As part of a broader organisational restructure, data networking research at Swinburne University of Technology has moved from the Centre for Advanced Internet Architecture (CAIA) to the Internet For Things (I4T) Research Lab.

Although CAIA no longer exists, this website reflects CAIA's activities and outputs between March 2002 and February 2017, and is being maintained as a service to the broader data networking research community.

Sebastian Zander - Publications

Journal Papers

1. S. Wendzel, S. Zander, B. Fechner, C. Herdin, " A Pattern-based Survey and Categorization of Network Covert Channel Techniques", (to appear) ACM Computing Surveys, volume 47, issue 3, 2015. (arXiv version)
2. T. T. T. Nguyen, G. Armitage, P. Branch, S. Zander, " Timely and Continuous Machine-Learning-Based Classification for Interactive IP Traffic", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, volume 20, issue 6, pages 1880-1894, December 2012.
3. S. Zander, L. L. H. Andrew, G. Armitage, G. Huston, G. Michaelson, " Investigating the IPv6 Teredo Tunnelling Capability and Performance of Internet Clients", SIGCOMM CCR, volume 42, issue 5, pages 13--20, October 2012.
4. S. Zander, P. Branch, G. Armitage, "Capacity of Temperature-based Covert Channels", IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 82-84, January 2011.
5. S. Zander, G. Armitage, P. Branch, "Covert Channels and Countermeasures in Computer Network Protocols",  (invited)  IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 45, no. 12, pp. 136-142, December 2007. [pdf]
6. S. Zander, G. Armitage, P. Branch, "A Survey of Covert Channels and Countermeasures in Computer Network Protocols", IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 44-57, October 2007. [pdf]
7. N. Williams, S. Zander, G. Armitage, "A Preliminary Performance Comparison of Five Machine Learning Algorithms for Practical IP Traffic Flow Classification", SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Volume 36, October 2006. [pdf]
8. J. Jähnert, J. Zhou, R. L. Aguiar, V. Marques, M. Wetterwald, E. Melin, J. I. Moreno, A. Cuevas, M. Liebsch, R. Schmitz, P. Pacyna, T. Melia, P. Kurtansky, Hasan, D. Singh, S. Zander, H. J. Einsiedler, B. Stiller, "The 'pure-IP' Moby Dick 4G architecture", Computer Communications 28(9), pp. 1014-1027, Elsevier, June 2005. [pdf]
9. J. Tiemann, S. Zander, M. Jonas, "Gigamedia - Film + Video im Netz", DFN Journal, Heft 54, November 2000. [pdf]
10. S. Zander, "Java - Weder 'kalter Kaffee' noch heißer Problemlöser", Fachzeitschrift Fernseh- und Kinotechnik (FKT), March 1998.

