Publications

2026

1. ICC

   CertDNS: Guaranteeing the Integrity of DNS Records Using PKIX Certificates (To appear)

   Hyeonmin Lee, Sangyoon Seok, and Taekyoung "Ted" Kwon

   In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 2026

   Bib

   @inproceedings{lee2026certdns,
     author = {Lee, Hyeonmin and Seok, Sangyoon and Kwon, Taekyoung "Ted"},
     title = {CertDNS: Guaranteeing the Integrity of DNS Records Using PKIX Certificates (To appear)},
     year = {2026},
     location = {Glasgow, Scotland, UK},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
     topconf = {false}
   }

2025

1. ASE

   Top-tier

   RFCScope: Detecting Logical Ambiguities in Internet Protocol Specifications

   In Proceedings of the 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), Seoul, South Korea, 2025

   Bib PDF Artifact

   @inproceedings{pawagi2025rfcscope,
     author = {},
     title = {RFCScope: Detecting Logical Ambiguities in Internet Protocol Specifications},
     year = {2025},
     location = {Seoul, South Korea},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)},
     artifact = {https://github.com/HIPREL-Group/RFCScope/},
     topconf = {true}
   }

2. IMC

   Top-tier

   Inside Certificate Chains Beyond Public Issuers: Structure and Usage Analysis from a Campus Network

   Hongying Dong, Yizhe Zhang, Hyeonmin Lee, and Yixin Sun

   In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), Madison, WI, USA, 2025

   Bib PDF Artifact

   @inproceedings{dong2025cert,
     author = {Dong, Hongying and Zhang, Yizhe and Lee, Hyeonmin and Sun, Yixin},
     title = {Inside Certificate Chains Beyond Public Issuers: Structure and Usage Analysis from a Campus Network},
     year = {2025},
     isbn = {9798400718601},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3730567.3764503},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC)},
     pages = {909–918},
     numpages = {10},
     keywords = {transport layer security, public key infrastructure, certificate chain, certificate},
     location = {Madison, WI, USA},
     series = {IMC '25},
     artifact = {https://keyinfra.cs.virginia.edu/cert_chain/abstract/},
     topconf = {true}
   }

3. ICCCN

   PQTLS-AD: Post-Quantum TLS Accelerated with DNS

   Sangwon Lim, Hyeonmin Lee, Gyeongheon Jeong, and Ted Taekyoung Kwon

   In Proceedings of the 2025 34th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Tokyo, Japan, 2025

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{lim2025pqtlsad,
     author = {Lim, Sangwon and Lee, Hyeonmin and Jeong, Gyeongheon and Kwon, Ted Taekyoung},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 34th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)},
     title = {PQTLS-AD: Post-Quantum TLS Accelerated with DNS},
     year = {2025},
     pages = {1-6},
     location = {Tokyo, Japan},
     keywords = {Quantum computing;Protocols;Prototypes;Public key cryptography;User experience;Delays;Domain Name System;Servers;Computer security;Standards;Transport Layer Security;TLS;Post-Quantum Cryptography;Post-Quantum TLS;Performance;Latency},
   }

4. ASPLOS

   Top-tier

   Pave: Information Flow Control for Privacy-preserving Online Data Processing Services

   Minkyung Park, Jaeseung Choi, Hyeonmin Lee, and Taekyoung Kwon

   In Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), Volume 2, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2025

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{park2025pave,
     author = {Park, Minkyung and Choi, Jaeseung and Lee, Hyeonmin and Kwon, Taekyoung},
     title = {Pave: Information Flow Control for Privacy-preserving Online Data Processing Services},
     year = {2025},
     isbn = {9798400710797},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3676641.3716266},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), Volume 2},
     pages = {814–830},
     location = {Rotterdam, Netherlands},
     numpages = {17},
     topconf = {true}
   }

2024

1. IMC

   Top-tier

   Exploring the Ecosystem of DNS HTTPS Resource Records: An End-to-End Perspective

   Hongying Dong, Yizhe Zhang, Hyeonmin Lee, Shumon Huque, and Yixin Sun

   In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), Madrid, Spain, 2024

   DNS-OARC Presented Bib PDF Artifact

   https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/52/contributions/1156/

   @inproceedings{dong2024https,
     author = {Dong, Hongying and Zhang, Yizhe and Lee, Hyeonmin and Huque, Shumon and Sun, Yixin},
     title = {Exploring the Ecosystem of DNS HTTPS Resource Records: An End-to-End Perspective},
     year = {2024},
     isbn = {9798400705922},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3646547.3688410},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference (IMC)},
     pages = {423–440},
     numpages = {18},
     keywords = {dns, ech, encrypted clienthello, https resource record, https rr, measurement},
     location = {Madrid, Spain},
     series = {IMC '24},
     artifact = {https://keyinfra.cs.virginia.edu/dns_http/abstract/},
     topconf = {true},
   }

2. IMC

   Top-tier

   Mutual TLS in Practice: A Deep Dive into Certificate Configurations and Privacy Issues

   Hongying Dong, Yizhe Zhang, Hyeonmin Lee, Kevin Du, Guancheng Tu, and Yixin Sun

   In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), Madrid, Spain, 2024

   Bib PDF Artifact

   @inproceedings{dong2024mtls,
     author = {Dong, Hongying and Zhang, Yizhe and Lee, Hyeonmin and Du, Kevin and Tu, Guancheng and Sun, Yixin},
     title = {Mutual TLS in Practice: A Deep Dive into Certificate Configurations and Privacy Issues},
     year = {2024},
     isbn = {9798400705922},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3646547.3688415},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference (IMC)},
     pages = {214–229},
     numpages = {16},
     keywords = {digital certificates, measurement, mutual tls, mutual transport layer security, privacy},
     location = {Madrid, Spain},
     series = {IMC '24},
     artifact = {https://keyinfra.cs.virginia.edu/mutual_tls/abstract/},
     topconf = {true}
   }

