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Report: Improper use of Deep Packet Inspection could be Internet game-changer

Report: Improper use of Deep Packet Inspection could be Internet game-changerOK on the Proper use of routing 9-1-1 traffic, but utterally scary on the improper use.There are already people paranoid about using there CC's online, now you are going to tell them that "hey we reserve the right to read...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), SECURITY, Deep Packet Inspection, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

Berners-Lee: Deep packet inspection compromises Net integrity

Berners-Lee: Deep packet inspection compromises Net integrityBerners-Lee gets it rightI am TERRIFIED of deep packet inspection, for the sole reason that some morality bound assw*pes might get their panties in a bunch because I am looking at porn and try to get me arrested.Simply put: there should be NO snooping...

Tags: Berners-Lee, Deep Packet Inspection

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

Deep packet inspection takes another hit as Phorm execs leave

Deep packet inspection takes another hit as Phorm execs leaveHuh?"You'll recall that DPI is the technology that some ISPs were considering to scour a customer's computer for granular information so it could deliver more relevant ads."DPI does not touch a user's computer. It looks at the network flows packets...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Phorm, Deep Packet Inspection, computer

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

ISPs keep their distance from deep packet inspection

ISPs keep their distance from deep packet inspectionIm sure everyone will back away except..Comcast. Anything they can do to line their pockets with more revenue from their "happy" customer-base and make their experience as "COMCASTIC" as possible - they will do. So while Verizon, TWC, and AT&T backaway, Comcast sees...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, packet inspection

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Deep packet spy's CEO resigns

Deep packet spy's CEO resignsThrowing out the baby with the bathwater[i]... it doesn't sound like there's a long prosperous future ahead for deep packet inspection or NebuAd...[/i]So one CEO leaves a company and all of Deep Packet Inspection technology fails? Last I checked most DPI companies were doing quite well.One...

Tags: Deep Packet, NebuAd

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Big Telco wants to ream you with "deep packet inspection"

Big Telco wants to ream you with "deep packet inspection"You just don't get itWhat's good for AT&T is good for America. Internet traffic isn't the only potential gold mine, by the way: monitoring your telephone calls has vast potential for revolutionary new services.For instance, if you call an auto...

Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Eternal Vigilance, Big Telco, deep packet inspection, packet inspection, telecommunications company, MSE

Discussion threads 2007-12-06

Additional Resources

Wireshark 1.2.4 (Mac)

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the standard in many industries. It is the continuation of a project that started in 1998. Hundreds of developers around the world have contributed to it, and it is still under active development. Read/write many different aWireshark is the world's...

Tags: Radcom Ltd., Apple Macintosh, Network, Visual Networks Inc., Industry, Analysis, Wireshark, Wireshark Development, Networking, Linux, WANs, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Verizon to test sending RIAA copyright warnings

As long as...it's not a 3 strike policy... i'm relativaly ok with this particular thing...Just a notice and notice system, sometimes users dont know if they are doing something illegal. Furthermore, can they proof without anny doubt that there's a copyright infrigement?no they cannotWith such a large criminal records, the...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, RIAA, movie, music, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

HP Data Retention Guardian Online (HP DRAGON) Overview

HP DRAGON partners with some of the leading organizations in the intelligence support systems marketplace to enable HP customers to receive an excellent solution that meets their needs. HP DRAGON technology partners provide such technology and solution capabilities as relational database, deep packet inspection, and grid storage. HP DRAGON solution...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-08-01

The technologies of Internet censorship

With Rafsanjani's speech supporting the resistance in Iran, it seems likely that a new phase of dissent over the fraudulent election will shortly emerge. That prospect may have the IT departments in the Iranian government beefing up their chops. Along those lines, NedaNet, an organization of "computer hackers and computer...

Tags: Traffic, Traffic Classification, Internet, Ssl/Tls, Authentication/Encryption, Network Security, VPNs, Productivity, Security, Networking, Telecommunications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-21

iBoss Home Parental Control Wireless-N router

Priced at an affordable $40, the iBoss Home Parental Control Wireless-N is, however, not an affordable choice, thanks to its $59 annual cost that accrues after the first month of use. Over time, this fee could make it one of the most expensive Wireless-N routers on the market; and the...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, router, iBoss Home Parental Control Wireless-N, Wireless-N Router, computer

Product reviews 2009-06-05

Botnet exploiting MS0867 flaws (Inside the botnets that never make the news)

Botnet exploiting MS0867 flaws Inside the botnets that never make the newsBlock IRC traffic completelyThat's the solution. IRC traffic has no place in business environments.Image 5...Did you do the obfuscating? If not, how do you know they're all on the same server?How pray tell?You're forgetting, any type of...

Tags: Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Stateful Packet Inspection, IRC traffic, IRC, BotNet

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

R.I.P., NebuAd. But, What If You Had Just Asked For The User's Consent?

NebuAd, the controversial company that had sought to target online ads based on user behavior, is dead, at last. The company's services were actually appealing to some cable companies who act as Internet service providers, such as Charter Communications and Bresnan Communications. But...

Tags: User Behavior, Consent, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Check Point IPS Engine Architecture: New Technologies Provide a Robust Integrated Intrusion Prevention System

Some organizations have a love-hate relationship with Intrusion Prevention System technology, and its older cousin, the Intrusion Detection System. On the one hand, IPS is vital for protecting against a deluge of application layer exploits. According to a Verizon Business Report in 2008 hacking led to data breaches by a...

Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Intrusion Prevention, Security

White papers 2009-05-04

UC Berkeley scientists define cloud computing

UC Berkeley scientists define cloud computingMy own definitions of Cloud Computing...Cloud Computing - 1. An unnecessary return to the dinosaur client-server model which was abandoned 20+ years ago when the personal computer became popular. 2. A buzz-word the media uses to describe anything which uses a local client to do...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, University of California at Berkeley

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

Outrageous Comcast updates to cutomer agreement - all your systems belong to us

Outrageous Comcast updates to cutomer agreement - all your systems belong to usJust reply, NO!One of our local newspaper writers responded to similar tactics from credit card companies by imposing HIS own set of rules on THEIR transactions to his account.You might try sending a similarly worded notice accepting their...

Tags: Modems, Comcast Corp., cable, modem, agreement

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

UK government to collect Facebook data?

The UK government is currently proposing new measures to keep details on communications between British users on Facebook. Updated: see below. Facebook on the other hand have criticised the intelligence services, saying they were "excessive" and "overkill", according to sister-site ZDNet UK. It's not...

Tags: Facebook, U.K., Social Networking, Government, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Stealthy router-based botnet worm squirming

Researchers at DroneBL have spotted signs of a stealthy router-based botnet worm targeting routers and DSL modems. The worm, called "psyb0t," has been circulating since at least January this year, infecting vulnerable embedded Linux devices such as the Netcomm NB5 ADSL modem above...

Tags: Router, Worm, Cyberthreats, Routers & Switches, Viruses And Worms, Network Technology, Security, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-23

News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Anchiva Hardware Scanning Engine

Traditional hardware acceleration technology in security appliances such as firewalls is focused mainly at accelerating packet processing at the network layer. This technology is useful in preventing network breakins when hackers aim their attacks at the network layer (TCP/IP), but is inadequate to detect or prevent today's attacks such as...

Tags: Network, Hardware, Attack, Anchiva Systems, Firewalls, Tcp/Ip, Security, Networking, Network Security

White papers 2009-03-22