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Network Measurement Tool Detects Reset Packets

Posted by kdawson on from the getting-it-on-record dept.

kickassweb writes "If you think your ISP is sniffing packets, or worse yet, sending reset packets to stop torrents, there's now a beta Network Measurement Tool to detect them, courtesy of Lauren Weinstein of the Net Neutrality Squad. It's released under the LGPL, and runs under Win2K, XP, and Vista. Quoting: 'While the reset packet detection system included in this release is of interest, NNSquad views this package as more important in the long run as a development base for a broad range of network measurement functionalities and associated communications and analysis efforts.'"

3 of 118 comments (clear)

  1. Network Measurement Tool Detect Reset Packets by HPUXCowboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would point out that a tool has existed for years that possessed this capability AND has been available on BOTH Linux (*NIX) and M$ platforms. It's called Wireshark (formerly Ethereal). I will offer the caveat that you had to know a bit about TCP/IP protocol to use this tools but, there it is.

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    Unix has always been User Friendly ... it's just very particular who it makes friends with.
  2. Re:Cool by Culture20 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I always use
    wget -c <URL>
    to download large files. Even when your ISP is on the up and up, you'll get a RST occasionally if the remote computer sends it. Using wget to continue an almost completed download of an iso or XPSP3 is really handy.

  3. Re:RST blocking? by tatsu69 · · Score: 3, Informative

    They send you a FIN packet. RST is only for exceptional situations.