[governance] Requirements for Deep Packet Inspection in Next Generation Networks

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Daniel, the hard fact is that telcos already use DPI extensively for 
monetizing and manipulating traffic in their ADSL contracts. I think 
they are trying to have ITU condone it officially -- shame on them all.

--c.a.

On 12/07/2012 10:00 AM, Daniel Kalchev wrote:
>
>
> On 06.12.12 19:38, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:
>>
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>> *Requirements for Deep Packet Inspection in Next Generation Networks
>> *
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>
> I am still curious, who cares?
>
> Back in the days when Internet was more or less
> scientific/university/hobby network, there were plenty of ITU
> recommendations of all sorts, most intended "for the public good".
> Internet grew up by ignoring all of these recommendations, by virtue of
> being, after all, an loosely interconnected network of private networks.
> The Internet continues to have this architecture and ownership structure
> -- this is why it is generally immune to regulation.
>
> As I understand it, this is an recommendation for ITU members. But who
> those guys are? Mostly state-owned or state-controlled telcos. Is the
> Internet dependent on those guys? No way, whatever they dream. None of
> the ISP businesses I know of and care about, are members of the ITU.
>
> Do you envision implementing this recommendation in your home network
> (part of the Internet), on your company network (part of the Internet),
> on your campus/university network (part of the Internet), on your local,
> regional, national, whatever ISP (part of the Internet)? I don't think
> so. Simply because of cost reasons and because it does not provide any
> value to anyone.
>
> If your Government controlled telco implements these recommendations,
> and possibly are they have always done so (I know this has been true for
> ours), and if this interferes somehow with your desires, there are
> always alternatives and there always will be -- this is how the Internet
> grep up to be what is now, in the first place. Just reroute your traffic.
>
> Just my $0.02
>
> Daniel
>

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