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Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables

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. Piracy is wrong - plain and simple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's theft! Stop doing it! Stop Justifying it!
    You are no better than a petty thief. Stop stealing other people's IP.

    1. Re:Piracy is wrong - plain and simple by lewp · · Score: -1, Troll

      I'm sorry, it's just that these thieves make me so damn mad.

      You know who you are.

      THIEVES!

      --
      Game... blouses.
  2. Here;s an idea: Stop fucking stealing shit !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Here;s an idea: Stop fucking stealing shit !! If you don't steal you won't care if your stealing facilitation enablers get a fucking RST or not. So do yourself and the non-assholes of the world a favor and you won't keep getting your ass fucked and you can all stop your fuckiing whining you sorry saps!!

  3. Re:Here;s an idea: Stop fucking stealing shit !! by ThePeices · · Score: -1, Troll

    yeah right, as if there is no legitimate use of BT, you fucking lowlife piece of shit.

  4. Re:Port 25 by dvice_null · · Score: 0, Troll

    Move to another location where you have better options.