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Comcast Forging Packets To Filter Torrents

Posted by kdawson on from the could-be-actionable dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's been widely reported by now that Comcast is throttling BitTorrent traffic. What has escaped attention is the fact that Comcast, like the Great Firewall of China uses forged TCP Reset (RST) packets to do the job. While the Chinese government can do what they want, it turns out that Comcast may actually be violating criminal impersonation statutes in states around the country. Simply put, while it's legal to block traffic on your network, forging data to and from customers is a big no-no."

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  1. Can you say "class action" ? by unity100 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    say it ! and add a "lawsuit" to the end. Such "companies" deserve it.

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    1. Re:Can you say "class action" ? by unity100 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      and you should have told them they should have invested while they were overselling their lines. it doesnt matter what percentage of p2p is legal or not, the fact is they are not able to provide what they promised. the debate should be on that, not p2p's legality.

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    2. Re:Can you say "class action" ? by Fujisawa+Sensei · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Major ISP's in the US have told me in meetings that P2P makes up 70-80% of their total traffic. Do you really believe that the majority of this is legal content?

      That's not for the ISP to decide.

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    3. Re:Can you say "class action" ? by Fujisawa+Sensei · · Score: 5, Insightful

      There is no legitimate use of BitTorrent. Anything BitTorrent can do, FTP can do better.

      There is not legitimate use of FTP. Anything FTP can do rsync can do better.

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  2. Re:Suure... legal action is possible... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Insightful

    do you think you even have a chance in Hell?

    Then again, Rosa Parks had no legal right to keep her bus seat from a white guy. And yet, she did.

    If you don't stand up and fight for your rights, who else will?