Key Infrastructure Research
We are researchers at the University of Virginia. Our work focuses on measurement-driven Internet security and privacy, through researching key infrastructure:
- Digital key infrastructure that manages and distributes digital keys over the Internet (where “key” means “digital key”).
- Critical infrastructure that users rely on for resilient, secure, privacy-preserving Internet communications (where “key” means “critical”).
We maintain data collection frameworks as part of our research and aim to make our data publicly available whenever possible. Please see Dataset for more information.
DNS
We perform Internet-scale measurements to collect and analyze DNS data, such as SVCB/HTTPS records.
Read more →TLS/PKI
We analyze TLS/PKI data collected from real users (e.g., campus networks, smart homes) for security and privacy concerns.
Read more →Others
Our other projects include anonymous communications (Tor), attack detection, BGP/routing, next-generation networks.
Read more →Publications
View all →RFCScope: Detecting Logical Ambiguities in Internet Protocol Specifications
Team
Current
Core researchers and PI
Alumni
Graduated & moved on
Hyeonmin Lee
Postdoc, 2023–2025
Faculty, Hanyang University
Hongying Dong
PhD, 2020–2025
Verisign
Qi Liu
Master, 2020–2022
LinkedIn
Marco De Souza Azevedo
Master, 2020–2021
Entered USC PhD
Anxiao He
Visiting PhD, 2023–2024
Guancheng Tu
Undergrad, 2023–2024
Entered UPenn Master
Kevin Du
Undergrad, 2022–2023
Abby Glaubit
Undergrad, 2020–2021