What is the purpose of SonicWall's DPI-SSL feature?

SonicWall's DPI-SSL feature is designed to inspect SSL-encrypted traffic for malicious content. This functionality is crucial in today's cyber landscape, where a significant portion of internet traffic is encrypted. While encryption provides privacy and security, it can also be exploited by cybercriminals to hide malware and other malicious activities.

By using the DPI-SSL feature, SonicWall can effectively decrypt, analyze, and re-encrypt this traffic, allowing for inspection of the content without compromising the security of sensitive information. This proactive measure ensures that threats which might otherwise go undetected in encrypted traffic can be identified and neutralized, thereby enhancing the overall security posture of the network.

Other options do not correctly represent the purpose of DPI-SSL; they focus on internet performance, data compression, or bandwidth management, which are separate aspects of network management not achieved through SSL inspection.