|  | This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under grants ANI-0230960 and CNS-0627752 and by generous donations from Intel Corporation.
 
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Research Goals:
This project examines a number of approaches for deploying
proof-of-work or client puzzles within the network.
People:
   Wu-chang Feng
   Ed Kaiser
   Wu-chi Feng
   Antoine Luu
Publications:
Tien Le, Akshay Dua, Wu-chang Feng, "kaPoW Plugins: Protecting Web 
Applications Using Reputation-based Proof-of-Work", in Proceedings of 
WebQuality 2012, April 2012. paper
Wu-chang Feng, Ed Kaiser,
"kaPoW Webmail: Effective Disincentives Against Spam",
in Proceedings of CEAS 2010,
July 2010. pdf Slides: pdf
Ed Kaiser, Wu-chang Feng, "Helping TicketMaster: Changing the Economics of Ticket Robots with Geographic Proof-of-Work",
in Proceedings of Global Internet 2010,
March 2010. Paper: pdf
Wu-chang Feng, Travis Schluessler, "The Case for Network Witnesses",
in Proceedings of Workshop on Secure Network Protocols (NPSec) 2008,
October 2008. Paper: pdf, Slides: ppt | pdf
Ed Kaiser, Wu-chang Feng, "mod_kaPoW: Protecting the Web with Transparent Proof-of-Work",
in Proceedings of Global Internet 2008,
April 2008. Paper: pdf Slides (Intel talk 3/2008): pdf.
Wu-chang Feng, Ed Kaiser, "The Case for Public Work",
in Proceedings of Global Internet 2007,
May 2007. Paper: pdf Slides: ppt |  pdf
       Wu-chang Feng, Ed Kaiser, Wu-chi Feng, Antoine Luu, "The Design and Implementation of Network Puzzles", in Proceedings of INFOCOM 2005, March 2005.
       Paper: pdf  Slides: ppt | sxi.
   Wu-chang Feng, "The Case for TCP/IP Puzzles", in Proceedings of ACM SIGCOMM Future Directions in Network Architecture (FDNA-03), August 2003.
       Paper: pdf, Slides: sxi | pdf
 Invited Talks:
   Wu-chang Feng, "mod_kaPoW: Protecting the Web with Transparent Proof-of-Work", Intel colloquium talk, Hillsboro, OR, March 2008.  Slides: pdf
   Wu-chang Feng, "Using an Angel-in-the-Box to Secure MANETs", DARPA IAMANET proposer's day conference, April 2007. Slides: ppt
   Wu-chang Feng, "The Design and Implementation of IP Puzzles", Cisco security shop talk, April 2004.
   Wu-chang Feng, "IP Puzzles, Probabilistic Networking, and Other Projects at OGI@OHSU", Intel colloquium talk, Hillsboro, OR, October 2003.
       Abstract: txt
   Wu-chang Feng, "Hashes, Caches, Puzzles, and the IXP", Intel IXA Workshop, Santa Clara, CA, September 2003.
       Slides: sxi | pdf
 Posters and Demos:
Ed Kaiser, Wu-chang Feng, "mod_kaPoW: Putting the 'PoW' into Proof-of-Work", SIGCOMM 2008 demo session, August 2008. Poster: PDF
   Ed Kaiser, Wu-chang Feng, "mod_kaPoW: Mitigating Denial-of-Service with Transparent Proof-of-Work", CoNext 2007 poster session, December 2007. ppt.  Also in  NSF CyberTrust PI Meeting 2008 poster session, March 2008.  ppt
   Ed Kaiser, Wu-chang Feng, Wu-chi Feng, Antoine Luu, "Reducing Malicious Traffic With IP Puzzles", ACM SIGCOMM 2004 poster session, September 2004.
       Abstract: pdf, Poster: pdf
 Software:
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Last modified: August 7, 2004.