Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) (also called complete packet inspection and Information eXtraction - IX -) is a form of computer network packet filtering that examines the data part (and possibly also the header) of a packet as it passes an inspection point, searching for protocol non-compliance, viruses, spam, intrusions, or defined criteria to decide whether the packet may pass or if it needs to be routed to a different destination, or, for the purpose of collecting statistical information. There are multiple headers for IP packets; network equipment only needs to use the first of these (the IP header) for normal operation, but use of the second header (TCP, UDP etc.) is normally considered to be shallow packet inspection (usually called Stateful Packet Inspection) despite this definition.
There are multiple ways to acquire packets for deep packet inspection. Using port mirroring (sometimes called Span Port) is a very common way, as well as optical splitter.
Deep Packet Inspection (and filtering) enables advanced network management, user service, and security functions as well as internet data mining, eavesdropping, and internet censorship. Although DPI technology has been used for Internet management for many years, some advocates of net neutrality fear that the technology may be used anticompetitively or to reduce the openness of the Internet.
DPI is currently being used by the enterprise, service providers, and governments in a wide range of applications.
With DPI encrypted comms can be routed to storage, from there the encrypted data can be sent to the supercomputers for further analysis.
Just what can, and can not, be cracked is open to conjecture, as I don't really know the specific capabilities of the supercomputers in use by the alphabet gang.
However, with the rapid decline of storage prices it would be safe to assume that what cannot be cracked today, may be broken in the not too distant future.
I'm wondering if there actually is any currently known encryption which cannot be broken in the unforeseeable future...
Whichever way it is, I wish this venture luck and success.
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) (also called complete packet inspection and Information eXtraction - IX -) is a form of computer network packet filtering that examines the data part (and possibly also the header) of a packet as it passes an inspection point, searching for protocol non-compliance, viruses, spam, intrusions, or defined criteria to decide whether the packet may pass or if it needs to be routed to a different destination, or, for the purpose of collecting statistical information. There are multiple headers for IP packets; network equipment only needs to use the first of these (the IP header) for normal operation, but use of the second header (TCP, UDP etc.) is normally considered to be shallow packet inspection (usually called Stateful Packet Inspection) despite this definition.
There are multiple ways to acquire packets for deep packet inspection. Using port mirroring (sometimes called Span Port) is a very common way, as well as optical splitter. Deep Packet Inspection (and filtering) enables advanced network management, user service, and security functions as well as internet data mining, eavesdropping, and internet censorship. Although DPI technology has been used for Internet management for many years, some advocates of net neutrality fear that the technology may be used anticompetitively or to reduce the openness of the Internet.
DPI is currently being used by the enterprise, service providers, and governments in a wide range of applications.
http://www.adax.com/products/dpi.html
http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2013/2H12-Service-Provider-DPI-...
With DPI encrypted comms can be routed to storage, from there the encrypted data can be sent to the supercomputers for further analysis. Just what can, and can not, be cracked is open to conjecture, as I don't really know the specific capabilities of the supercomputers in use by the alphabet gang. However, with the rapid decline of storage prices it would be safe to assume that what cannot be cracked today, may be broken in the not too distant future.
I'm wondering if there actually is any currently known encryption which cannot be broken in the unforeseeable future...
Whichever way it is, I wish this venture luck and success.