3. ICCCN

   DDD: A DNS-based DDoS Defense Scheme Using Puzzles

   Hyeonmin Lee, Taehyun Kang, Sukhun Yang, Jinyong Jun, and Taekyoung Kwon

   In Proceedings of the 2024 33rd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), Big Island, Hawaii, USA, 2024

   Bib PDF Artifact

   @inproceedings{lee2024ddd,
     author = {Lee, Hyeonmin and Kang, Taehyun and Yang, Sukhun and Jun, Jinyong and Kwon, Taekyoung},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 33rd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)},
     title = {DDD: A DNS-based DDoS Defense Scheme Using Puzzles},
     year = {2024},
     location = {Big Island, Hawaii, USA},
     pages = {1-9},
     keywords = {Publishing;Scalability;Traffic control;Denial-of-service attack;Robustness;Domain Name System;Servers;Distributed Denial-of-Service;Domain Name System;Client Puzzle},
     artifact = {https://github.com/Sagit25/DNS-based-DDoS-mitigation},
   }

2023

1. WWW

   Top-tier

   ZTLS: A DNS-based Approach to Zero Round Trip Delay in TLS handshake

   Sangwon Lim, Hyeonmin Lee, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Lee, and Taekyoung Kwon

   In Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023, Austin, TX, USA, 2023

   Bib PDF Artifact

   @inproceedings{lim2023ztls,
     author = {Lim, Sangwon and Lee, Hyeonmin and Kim, Hyunsoo and Lee, Hyunwoo and Kwon, Taekyoung},
     title = {ZTLS: A DNS-based Approach to Zero Round Trip Delay in TLS handshake},
     year = {2023},
     isbn = {9781450394161},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3543507.3583516},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023},
     pages = {2360–2370},
     numpages = {11},
     keywords = {Latency, Performance, TLS, Transport Layer Security},
     location = {Austin, TX, USA},
     series = {WWW '23},
     artifact = {https://zenodo.org/records/7597964},
     topconf = {true}
   }

2022

1. USENIX Security

   Top-tier

   Under the Hood of DANE Mismanagement in SMTP

   Hyeonmin Lee, Md. Ishtiaq Ashiq, Moritz Müller, Roland Rijswijk-Deij, Taekyoung "Ted" Kwon, and Taejoong Chung

   In 31st USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 22), Boston, MA, USA, Aug 2022

   Bib PDF Artifact

   @inproceedings{lee2022under,
     author = {Lee, Hyeonmin and Ashiq, Md. Ishtiaq and M{\"u}ller, Moritz and van Rijswijk-Deij, Roland and Kwon, Taekyoung "Ted" and Chung, Taejoong},
     title = {Under the Hood of {DANE} Mismanagement in {SMTP}},
     booktitle = {31st USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 22)},
     year = {2022},
     isbn = {978-1-939133-31-1},
     address = {Boston, MA},
     pages = {1--16},
     url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity22/presentation/lee},
     publisher = {USENIX Association},
     location = {Boston, MA, USA},
     month = aug,
     artifact = {https://dane-study.github.io/},
     topconf = {true}
   }

2020

1. USENIX Security

   Top-tier

   A Longitudinal and Comprehensive Study of the DANE Ecosystem in Email

   Hyeonmin Lee, Aniketh Gireesh, Roland Rijswijk-Deij, Taekyoung "Ted" Kwon, and Taejoong Chung

   In 29th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 20), Boston, MA, USA, Aug 2020

   Bib PDF Artifact

   @inproceedings{lee2020longitudinal,
     author = {Lee, Hyeonmin and Gireesh, Aniketh and van Rijswijk-Deij, Roland and Kwon, Taekyoung "Ted" and Chung, Taejoong},
     title = {A Longitudinal and Comprehensive Study of the {DANE} Ecosystem in Email},
     booktitle = {29th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 20)},
     year = {2020},
     isbn = {978-1-939133-17-5},
     pages = {613--630},
     url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity20/presentation/lee-hyeonmin},
     publisher = {USENIX Association},
     location = {Boston, MA, USA},
     artifact = {https://dane-study.github.io/},
     month = aug,
     topconf = {true}
   }

2. Comput. Netw.

   SCIE

   TwinPeaks: An approach for certificateless public key distribution for the internet and internet of things

   Eunsang Cho, Jeongnyeo Kim, Minkyung Park, Hyeonmin Lee, Chorom Hamm, Soobin Park, Sungmin Sohn, Minhyeok Kang, and Ted Taekyoung Kwon

   Computer Networks, 2020

   Bib PDF

   @article{cho2020twinpeaks,
     title = {TwinPeaks: An approach for certificateless public key distribution for the internet and internet of things},
     journal = {Computer Networks},
     volume = {175},
     pages = {107268},
     year = {2020},
     issn = {1389-1286},
     url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389128618314051},
     author = {Cho, Eunsang and Kim, Jeongnyeo and Park, Minkyung and Lee, Hyeonmin and Hamm, Chorom and Park, Soobin and Sohn, Sungmin and Kang, Minhyeok and Kwon, Ted Taekyoung},
     keywords = {Public key infrastructure, Certificateless public key cryptography, Public key distribution, Internet of things},
     scie = {true}
   }