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".

DPI Market: Boeing Buys Narus

   

"Boeing announced an agreement to acquire Narus Networks, a leading provider of real-time network traffic and analytics software used to protect against cyber attacks and persistent threats aimed at large Internet Protocol networks .. Narus is privately held and the terms of the transaction were not disclosed"

See "Boeing Announces Agreement to Acquire Narus" - here.


“This acquisition is another step forward in our strategy to develop integrated solutions for better network visibility, threat detection, and cybersecurity,” said Roger Krone, president of Boeing Network & Space Systems, a business within the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) operating unit.

Narus offers solutions in 3 areas - Cyber Protection, Intercept and Traffic Management, all based on NarusInsight™ - a "traffic intelligence [s/w package] system for capturing, analyzing and correlating IP traffic in real time"

Congratulations to Greg, Antonio and the team !