Discovering Encrypted Client Hello Deployments by Active ECH Probing
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Abstract
We present a new measurement method to detect ECH deployments. This method leverages standard-compliant behavior of ECH servers. Prior measurements relied on DNS exposure and reported only one major ECH deployment (Cloudflare). Our measurements reveal yet undiscovered ECH deployments, including a large deployment at Meta. Meta servers support ECH, but ECH configuration is not exposed via the DNS. We also empirically study details such as the level of privacy improvement and latency impact of ECH.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC ’26) |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2026 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Conference
| Title | 26th ACM Internet Measurement Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | ACM IMC 2026 |
| Conference number | 26 |
| Duration | 12 - 16 October 2026 |
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| Degree of recognition | International event |
| Location | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) |
| City | Karlsruhe |
| Country | Germany |
External IDs
| ORCID | /0000-0002-3825-2807/work/226837881 |
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