The CV-Inspector Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a built on Amazon’s Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type.  It is made available by the paper “CV-Inspector: Towards Automating Detection of Adblock Circumvention,” Proceedings of Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) 2021. By requesting access to the CV-Inspector AMI, you agree to the terms of the license below.

Using CV-Inspector’s AMI

We refer to the README on how to use the AMI.

CV-Inspector Workflow

The workflow of CV-Inspector is detailed in the figure below. Given a set of sites, it will automate the crawling, data collection, differential analysis, and labeling of the sites. Label 1 = the site was able to circumvent the adblocker, 0 = the site was not successful at circumventing the adblocker or it did not attempt at circumvention. We refer to the paper for more details.

 

License

The CV-Inspector AMI agreement is inspired by a similar one from CAIDA. This is a basic policy to which you must agree before we give you access to any part of our AMI.

ACCEPTABLE USE AGREEMENT for CV-INSPECTOR AMI BY UCI NETWORKING GROUP.

Usage of this AMI is subject to agreeing to the following terms.

LICENSE

UCI Networking Group authorization to access the CV-Inspector AMI grants You a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, and terminable license to copy, modify, and use the CV-Inspector AMI only for non-profit research and education. No license is granted for any other purpose and there are no implied licenses in this Agreement. Nothing in this License is intended to limit any rights You may have arising from fair use or due to other limitations on UCI Networking Group’s exclusive rights under copyright law or other applicable laws. UCI Networking Group has the authority and reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to discontinue further access and use to anyone who violates this AUA.

You will not disclose the CV-Inspector AMI to any other person other than those employed by your institute who are collaborating with you using the CV-Inspector AMI. Other entities must request access to the CV-Inspector AMI separately using our form below.

If you find any remaining vulnerabilities or credentials in the CV-Inspector AMI, you must responsibly disclose them to us.

If You create a publication (including web pages, papers published by a third party, teaching material, and publicly available presentations) using CV-Inspector AMI, You must cite the corresponding paper as follows:

@inproceedings{le2021cvinspector,
  title={{CV-Inspector: Towards Automating Detection of Adblock Circumvention}},
  author={Le, Hieu and Markopoulou, Athina and Shafiq, Zubair},
  booktitle={The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS)},
  url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.14722/ndss.2021.24055},
  doi = {10.14722/ndss.2021.24055},
  year={2021}
}

We also encourage You to provide the UCI Networking Group with a link to your publication. We use this information in reports to our funding agencies.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. UCI NETWORKING GROUP USES ITS BEST EFFORTS TO PROVIDE CV-INSPECTOR AMI IN ACCORDANCE WITH ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY. HOWEVER, THE CV-INSPECTOR AMI PROVIDED HEREIN IS ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. NEITHER CV-INSPECTOR AMI, ITS RESEARCHERS, RESEARCH PARTNERS, LICENSORS, AND DATA PROVIDERS, NOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND ITS TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS MAKE ANY WARRANTY, EITHER IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, OR AVAILABILITY OF CV-INSPECTOR AMI, APPLICATIONS, OR SERVICES ACCESSIBLE THROUGH OR MADE AVAILABLE BY UCI NETWORKING GROUP.

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If You have any questions about the CV-Inspector AMI or about this Public Agreement, please email athinagroupreleases@gmail.com.

Access the CV-Inspector AMI

To access the CV-Inspector AMI, please fill out the form below. Note that by filling out the form, you agree to our Privacy Policy and the CV-Inspector AMI license above. The CV-Inspector AMI is hosted on Amazon Web Services. Once you submit the form, we will give your AWS account permission to access the CV-Inspector AMI. Please do not share the CV-Inspector AMI with anyone else. Instead, please refer any other interested party to this access form. Keeping track of CV-Inspector AMI accesses is important for us as it facilitates accurate reporting to our funding agencies.