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Comcast Forging Packets To Filter Torrents
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."
not really relevant, just something somebody posted from a previous article, i thought the code comments were slightly relevant. In any case I was trying to look "geeky", now I'll have to curl up in the fetal position and cry all day.... booo hooo booo hooo :(
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