Thus, building on independent reports, scholarly investigations, government statements, and technical analyses, it seemed unlikely that deep packet inspection was being used in Iran to mediate communications belonging to members of the Green Revolution in 2009 and early 2010. In the face of recent events, however, we may need to modify the position of ‘no DPI is used to monitor Internet access’ to ‘DPI or something with DPI-like functionality may be being discretely tested by the Iranian government.’
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