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DPI History

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DPI Consortium History Timeline

1969

ARPANET

The first Internet message is sent over Arpanet

1973

Spectron 600

First protocol analyzer for connection, byte-oriented protocols

1974

TCP/IP

Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn propose the TCP/IP protocol

1976

X.25

The CCITT (now ITU-T) publishes the X.25 connectionless bit-oriented protocol in its Orange Book

1976

Spectron Datascope

Spectron Datascopes decode X.25 packets at bit-level

1985

HP Protocol Analyzer

HP launches 4953A protocol analyzer

1986

Sniffer

Network General introduces the Sniffer Network Analyzer

1988

Tcpdump and libpcap

Developers at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory develop tcpdump and libpcap

1990

IETF RMON

The IETF launches the RMON network analysis working group

1995

Bro/Zeek

Vern Paxson designed and implemented initial version of Bro/Zeek

1998

Ethereal

Gerald Combs releases the first version of the Ethereal network analyzer

1998

Snort

Martin Roesch launches the Snort intrusion detection and prevention system

2006

Wireshark

Ethereal renamed to Wireshark

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