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Posted by kdawson on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @05:38PM from the in-by-the-back-door dept.

Ian Lamont writes "An unnamed source at an American ISP says staff there briefly considered using Deep Packet Inspection to comply with an order from Argentina's Department of Justice to block access to a local gambling site. The ISP ended up not going that route, owing to the cost, but some engineers at the company worry that DPI will eventually be implemented on the ISP's overseas network, thereby positioning it for an easier US rollout should Net Neutrality lose out in Washington. Besides being used for traffic-shaping, DPI can also monitor the traffic of ISP subscribers to supply targeted advertising."

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Re:Packet Encryption (Score:5, Funny)

by ColdWetDog ( 752185 ) * writes: on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @06:22PM (#24665399) Homepage

Mr. Bin Laden? I didn't realize you joined Slashdot. Do you run Linux? Welcome.

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Re:Packet Encryption (Score:5, Funny)

by Braino420 ( 896819 ) writes: on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @07:28PM (#24666169)

Dude, weren't you supposed to submit that anonymously or something?

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Re:ISPs in Canada already throttle encrypted traff (Score:3, Funny)

by TheVelvetFlamebait ( 986083 ) writes: on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @10:55PM (#24668003) Journal

They throttle https? How have online banks and retailers reacted?
Rather slugglishly, I'm afraid.

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