The report measures the rise of SecureSocketLayer(SSL) encryption within corporate Internet traffic, as well as other applications that complicate filtering by hopping between ports and other programs that are purposefully designed to evade monitoring.
Appelbaum, a developer for the Tor anonymity network and a past volunteer for WikiLeaks, says that SafeHouse insecurely implements SecureSocketLayer(SSL) encryption, the protection meant to render any data passed between a user and a website unreadable.