdf] [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, R. Sadre and A. Pras. Gaussian Traffic Revisited. 12th IFIP Networking Conference. Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2013. [pdf] [link]
R. de O. Schmidt, R. Sadre, A. Sperotto and A. Pras. Lightweight Link Dimensioning using sFlow Sampling. 9th International Conference on Network and Services Management (CNSM). Zurich, Switzerland, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
M. Hoogesteger, R. de O. Schmidt, A. Sperotto and A. Pras. Reports on Internet Traffic Statistics. Poster at TERENA Networking Conference (TNC). Maastricht, the Netherlands, 2013. [pdf]
2012
R. de O. Schmidt, A. Sperotto, R. Sadre and A. Pras. Estimating Bandwidth Requirements using Flow-level Measurements. Poster at TERENA Networking Conference (TNC). Reykjavík, Iceland, 2012. [pdf]
R. de O. Schmidt, A. Sperotto, R. Sadre and A. Pras. Towards Bandwidth Estimation using Flow-level Measurements. 6th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS). Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 2012. [pdf] [doi]
2011
R. de O. Schmidt and A. Pras. Estimating bandwidth requirements using flow-level measurements. 5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS), PhD student workshop, Nancy, France. Springer LNCS 6734, pp. 169-172, 2011. [pdf] [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, A. Pras and R. Gomes. On the Evaluation of Self-Addressing Strategies for Ad-Hoc Networks. 17th International Workshop EUNICE, Dresden, Germany. Springer LNCS 6955, pp. 31-42, 2011. [pdf] [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, R. Gomes and A. Pras. Evaluating Self-Addressing Protocols for Ad-Hoc Networks. NWO - ASCI - ICT.OPEN, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, 2011. [pdf]
R. Gomes and R. de O. Schmidt. Evaluating automatic pools distribution techniques to self-configured networks. 16th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Kerkyra - Corfu, Greece, 2011. [doi]
R. de O. Schmidt, R. Gomes, M. Jonhsson, D. Sadok and J. Kelner. Self-addressing for Autonomous Networking Systems. Book chapter in "Pervasive Computing and Communications Design and Deployment: Technologies, Trends and Applications." Edited by A. Malatras. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-60960-612-1 (e-book) and 978-1-60960-611-4 (hardcover). 2011. [link]
M. Johnsson, R. Gomes, J. Kelner, D. Sadok and R. de O. Schmidt. Address Allocation in a Network. US Patent 20,110,282,998. 2011. [link]
M. Johnsson, R. Gomes, J. Kelner, D. Sadok and R. de O. Schmidt. Address Allocation in a Network. EP Patent 1,389,751. 2011. [link]
2010
A. Pras, A. Sperotto, G. C. Moreira Moura, I. Drago, R. R. R. Barbosa, R. Sadre and R. de O. Schmidt. Attacks by "Anonymous" WikiLeaks Proponents not Anonymous. Technical Report TR-CTIT-10-41, Centre for Telematics and Information Technology, University of Twente. ISSN 1381-3625. 2010. [pdf]
R. Schmidt, R. Gomes and D. Sadok. Self-organization of Addresses: Supporting Autoconfiguration in Autonomous Networks. Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbruecken, Germany. ISBN 978-3-8383-5899-4, 129 pages. 2010. [link]
M. Johnsson, R. Gomes, J. Kelner, D. Sadok and R. de O. Schmidt. Attribution D'Addresses Dans un Réseau. WO Patent WO/2010/083,887. 2010. [link]
2009
R. Schmidt, R. Gomes, M. Johnsson, D. Sadok and J. Kelner. An Autonomous Addressing Mechanism as Support for Auto-Configuration in Dynamic Networks. 6th IEEE/IFIP Latin American Network Operations and Management Symposium (LANOMS). Punta del Este, Uruguay, 2009. [doi]
R. Gomes, M. Johnsson, D. Sadok, A. Silva, F. Santos, R. Schmidt and L. Oliveira. An Extensible Environment Discovery and Negotiation Method for Self-Configuring Networks. 4th IEEE Workshop on Advanced Experimental Activities on Wireless Networks & Systems (EXPOWIRELESS/WoWMoM). Kos, Greece, 2009. [doi]
A. da Fontoura, R. Schmidt and M. Trentin. Simulation of Ad-hoc Routing Protocols in an Interurban University Mesh Network. IEEE Latin America Transactions, 7(1), 122-125, 2009. [doi]
Technical Reports of submitted papers:
G. C. M. Moura, J. Heidemann, R. de O. Schmidt and W. Hardaker. Cache Me If You Can: Effects of DNS Time-to-Live (extended). Technical Report ISI-TR-734. July 2019. [pdf]
G. C. M. Moura, J. Heidemann, M. Müller, R. de O. Schmidt and M. Davids. When the Dike Breaks: Dissecting DNS Defenses During DDoS (extended). Technical Report ISI-TR-725. June 2018. [pdf]
C. Hesselman, J. Jansen, M. Davids and R. de O. Schmidt. SPIN: a User-centric Security Extension for In-home Networks. Technical Report SIDN-TR-2017-002, SIDN Labs. June 2017. [pdf]
M. Müller, G. C. M. Moura, R. de O. Schmidt and J. Heidemann. Recursives in the Wild: Engineering Authoritative DNS Servers. Technical Report ISI-TR-720, USC/Information Sciences Institute. June 2017. [pdf]
W. B. de Vries, R. de O. Schmidt, W. Hardaker, J. Heidemann, P.-T. de Boer and A. Pras. Verfploeter: Broad and Load-Aware Anycast Mapping. Technical Report ISI-TR-719, USC/Information Sciences Institute. May 2017. [pdf]
R. de O. Schmidt, J. Heidemann and J. H. Kuipers. Anycast Latency: How Many Sites Are Enough? Technical Report ISI-TR-2016-708, USC/Information Sciences Institute. May 2016. [pdf]
G. C. M. Moura, R. de O. Schmidt, J. Heidemann, W. B. de Vries, M. Müller, L. Wei and C. Hesselman. Anycast vs. DDoS: Evaluating the November 2015 Root DNS Event. Technical Report ISI-TR-2016-709, USC/Information Sciences Institute. May 2016. [pdf]