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Raffaele Sommese

Raffaele Sommese is a second-year PhD candidate at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. The goal of his PhD research is to analyze and characterize the DNS vulnerabilities and misconfiguration in order to improve the protection and the prevention against DNS DDoS attack. Prior to his work at the University of Twente, he received his Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Torino in 2018.

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An Italian case study: Collateral damage from live-event site blocking with Piracy Shield

By Raffaele Sommese on 17 Oct 2025

Guest Post: Italy’s Piracy Shield blocks IPs and domains within minutes, but measurements show broad collateral damage to legitimate services.

How widely adopted is anycast in the DNS?

By Raffaele Sommese on 22 Dec 2021

Guest Post: A handful of large operators have been behind a significant increase in the adoption of anycast in top-level and second-level domains since 2017.

MAnycast²: Using anycast to measure anycast

By Raffaele Sommese on 15 Dec 2020

Guest Post: Due to its popularity, identifying which address is anycast isn’t straightforward, so a new approach is needed. Enter MAnycast².