ISPs keep their distance from deep packet inspection

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Thu, 09/25/2008 - 2:00pm

Lawmakers in Washington took a break from dealing with the economy this morning to examine one piece of controversial technology that big companies are quickly distancing themselves from - Deep Packet Inspection.

The technology, which allows deep granular analysis of network traffic, grabbed the attention of privacy advocates when it was revealed that Internet Service [...]



 

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