Remotely Counting Machines Behind A NAT Box

Overtone writes "Steve Bellovin of AT&T Labs Research has published a paper showing how to remotely count the number of machines hiding behind a NAT box (in IMW 2002, the Second Internet Measurement Workshop). Your friendly DSL or cable broadband provider could implement this technique to enforce their single-machine license clause. Bellovin explains how to change the NAT software to defeat the measurement scheme, but the fix is complicated and unlikely to appear in commercial home gateways anytime soon."

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Re:trying to crack down on reselling

[Kevitt]

because the only purpose for a high speed connection is for sharing [censored by the RIAA and MPAA] across the net

Oh of course! umm... you know better than that! Forget about gaming? Forget about videoconferencing? Forget about VoIP?

Need I go on?