[Upd-discuss] Re: David Reed Delivers the Goods Again

[Seth Johnson]

David updated his blog post with updated links:

> http://www.reed.com/blog-dpr/?p=8


The hearing now has a dedicated page, with witness statements and
links to the webcast (in a non-free format):

> http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ti-hrg.071708.DeepPacket.shtml


The hearing is well worth watching.  Scott Cleland was eager to apply
the privacy angle very broadly.  :-)


Seth


> STATEMENT OF DR. DAVID P. REED
> to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
> on "What Your Broadband Provider Knows About Your Web Use:  Deep
> Packet Inspection and Communications Laws and Policies"
> 
> 
> STATEMENT OF DR. DAVID P. REED:
> > http://www.reed.com/dpr/docs/Papers/ReedDPIHearing.pdf
> 
> (Full text pasted below.  -- Seth)
> 
> 
> Dr. Reed Goes to Washington:
> > http://www.reed.com/blog-dpr/?p=8
> 
> 
> Hearing: What Your Broadband Provider Knows About Your Web Use:  Deep
> Packet Inspection and Communications Laws and Policies:
> > http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml  (transient page)
> 
> Video (not yet available):
> > http://energycommerce.edgeboss.net/wmedia-live/energycommerce/11990/100_energycommerce-2123_060901.asx  (video/not presently available)
> 
> Robb Topolski's NebuAd analysis:
> > http://www.freepress.net/files/NebuAd_Report.pdf
> 
> ---
> 
> > http://www.reed.com/blog-dpr/?p=8
> 
> 
> Dr. Reed Goes to Washington
> 
> Posted on 17 Jul 2008
> 
> 
> Well, for the first time in my life I got to testify before a
> Congressional Hearing… The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications
> and the Internet held a hearing today about Deep Packet Inspection,
> where I was invited to be a witness, along with the CEO of NebuAd and
> others, to discuss the issues surrounding ISPs using Deep Packet
> Inspection to capture and to modify all of the communications their
> customers do across the Internet.  I’ve put the written testimony I
> shared with the committee prior to the hearing up on my server - I’d
> suggest you read it
> (http://www.reed.com/dpr/docs/Papers/ReedDPIHearing.pdf).
> 
> If you want to understand how NebuAd works (as an example of DPI in
> action), see Robert Topolski’s excellent reverse-engineering of its
> use in a report he did for FreePress.org
> (http://www.freepress.net/files/NebuAd_Report.pdf).
> 
> The whole hearing was webcast
> (http://energycommerce.house.gov/membios/schedule.shtml).   I am
> hoping that it continues to be available online
> 
> I have to grant that the DPI industry has some cojones.  See the
> industry association’s website at dpacket.org.