On the surface, it’s all about protecting Russian kids from internet
pedophiles. In reality, the Kremlin’s new “Single Register” of banned
websites, which goes into effect today, will wind up blocking all kinds
of online political speech. And, thanks to the spread of new
internet-monitoring technologies, the Register could well become a tool
for spying on millions of Russians.
Signed into law by Vladimir Putin on July 28, the
internet-filtering measure contains a single, innocuous-sounding
paragraph that allows those compiling the Register to draw on court
decisions relating to the banning of websites. The problem is, the
courts have ruled to block more than child pornographers’ sites. The
judges have also agreed to online bans on political extremists and
opponents of the Putin regime. The new system is modeled on the one that is used to block extremist and
terrorist bank accounts. The Roskomnadzor (the Agency for the
Supervision of Information Technology, Communications and Mass Media)
gathers not only court decisions to outlaw sites or pages, but also data
submitted by three government agencies: the Interior Ministry, the
Federal Antidrug Agency and the Federal Service for the Supervision of
Consumer Rights and Public Welfare. Most importantly, however, the new Roskomnadzor system introduces DPI
(deep packet inspection) on a nationwide scale. Although DPI is not
mentioned in the law, the Ministry of Communications — along with the
biggest internet corporations active in Russia — concluded in August
that the only way to implement the law was through deep packet
inspection. Most digital inspection tools only look at the “headers” on a packet of
data –- where it’s going, and where it came from. DPI allows network
providers to peer into the digital packets composing a message or
transmission over a network. “You open the envelope, not just read the
address on a letter,” said an engineer dealing with DPI. It allows ISPs
not only to monitor the traffic, but to filter it, suppressing
particular services or content. DPI has also elicited concern from
leading privacy groups over how this highly intrusive technology will be
used by governments...
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Very impressive blog. Thanks for sharing such a nice information....Deep Packet Inspection
Most one-way broadcast applications require custom programming at the remote sites. The software at the remote site must filter, store, present a selection interface to and display the data. The software at the transmitting station must provide access control, priority queuing, sending, and encapsulating of the data.
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