Lawfully intercepting traffic for analysis independent of a protocol associated with the traffic

A network device, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• and
• one or more processors to:
• receive a first request to install a first rule set and a second request to install a second rule set,
• wherein the first rule set and the second rule set enable the network device to capture traffic independent of protocols associated with captured traffic;
• add, based on the first request or the second request, information identifying the first rule set and the second rule set to a list of rule sets associated with the network device;
• receive a packet destined for an endpoint device;
• generate, by a packet forwarding component of the network device, a copy of the packet;
• cause, by the packet forwarding component, the packet to be forwarded to the endpoint device;
• perform, by the packet forwarding component, deep packet inspection of the copy of the packet to identify a packet rule set associated with the copy of the packet;
• determine, by the packet forwarding component, whether the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, corresponds to the first rule set,
• wherein the packet rule set includes at least a rule identifying a bit offset of a field associated with the packet, and
• wherein the one or more processors, to determine whether the packet rule set corresponds to the rule set, are to:
• determine whether one or more rules in the packet rule set and the first rule set are equivalent;
• cause, by a packet tapping component, the copy of the packet to be forwarded to a first content destination device when the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, corresponds to the first rule set;
• and
• prevent the copy of the packet from being forwarded to the first content destination device when the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, fails to correspond to the first rule set;
• determine, whether the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, corresponds to the second rule set;
• and
• cause, by the packet tapping component, the copy of the packet to be forwarded to a second content destination device when the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, corresponds to the second rule set,
• wherein the second content destination device is different than the first content destination device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network device, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive a first request to install a first rule set and a second request to install a second rule set,
• wherein the first rule set and the second rule set enable the network device to capture traffic independent of protocols associated with captured traffic;
• add, based on the first request and the second request, information identifying the first rule set and the second rule set to a list of rule sets associated with the network device;
• receive a packet destined for an endpoint device;
• generate, by a packet forwarding component of the network device, a copy of the packet;
• cause, by the packet forwarding component, the packet to be forwarded to the endpoint device;
• perform, by the packet forwarding component, deep packet inspection of the copy of the packet to identify a packet rule set associated with the copy of the packet;
• determine, by the packet forwarding component, whether the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, corresponds to the first rule set,
• wherein the packet rule set includes at least a rule identifying a bit offset of a field associated with the packet, and
• wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine whether the packet rule set corresponds to the first rule set, cause the one or more processors to:
• determine whether one or more rules in the packet rule set and the first rule set are equivalent;
• and
• selectively perform a first action or a second action based on whether the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, corresponds to the first rule set,
• wherein the first action includes causing, by a packet tapping component, the copy of the packet to be forwarded to a first content destination device when the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, corresponds to the first rule set, and
• wherein the second action includes preventing the copy of the packet from being forwarded to the first content destination device when the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, fails to correspond to the first rule set;
• determine, whether the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, corresponds to the second rule set;
• and
• cause, by the packet tapping component, the copy of the packet to be forwarded to a second content destination device when the packet rule set, associated with the copy of the packet, corresponds to the second rule set,
• wherein the second content destination device is different than the first content destination device.