Egypt Internet Blocking - Was DPI Involved?

 

Timothy Karr, the Campaign Director for Free Press believes that DPI was used to block the internet traffic from Egypt during the recent demonstrations.

"Other North American and European companies are selling DPI to enable their business customers "to see, manage and monetize individual flows to individual subscribers." But this "Internet-enhancing" technology has been sought out by regimes in Iran, China and Burma for more brutal purposes. In addition to Narus, there are a number of companies, including many others in the United States, that produce and traffic in similar spying and control technology. This list of DPI providers includes Zeugma Systems (Canada), Camiant (USA), Procera Networks (USA), Allot (Israel), Ixia (USA), AdvancedIO (Canada) and Sandvine (Canada), among others"

See "One U.S. Corporation's Role in Egypt's Brutal Crackdown" - here.

Updates - Camiant (acquired by Tekelec) does not have DPI technology; Zeugma is now part of Tellabs.

Any proof that Iran, China or Burma (now called Myanmar) are using any of the above equipment to control traffic for political purposes? Do you really need DPI to block traffic the way Egypt did? see below a chart showing Egypt's international traffic. It is enough to cut a cord to get this ..

The only fact presented by Mr. Karr is ".. Narus of Sunnyvale, Calif., which has sold Telecom Egypt "real-time traffic intelligence" equipment. Narus, now owned by Boeing [here], was founded in 1997 by Israeli security experts to create and sell mass surveillance systems for governments and large corporate clients".