Internationally Reviewed Conference Papers

1. S. Zander, L. L. H. Andrew, G. Armitage, " Capturing Ghosts: Predicting the Used IPv4 Space by Inferring Unobserved Addresses", (accepted at) Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), Vancouver, Canada, November 2014.
2. S. Zander, L. L. H. Andrew, G. Armitage, G. Huston, " Estimating IPv4 Address Space Usage with Capture-Recapture", 7th IEEE Workshop on Network Measurements in conjunction with the 38th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Sydney, Australia, October 2013.     [preprint]
3. S. Zander, G. Armitage, " Minimally-Intrusive Frequent Round Trip Time Measurements Using Synthetic Packet-Pairs", (accepted as short paper) 38th IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Sydney, Australia, October 2013.     [Extended Report]
4. S. Zander, L. L. H. Andrew, G. Armitage, " Estimating the Used IPv4 Address Space with Secure Multi-Party Capture-recapture", (poster) IEEE INFOCOM, Turin, Italy, April 2013.
5. S. Zander, L. L. H. Andrew, G. Armitage, G. Huston, G. Michaelson, " Mitigating Sampling Error when Measuring Internet Client IPv6 Capabilities", Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), Boston, USA, November 2012. (best paper candidate)
6. S. Zander, T. T. T. Nguyen, G. Armitage, " Sub-flow Packet Sampling for Scalable ML Classification of Interactive Traffic",  37th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Clearwater, Florida, USA, October 2012.
7. S. Wendzel, S. Zander, " Detecting Protocol Switching Covert Channels",  (poster) 37th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Clearwater, Florida, USA, October 2012.
8. S. Zander, G. Armitage, " Practical Machine Learning Based Multimedia Traffic Classification for Distributed QoS Management",  36th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Bonn, Germany, October 2011.
9. S. Zander, G. Armitage, P. Branch, "Stealthier Inter-packet Timing Covert Channels", IFIP Networking, Valencia, Spain, 9-13 May 2011. 
10. S. Zander, G. Armitage, P. Branch, "Reliable Transmission Over Covert Channels in First Person Shooter Multiplayer Games", 34th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Zurich, Switzerland, 20-23 October 2009.
11. S. Zander, G. Armitage, P. Branch, "Covert Channels in Multiplayer First Person Shooter Online Games", 33rd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), Montreal, Canada, 14-17 October 2008. [pdf]
12. S. Zander, S. Murdoch, "An Improved Clock-skew Measurement Technique for Revealing Hidden Services",  17th Usenix Security Symposium, San Jose, USA, July/August 2008. (15.9% acceptance rate) [pdf]
13. S. Zander, G.Armitage, P.Branch,  "An Empirical Evaluation of IP Time To Live Covert Channels", 15th IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON2007),  Adelaide, Australia, 19-21 November 2007. [pdf]
14. S. Zander, P.Branch, G.Armitage, "Error Probability Analysis of IP Time To Live Covert Channels", IEEE 7th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2007), Sydney, Australia, October 16-19, 2007. [pdf]
15. S. Zander, G. Armitage, P. Branch, "Covert Channels in the IP Time To Live Field", Australian Telecommunication Networks and Application Conference (ATNAC 2006), Melbourne, Australia, 4-6 December 2006. [pdf]
16. G. Armitage, C. Javier, S. Zander, "Topological Optimisation for Online First Person Shooter Game Server Discovery", (poster) Australian Telecommunication Networks and Application Conference (ATNAC 2006), Melbourne, Australia, 4-6 December 2006. [pdf]
17. J. But, N. Williams, S. Zander, L. Stewart, G. Armitage, "ANGEL - Automated Network Games Enhancement Layer", NetGames 2006, Singapore, November 2006. 
18. G. Armitage, C. Javier, S. Zander, "Post-game Estimation of Game Client RTT and Hop Count Distributions", (poster) NetGames 2006, Singapore, November 2006. [Full Paper]
