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Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables
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| 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.
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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.
MPAA helps land criminal conviction in P2P piracy case
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| The MPAA "provided substantial assistance" to the investigation, the Justice
| Department said in a statement.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9980256-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
They target the medium (administrators), not those who infringe.
Recent:
P2P does not harm networks
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| However engineers reading the document here said that the whole idea is bogus
| as blockages in one area can be easily re-routed. The congestion Bell claims
| to be suffering from is nothing and its figures completely dispel the myth
| that P2P is crushing the internet.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/27/p2p-does-harm-networks
DOJ sinks another EliteTorrent admin
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| Daniel Dove, 26, was convicted by a jury on separate counts of "conspiracy
| and felony copyright infringement," the US Department of Justice announced
| today.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/27/daniel_dove_elitetorrents_guilty_verdict/
Related:
Comcast, Microsoft team up to serve smaller firms
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| Microsoft's move to offer the online software suite appears designed to
| compete with a similar offering from rival Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote,
| Profile, Research) known as Google Apps.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1361814420071114?rpc=44
FCC's Martin: Comcast blocking was widespread
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| Comcast's slowing of peer-to-peer traffic appeared to be more widespread than
| the company has disclosed, the chairman of the US Federal Communications
| Commission said this week.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1740976740&rid=-50
Is Comcast's BitTorrent filtering violating the law?
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| 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.
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| 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.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9769645-46.html
Comcast Isn’t Net Neutral; Are They Liars, Too?
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| Following reports that Comcast isn’t net neutral, Consumerist blog has
| acquired several leaks from Comcast insiders, claiming that they do indeed
| use Sandvine for packet shaping, and that customer service representatives
| are being told nothing about how the network technology works,
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http://mashable.com/2007/10/26/comcast-isnt-net-neutral-are-they-liars-too/
Comcast admits paying attendees at FCC hearing
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| Comcast Corp. admitted yesterday that it paid people to attend a government
| hearing. Company critics say the freelance attendees were there to crowd them
| out; Comcast says they were merely saving seats for employees.
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http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080228_Comcast_admits_paying_attendees_at_FCC_hearing.html
Comcast stacked Net Neutrality meeting
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/27/comcast-stacked-net-neutrality
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