Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Is Comcast's BitTorrent filtering violating the law?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Assuming that the SYN packet goes through, the three-way handshake is allowed
>| to happen, then the two hosts will be able to begin communicating. Your ISP
>| can still kill the connection later, should they wish to, merely by blocking
>| the transmission of future packets.
>|
>| According to Torrent Freak, Comcast is not doing this. They are instead
>| sending a reset (or RST) packet to the Comcast customer, pretending to be
>| from the host at the end of the BitTorrent connection.
> `----
>
> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9769645-46.html
>
Ah, so the ISP is spoofing packets back to its own customers?
Interesting.
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