Sandvine DPI - what do we expect?

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> Date: March 10, 2018 at 7:48:43 PM EST
> To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Sandvine DPI - what do we expect?
> Reply-To: dewayne-net () warpspeed com
>
> Note:  This item comes from friend David Reed.  ‘DPI’ is ‘deep packet inspection’.  DLH]
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> From: "dpreed () deepplum com" <dpreed () deepplum com>
> Subject: Sandvine DPI - what do we expect?
> Date: March 10, 2018 at 4:44:12 PM EST
> To: dewayne () warpspeed com
>
> Sandvine, Ellacoya, and other companies pitch the idea that DPI is something that ought to be widely utilized in the 
> Internet. Their basic idea is that the idea of moving function to the edges is inefficient, dangerous, suboptimal, 
> ... and that their wonderful capabilities of digging deep into packets, blocking, modifying content, etc. are 
> essential to the Internet.
>
> Though they claim benefits - this article shows what their technology is really purchased for: wiretapping and 
> censorship, etc.
>
> I guess if the product you have is really good for wiretapping and censorship, your investors will be upset if you 
> don't maximize the return on investment by satisfying those markets.
>
> Too bad there aren't rules against making tools for tyrants.
>
> <https://citizenlab.ca/2018/03/bad-traffic-sandvines-packetlogic-devices-deploy-government-spyware-turkey-syria/>
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