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Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables

Posted by timothy on from the and-then-I'd-be-all-like-pow-and-reconfigure-iptables dept.

HiroDeckard writes "Multiple sites reported a while ago that Comcast was using Sandvine to do TCP packet resets to throttle BitTorrent connections of their users. This practice may be a thing of the past as it's been found a simple rule in the Linux firewall, iptables, can simply just block their reset packets, returning your BitTorrent back to normal speeds and allowing you to once again connect to all your seeds and peer. If blocking the TCP packet resets becomes a common practice, on and off of Linux, it'll be interesting to see the next move in the cat-and-mouse game between customers and service providers, and who controls that bandwidth."

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  1. It's a trace buster buster buster by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'll bust their trace buster buster.

  2. Re:Sandvine? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'll bet you're wondering how I knew,
    Why my packets never made it through,
    With some other peer I was sharin' files,
    Between the two of us Comcast was runnin' wild,
    Reset me by surprise (reset by surprise), I'm afraid,
    From the R-I-Double-A,
    Don'tcha know,

    I heard it through the sandvine.



    Not much bandwidth's gonna be mine.
    Oh, I heard it through the sandvine...
    Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind,
    Honey, honey, yeah...

    I know a geek ain't supposed to cry,
    But these fears I can't hold inside,
    Losin' the 'net and it's neutrality,
    Yeah, it means that much to me,
    You coulda told me (you coulda told) yourself,
    That you're forgin' packets for someone else,

    Instead I heard it through the sandvine...
    Not much bandwidth's gonna be mine.
    Oh, I heard it through the sandvine...
    Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind,
    Honey, honey, yeah...

    People say "Believe half of what you see,
    Son, and none of what you hear",
    But my router's mighty confused,
    So if it's true, please tell me dear,
    Do you want (do you want) to make me go,
    Back to the ISP (and USENET feed) I used before,

    Or should I drop packets from your sandvine...
    Plenty bandwidth's gonna be mine.
    Oh, I don't listen to your sandvine...
    MPAA's 'bout to lose its mind,
    Honey, honey, yeah...

    - Original work, composed under the influence of Slashdot and beer. Lyrics in public domain. Someone with vocal talent, feel free to improve, record, and youtube it as a parody under the fair use exemptions.

  3. Re:Usenet by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first rule of Usenet is, you do not talk about usenet.
    The second rule of Usenet it, YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT USENET.

    Fscking n00bs.

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