Deep Packet Inspection

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THE NETWORK IS AWARE

Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a network surveillance technology that enables operators to scan Internet traffic in real time and make automated decisions about what to do with it. This research project investigates whether deep packet inspection is changing the way the Internet is governed. Download an overview of this research project.

In this project, we analyze DPI deployments that generated political, legal and regulatory conflicts. We explore how its capabilities led to strategic interactions among network operators pursuing their business interests, government agencies seeking control, activists fighting for privacy or net neutrality, politicians and regulators responding to publicity, legislators and courts resolving disputes.

Drawing on theories from science, technology and society studies (STS), Internet governance studies and political science, we investigate how Internet governance is evolving in response to new network surveillance and management capabilities.

The project is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, SBER Division, Program on Science, Technology and Society, Award SES-1026916, Dr. Milton L. Mueller, Principal Investigator

CASE STUDIES OF DPI DEPLOYMENTS

STATISTICAL DATA FROM MLAB ON DPI USE

WHAT IS DPI AND HOW DOES IT WORK?

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PEOPLE

MILTON MUELLER

is Principal Investigator, as well as Professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies.

BRENDEN KUERBIS

is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies.

RIO INDRA MAULANA

is a Fullbright student pursuing an M.S. in Information Management at the Syracuse School of Information Studies. He holds a B.A. in Informatics Engineering from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November.