[SGVLUG] comcast hates U BitTorrent users

[Munjal Thakkar]

there was an article floating around on how to setup a linux based router to
somehow manipulate outgoing traffic to work with sandvine, it seemed pretty
legit, I'll have to find the bookmark in a bit.

On 10/19/07, John Jefferson Lowry IV <johnlowry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Apparently Comcast uses Sandvine equipment to look at the behavior of
> the traffic versus what it contains. So even if you encrypt it, it
> will say, "Hey, I am totally bit-torrent."
>
> On 10/19/07, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
> > So?  Throw an SSL wrapper around the connections...
> >
> > Not only will that prevent comcast from "falsifying traffic", but it
> > INCREASES the bandwidth consumed ;)
> >
> > > -----Original Message----- Of matti
> > >
> > > well folks... comcast isn't playing very nicely...
> > >
> > > Comcast blocks some Internet traffic
> >
> > "Comcast's technology kicks in, though not consistently, when one
> > BitTorrent user attempts to share a complete file with another user.
> >
> > Each PC gets a message invisible to the user that looks like it comes
> > from the other computer, telling it to stop communicating. But neither
> > message originated from the other computer - it comes from Comcast. If
> > it were a telephone conversation, it would be like the operator breaking
> > into the conversation, telling each talker in the voice of the
> > other: "Sorry, I have to hang up. Good bye." "
> >
>
>
> --
> John Lowry
>
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