Eric Wustrow

Eric Wustrow is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, affiliated with the College of Engineering and Applied Science. His research focuses on network security, internet censorship, and cryptographic protocols. Contact: ewust@colorado.edu, Phone: 734-330-8702, Office: ECCR 1B13.

• Academic Rank: Associate Professor
• Department: Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
• University: University of Colorado Boulder

Eric Wustrow's research explores methods to measure and circumvent internet censorship, analyze network vulnerabilities, and enhance privacy in digital communications. His work includes studying the Great Firewall of China, DNS and TLS security, and developing anticensorship tools like ShadowTLS and WATER. He also investigates cryptographic weaknesses in network devices and secure hardware implementations.

Recent publications examine the effectiveness of anticensorship tools, the impact of IPv6 on information controls, and vulnerabilities in encrypted protocols. His studies include speculative execution attacks, DNS censorship measurement, and techniques to exploit transient errors in TLS for key compromise. These works highlight evolving network threats and countermeasures.

Eric's research has been supported by grants such as the CAREER: Combating Censorship from within the Network (2022) and SaTC: CORE: Medium: Collaborative: Studying the Impact of IPv6 on Information Controls and Censorship Circumvention (2020). These projects focus on developing network-level solutions to censorship and security challenges.