Some remarks to recent papers on traffic analysis: or the case for public Wiki-like platforms for commenting published papers

ABSTRACT

In this informal contribution we raise a few remarks and requests for clarification about some recent papers in the field of traffic analysis. These examples are illustrative of the kind of issues and open points that are encountered when reading, applying and working with published papers. The readers and followers of each published paper - especially of the best ones - form naturally a small community of interest. In most cases remarks and open points about the paper are of interest for the them all. Based on these considerations we raise the following proposal to the research community: let each conference and/or journal editor maintain an open public wiki-like commenting platform for publishing comments and rebuttals after the paper publication.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.3 Network Operations
          Subjects: Network monitoring

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.5 On-line Information Services
          Subjects: Web-based services

General Terms:
Documentation, Measurement

Keywords:
Wiki technology, scientific publications, traffic analysis