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Deep packet inspection

Deep packet inspection

Posted Jul 24, 2008 17:26 UTC (Thu) by sitaram (subscriber, #5959)
Parent article: Deep packet inspection

"A phone system that randomly inserted advertising into calls or a postal system that kicked
back letters whose contents it didn't like as undeliverable would not be considered
functioning systems. The internet requires the same treatment. "

This is the crux of the whole thing.  Gets the message across to people who will not be
bothered to actually think about the issue.


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