Re: When they outlaw deep packet inspection...

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:37:29 CDT, Thomas Raef said:

(OK, Boucher is my congresscritter, since I live in the Virginia 9th district)..

> Why don't politicians stay out of something so technical and stick to
> what they do best - take bribes and sell Senate seats (Blago -
> Illinois)?

Actually, Boucher is probably one of the *more* technically clued guys
in Congress - among other things, he's the one who's been actually trying
to get the damned DMCA anti-circumvention clause fixed (by adding an exemption
if the data you're extracting would itself be usable under "fair use" or other
rights).

> On Behalf Of Larry Seltzer

> I should add that at the same time the Senate is considering a bill
> mandating security standards for large parts of the Internet to follow
> it seems as if the Senate is about to ban security

(Noting s/Senate/House/ second time around).

How many ISP's *actually* do DPI in order to provide *security* for their
subscribers?  (And no, "block ports 137-139 and refuse to contact the user
when it's obvious they're botted" doesn't count).  Now compare that to
the number of ISPs that want to do DPI in order to monetize the data (Phorm,
etc)?

Actually reading the article, it sounds like what Boucher wants is a "Thou
shalt not Phorm thy users without their consent" law.

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