Postdoc position on advanced inter-domain routing security
You will conduct research that advances the security of the Internet’s routing system as part of the project “User-driven Path Verification and Control for Inter-domain Networks” (UPIN). The goal of UPIN is to develop and evaluate a scalable distributed system that enables users to cryptographically verify and easily control the paths through which their data travels through the Internet, such as in terms of router-to-router hops or router attributes (e.g., their location, operator, security level, and manufacturer). UPIN will thus provide the solution to a very relevant and current problem, which is that it is becoming increasingly opaque for users on the Internet who processes their data (e.g., in terms of service providers their data passes through as well as what jurisdictions apply) and that they have no control over how it is being routed. This is a risk for people’s privacy (e.g., a malicious network compromising a user’s data) as well as for their safety (e.g., an untrusted network disrupting a remote surgery).
You will act as the technical coordinator of UPIN, reporting to the project lead at the UT. You will also report the UPIN project partners: the Multi Scale Networked Systems group at the University of Amsterdam, NLnet Labs, SIDN, and SURF. In addition, you will closely work with Ph.D. candidates in the DACS group, who also work on routing security, such as on “risk-based routing” and short-lived routing hijacks.
The position is part of the chair Trusted Open Networking (TRON), which is about increasing the security of the Internet’s communications substrate through measurement-based insights in its structure and operation, control actions to mitigate incidents or risks based on these insights, and through changes to the Internet itself for enhanced insights or new control capabilities. TRON uses open technologies and aims to combine science and practice.
The UPIN project is financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and industry partners NLnet Labs, SIDN, and SURF. More info at
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