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===Policy definition and enforcement=== Service providers obligated by the [[service-level agreement]] with their customers to provide a certain level of service and at the same time, enforce an [[acceptable use policy]], may make use of DPI to implement certain policies that cover copyright infringements, illegal materials, and unfair use of [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]]. In some countries the ISPs are required to perform filtering, depending on the country's laws. DPI allows service providers to "readily know the packets of information you are receiving online—from e-mail, to websites, to sharing of music, video and software downloads".<ref name=Chester2006>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060213/chester|title=The End of the Internet?|website=[[The Nation]]|author=Jeff Chester|date=2006-02-01|access-date=2006-02-06}}</ref> Policies can be defined that allow or disallow connection to or from an IP address, certain protocols, or even [[Heuristic (computer science)|heuristics]] that identify a certain application or behavior.
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