On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:28:39 -0400, Linonut wrote:
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Multiple sites reported a while ago that Comcast was using Sandvine to
>>| do tcp packet resets to throttle BitTorrent connections of their users.
>>| This practice may be a thing of the past as it's been found a simple
>>| rule in the Linux firewall, iptables, can simply just block their reset
>>| packets, returning your BitTorrent back to normal speeds and allowing
>>| you to once again connect to all your seeds and peer. If blocking the
>>| tcp packet resets becomes a common practice, on and off of Linux, it'll
>>| be interesting to see the next move in the cat-and-mouse game between
>>| customers and service providers, and who controls that bandwidth.
>> `----
>>
>> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/0249249
>>
>> What about those who need to download Free software? Or distro
>> developers who can't afford dedicated servers? They kill the medium, not
>> the problem. Those who infringe (where copyrights are involved) will
>> find workarounds anyway.
>
> Microsoft and Comcast are cut from the same bloody cloth. Or is it that
> they're in bed together, and have been since 1997?
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-14MSComcastPR.mspx
>
> Comcast and Microsoft Launch Microsoft Communication Services From
> Comcast for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses New offering provides
> SMBs with hosted corporate-grade e-mail, scheduling and
> document-sharing services backed by 24x7 support.
>
> By the way, does this link work for you:
>
> http://tuxtraining.com/2008/06/21/beating-sandvine-on-linux-with-iptables/
>
> I get "Error establishing a database connection".
>
> Now where's my tinfoil hat that I bought special for use with my AT&T
> subscription?
I get "Internal Server Error"
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