19. S. Zander, N. Williams, G. Armitage, "Internet Archeology: Estimating Individual Application Trends in Incomplete Historic Traffic Traces", (poster)  Passive and Active Measurement Workshop (PAM 2006),  Adelaide, Australia, March 30 - 31, 2006. [pdf] [Full Paper]
20. L. Stewart, G. Armitage, P. Branch, S. Zander, "An Architecture for Automated Network Control of QoS over Consumer  Broadband Links", (poster)  IEEE Tencon 2005, Melbourne, Australia, 21-24 November 2005. [pdf]
21. S. Zander, T.T.T. Nguyen, G. Armitage, "Automated Traffic Classification and Application  Identification using Machine Learning", Proc. IEEE 30th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2005), Sydney, Australia, 15-17 November 2005. [pdf]
22. S. Zander, D. Kennedy, G. Armitage, "Dissecting Server-Discovery Traffic Patterns Generated By Multiplayer First Person Shooter Games", NetGames 2005, New York, USA, 10-11 October 2005. [pdf]
23. S.Zander, I.Leeder, G.Armitage, "Achieving Fairness in Multiplayer Network Games through Automated Latency Balancing", ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE 2005), Valencia, Spain, June 2005. [pdf]
24. S. Zander, G. Armitage, "A Traffic Model for the XBOX Game Halo 2", 15th ACM International Workshop on Network and Operating System Support for DIgital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV 2005), Washington (USA), June 2005. [pdf]
25. S. Zander, T. Nguyen, G. Armitage, "Self-learning IP Traffic Classification based on Statistical Flow Characteristics", (poster) Passive Active Measurement Workshop (PAM 2005), Boston, USA, March/April 2005. [pdf]
26. S. Zander, G. Armitage, "Empirically Measuring the QoS Sensitivity of Interactive Online Game Players", Australian Telecommunications Networks & Applications Conference 2004  (ATNAC 2004), Sydney, Australia December 8-10 2004. [pdf]
27. P. Kurtansky, Hasan, D. Singh, S. Zander, A. Cuevas, J. Jähnert, J. Zhou, B. Stiller, "Extensions of AAA for Future IP Networks", IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2004), Atlanta, USA, March 2004. [pdf]
28. S. Zander, G. Armitage, C. Malcolm, "Dynamics and Cachability of Web Sites: Implications for Inverted Capacity Networks", IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON 2003), Sydney, Australia, September/October 2003. [pdf]
29. S. Zander, G. Carle, "High Quality IP Video Streaming with Adaptive Packet Marking", International Workshop on Quality of Future Internet Services (Qofis) 2002, Zürich, Switzerland, October 2002. [pdf]
30. Hasan, D. Singh, S. Zander, M. Kuhlbach, J. Jaehnert, B. Stiller, "The Design of an Extended AAAC Architecture", IST Mobile & Wireless Telecommunications Summit 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2002. [pdf]
31. J. Quittek, T. Zseby, G. Carle, S. Zander, "Traffic Flow Measurements within IP Networks: Requirements, Technologies, and Standardization", IEEE SAINT Symposium on Applications and the Internet Workshops (SAINT 2002 Workshops), Nara City, Nara, Japan, January/February, 2002. [pdf]
32. G. Carle, H. Sanneck, S. Zander, L. Le, "Deploying an Active Voice Application on a Three-Level Active Network Node Architecture", International Working Conference On Active Networks (IWAN 2001), Philadelphia, USA, September/October 2001. [pdf]
33. M. Berg, C. Huck, R. Schaefer, J. Tiemann, S. Zander, "Kooperative Postproduktion von Film und Video in High-Speed Netzwerken", ITG/FKTG-Fachtagung Elektronische Medien: Technologien, Systeme, Anwendungen, Dortmund, Germany, September 2001.
34. Hasan, J. Jähnert, S. Zander, B. Stiller, "Authentication, Authorization, Accounting and Charging for the Mobile Internet", IST Mobile Communications Summit, Barcelona, Spain, September 2001. [pdf]
35. T. Zseby, S. Zander, G. Carle, "Evaluation of Building Blocks for Passive One-way-delay Measurements", (poster) Passive Active Measurement Workshop (PAM 2001), Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2001. [pdf]
36. G. Carle, S. Zander, T. Zseby, "Policy-basiertes Metering für IP Netze", Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen (KiVS), Hamburg, Germany, February 2001. [pdf]

