System and method for customizing the identification of application or content type

A system for dynamic network traffic control, comprising:

• a traffic controller configured to:
• identify a first packet flowing from a source network device to a destination network device as a subject of traffic-type classification, the first packet being produced in response to an action by an end-user;
• determine that the first packet is an event of a first event type;
• process the first packet in accordance with at least a default policy;
• and
• a first collection of traffic classification modules of the traffic controller configured to:
• identify a session identifier of the first packet, the session identifier corresponding to a network session associated with the first packet;
• and
• determine that the traffic controller is transitioning from the first collection of traffic classification modules to a second collection of traffic classification modules.

A system for dynamic network traffic control, comprising:

• a traffic controller configured to:
• identify a first packet flowing from a source network device to a destination network device as a subject of traffic-type classification, the first packet being produced in response to an action by an end-user;
• determine that the first packet is an event of a first event type;
• process the first packet in accordance with at least a default policy;
• and
• produce, as a result of processing the first packet, at least one of an intra-session persistent state for the second collection of traffic classification modules, an intra-module persistent state for the second collection of traffic classification modules, and a globally persistent state for the second collection of traffic classification modules;
• a first collection of traffic classification modules of the traffic controller configured to:
• identify a session identifier of the first packet, the session identifier corresponding to a network session associated with the first packet;
• and
• determine that the traffic controller is transitioning from the first collection of traffic classification modules to a second collection of traffic classification modules;
• and
• the second collection of traffic classification modules, wherein at least one module of the second collection of traffic classification modules is written by an administrative user of a client device using a classification module language.