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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. Re:Can you say "class action" ? by winkydink · · Score: 0, Troll

    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?

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  2. ISP's are NOT Common Carriers by winkydink · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please write that out long hand 1000 times.

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  3. Re:Can you say "class action" ? by hepwori · · Score: 1, Troll

    Can't believe you got modded troll for this. As far as I can tell this is exactly the situation.

  4. Re:Can you say "class action" ? by tsm_sf · · Score: 0, Troll

    You must work for an airline.

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