Data packet processing methods, systems, and apparatus

A method for routing data packets, comprising:

• receiving data packets from multiple sources at one or more packet switches in a data communications network;
• the one or more packet switches routing the data packets to one or more intended destination computing nodes;
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• the one or more switches transmitting a copy of all the data packets received in the data communications network to a network capture device that is separate from the one or more intended destination computing nodes for detecting financial data packets for automatic financial risk analysis.

A system for detecting undesirable data packets, comprising:

• one or more receivers configured to receive data packets from multiple sources at one or more packet switches in a data communications network;
• the one or more packet switches configured to route the data packets to one or more intended destination computing nodes;
• the one or more switches configured to transmit a copy of all the data packets received in the data communications network to a network capture device that is separate from the one or more intended destination computing nodes;
• the network capture device configured to process the packets in the data packets and detecting financial data packets;
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• the network capture device configured to transmit the detected financial data packets for analysis by a risk exposure computer system that performs automatic financial risk analysis based on the detected financial data packets.