Network & Distributed Systems: Recent submissions

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    • Using block cipher for confidentiality of images in cloud-based systems 

      Rihan, Rana Adnan; Khan, Khaled M. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      This paper deals with outsourcing of computing to cloud servers where clients' images are computed and stored. It proposes a technique that obfuscates images before sending them to servers. Cloud servers can perform ...

    • PriviPK: Certificate-less and secure email communication 

      AlSabah, Mashael; Tomescu, Alin; Lebedev, Ilia; Serpanos, Dimitrios; Devadas, Srini ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)
      We introduce PriviPK, an infrastructure that is based on a novel combination of certificateless (CL) cryptography and key transparency techniques to enable e2e email encryption. Our design avoids (1) key escrow and deployment ...

    • Context-aware RAON middleware for opportunistic network 

      Lau, G.; Al-Sabah, M.; Jaseemuddin, M.; Razavi, H.; Bhuiyan, M. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)
      Application development and deployment on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET) is a major challenge in the widespread use of MANET. The increasing D2D communication in 5G networks has renewed interest in an effective middleware ...

    • Empirical performance evaluation of QUIC protocol for Tor anonymity network 

      Basyoni, Lamiaa; Erbad, Aiman; Alsabah, Mashael; Fetais, Noora; Guizani, Mohsen ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      Tor's anonymity network is one of the most widely used anonymity networks online, it consists of thousands of routers run by volunteers. Tor preserves the anonymity of its users by relaying the traffic through a number of ...

    • CloudSafe: A tool for an automated security analysis for cloud computing 

      An S.; Eom T.; Park J.S.; Hong J.B.; Nhlabatsi A.; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      Cloud computing has been adopted widely, providing on-demand computing resources to improve performance and reduce operational costs. However, these new functionalities also bring new ways to exploit the cloud computing ...

    • ThreatRiskEvaluator: A Tool for Assessing Threat-Specific Security Risks in the Cloud 

      Nhlabatsi A.; Hussein A.; Fernandez R.; Fetais N.; Hong J.; ... more authors ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      In cloud computing, security risks posed to individual clients are different based on their specific security requirements. In current practice, cloud providers usually apply generic protection mechanisms that may not be ...

    • Multi-moth flame optimization for solving the link prediction problem in complex networks 

      Barham R.; Sharieh A.; Sleit A. ( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)
      Providing a solution for the link prediction problem attracts several computer science fields and becomes a popular challenge in researches. This challenge is presented by introducing several approaches keen to provide the ...

    • Secure smart contract-enabled control of battery energy storage systems against cyber-attacks 

      Mhaisen N.; Fetais N.; Massoud A. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)
      Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) are an integral part of a sustainable and resilient smart grid. The security of such critical cyber-physical infrastructure is considered as a major priority for both industry and ...

    • Empowering users of cloud computing on data confidentiality 

      Khan, Khaled M.; Shaheen, Mahboob ( IEEE , 2014 , Conference Paper)
      Cloud networking is an integral part of interconnected data centres operated in cloud environment. Cloud users heavily rely on cloud networking to transmit to and receive data from data centres. In this context, we explore ...

    • CloudFlow: A data-aware programming model for cloud workflow applications on modern HPC systems 

      Zhang, Fan; Malluhi, Qutaibah M.; Elsayed, Tamer; Khan, Samee U.; Li, Keqin; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)
      Traditional High-Performance Computing (HPC) based big-data applications are usually constrained by having to move large amount of data to compute facilities for real-time processing purpose. Modern HPC systems, represented ...