DPI Deployments (73): NTT Plala Deploys CISCO new ASR-9000 with SCE

   

Cisco announced a new ASR-9000 aggregation router (see "Cisco Introduces Superior Network Capacity and a Simpler Way to Build Next-Generation Internet for Zettabyte Era" - here) and a number of deployments by Tier-1 carriers (Cox, Tata Communications, Fastweb).

Another interesting deployment is NTT Plala, which is "Using Cisco SCE (Service Control Engine) as a DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) product that controls bandwidth and applications, NTT Plala is currently offering "Net Barrier Basic" [see below] value-added service that enables the provision of a safe and secure broadband environment.  From now on, the company can establish an infrastructure that further enhances consumer security service that offers safe and secure Internet environment by combining the Cisco ASR 9000 and Cisco SCE".

See "NTT Plala Employs Cisco ASR 9000 Series" - here.

This is a rather old Cisco SCE deployment, originated to P-Cube days, and deployed already in 2003 for security and P2P control (see "Plala Networks Implements Cisco Systems Service Control Solution" - here). As we can see from the recent announcement - it is still there!

"NTT Plala Inc. provides as standard for B-Flets users the Net Barrier Basic security service consisting of a URL filter, packet filter, and Winny filter [a DPI-challenging Japanese P2P protocol]. In order to strengthen this service, the company has started using NetSTAR's URL databases. By blocking access to one-click fraud sites, an environment in which the Internet can be used with peace of mind has been achieved. This has importantly contributed to a rise in customer satisfaction " (more - here).

UK Government Pushes ISPs (Again) to Provide Better Parental Control

 

A new report by Reg Baily, Chief Executive of Mothers’ Union, commissioned by the UK Department of Education, recommends "Making it easier for parents to block adult and age-restricted material from the internet. To provide a consistent level of protection across all media, as a matter of urgency, the internet industry should ensure that customers must make an active choice over what sort of content they want to allow their children to access. To facilitate this, the internet industry must act decisively to develop and introduce effective parental controls, with Government regulation if voluntary action is not forthcoming within a reasonable timescale."

See "Letting Children be Children - Report of an Independent Review of the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood" - here and video below. The report is available here 

UK Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured with Mr. Baily) supported it and "has warned ISPs to be more robust with their plans to provide better tools to help parents censor sexualised content online, or else the government could step in with its own regulation measures" (see "Cameron calls for ISP-level parental censorship tools" - here)

This is not the first time we see government pressure in the UK to so that (here amd here) and TalkTalk already announced such service, dubbed Homesafe, for free (here, using Huawei equipment).