IETF

1. J. Quittek, B. Claise, T. Zseby, S. Zander, "Requirements for IP Flow Information Export", Informational RFC, RFC 3917, October 2004.
2. G. Carle, S. Zander, T. Zseby, "Policy-based Accounting", Experimental RFC, RFC 3334, October 2002.
3. S. Zander, "Evaluation of Diameter Protocol against IPFIX Requirements", IETF draft <draft-zander-ipfix-diameter-eval-00.txt>, Work in Progress, September 2002. (expired)
   

Diploma Thesis

• S. Zander, "Tarifbasierte Dienstgüteauswahl für IP-Multimedia-Dienste mit Vorwärtsfehlerkorrektur", Institut für Kommunikationsnetze, Fachbereich Elektrotechnik, TU Berlin, July 1999. [pdf]
• Parts of my diploma thesis are covered in this publication: G. Carle, T. Zseby, "Tariff Dependent Error Control for Heterogeneous Real-Time Multicast Services", Proceedings of Multicast Workshop, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, May 20-21, 1999.

CAIA Tech Reports

1. S. Zander and G. Armitage, " Minimally-Intrusive Frequent Round Trip Time Measurements Using Synthetic Packet-Pairs - Extended Report" CAIA Technical report 130730A, 30 July 2013.
2. S. Zander, "On the Accuracy of IP Geolocation based on IP Allocation Data", CAIA Technical report 120524A, 24 May 2012.
3. N. Williams, S. Zander, " Real Time Traffic Classification and Prioritisation on a Home Router using DIFFUSE", CAIA Technical report 120412A, April 2012.
4. S. Zander, G. Armitage, "Design of DIFFUSE v0.4 – DIstributed Firewall and Flow-shaper Using Statistical Evidence", CAIA Technical report 110704A, 04 July 2011.
5. S. Zander, G. Armitage, "Design of DIFFUSE v0.1 – DIstributed Firewall and Flow-shaper Using Statistical Evidence", CAIA Technical report 101223A, 23 December 2010.
6. S. Zander, P. Branch, G. Armitage, "Estimating the Capacity of Temperature-based Covert Channels", CAIA Technical report 091218A, 18 December 2009.
7. P. Branch, S. Zander, "Bit-Stuffing Rate in the High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) Protocol", CAIA Technical report 081121A, 21 November 2008. 
8. S. Zander, G. Armitage, "CCHEF - Covert Channels Evaluation Framework Design and Implementation", CAIA Technical report 080530A, 30 May 2008.
9. S. Zander, G. Armitage, P. Branch, "Dynamics of the IP Time To Live Field in Internet Traffic Flows", CAIA Technical report 070529A, 29 May 2007.
10.  G. Armitage, C. Javier, S. Zander, "Post-game Estimation of Game Client RTT and Hop Count Distributions", CAIA Technical report 060801A, 01 August 2006.
11. S. Zander, G. Armitage, T. Nguyen, L. Mark, B. Tyo, "Minimally Intrusive Round Trip Time Measurements Using Synthetic Packet-Pairs", CAIA Technical report 060707A, 07 July 2006.
12. S. Zander, "Misclassification of Game Traffic based on Port Numbers: A Case Study using Enemy Territory", CAIA Technical report 060410D, 10 April 2006.
13. N. Williams, S. Zander, G. Armitage, "Evaluating Machine Learning Methods for Online Game Traffic Identification", CAIA Technical report 060410C, 10 April 2006.
14. N. Williams, S. Zander, G. Armitage, "Evaluating Machine Learning Algorithms for Automated Network Application Identification", CAIA Technical report 060410B, 10 April 2006.
15. G. Armitage, C. Javier, S. Zander, "Measuring a Wolfenstein Enemy Territory Master Server's Response to Game Client Queries", CAIA Technical report 060410A, 10 April 2006.
16. S. Zander, N. Williams, G. Armitage, "Internet Archeology: Estimating Individual Application Trends in Incomplete Historic Traffic Traces", CAIA Technical report 060313A, 13 March 2006. 
17. G. Armitage, C. Javier, S. Zander, "Client RTT and Hop Count Distributions viewed from an Australian Enemy Territory Server", CAIA Technical report 060223A, 23 February 2006.
18. J.-A. Bussiere, S. Zander, "Enemy Territory Traffic Analysis", CAIA Technical report 060203A, 03 February 2006.
19. J.-A. Bussiere, S. Zander, "Empirical Measurements of Player QoS Sensitivity for the Xbox Game Halo2", CAIA Technical report 050527A, 27 May 2005.
20. S. Zander, D. Kennedy, G. Armitage, "KUTE A High Performance Kernel-based UDP Traffic Engine", CAIA Technical report 050118A, 18 January 2005.
21. D. Kennedy, S. Zander, "Investigating the Influence of HTTP Traffic on the Accuracy of Packet Time Stamping", CAIA Technical report 041124A, 24 November 2004.  
22. T. Zseby, S. Zander, "Sampling Schemes for Validating Service Level Agreements", CAIA Technical report 040706A, 06 July 2004.
23. S. Zander, G. Armitage, C. Malcolm, "Dynamics and Cachability of WebSites: Implications for Inverted Capacity Networks", CAIA Technical report 030405B, 05 April 2003.