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Censys: A Map of Internet Hosts and Services#

SIGCOMM 2025 digest Program Adjacent pick Coimbra · 8–11 September 2025

Zakir Durumeric et al. (Censys Inc.)

Play the recording: Censys: A Map of Internet Hosts and Services

Why: Attack-surface and security-measurement context the PM tracks adjacent to network security.

What: A retrospective on Censys's re-architecture for continuous Internet-wide scan data, with a visibility evaluation and lessons learned.

How: Operational account of redesigning collection/packaging and serving research/industry/government users; discusses unsolved problems.

Where applicable: Internet-measurement infrastructure; general reference.