You would first sniff traffic on the line and see another user's mac and use this as your own. As that user is already registered you will not be redirected to the installation page. However getting the modem to use a specified mac is much harder then getting your own computer to do this
As for DSL you might be out of luck as there is a point-to-point link between the modem and the ISP so no traffic to sniff.
"Sharing someone else's copyrighted material is still not legal"
In Canada downloading copyrighted music is perfectly legal (Uploading is not) because of a tax on all blank media that is given to music music producers.
Why is it unlikely to have packet forging, Most linux box allow MAC address and IP address spoofing.
Just spoof a neighbor's mac and IP and open a TCP connection. As far as the router / switch is concerned there is no difference between 1 machine opening many TCP Connections and many machines with same mac address each opening a few tcp connections.
Sure the average movie downloading teen doesn't have the knowledge to do this but I am sure there is already some app you can download which provides a nice friendly GUI interface.
They use packet sniffing and maintain a database of hashes of "bad" files. Does this qualify as new technology? So this is where the air force (Air Force Institute of Technology) spends their R&D budget.
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You would first sniff traffic on the line and see another user's mac and use this as your own. As that user is already registered you will not be redirected to the installation page. However getting the modem to use a specified mac is much harder then getting your own computer to do this
As for DSL you might be out of luck as there is a point-to-point link between the modem and the ISP so no traffic to sniff.
"Sharing someone else's copyrighted material is still not legal" In Canada downloading copyrighted music is perfectly legal (Uploading is not) because of a tax on all blank media that is given to music music producers.
Why is it unlikely to have packet forging, Most linux box allow MAC address and IP address spoofing.
Just spoof a neighbor's mac and IP and open a TCP connection. As far as the router / switch is concerned there is no difference between 1 machine opening many TCP Connections and many machines with same mac address each opening a few tcp connections.
Sure the average movie downloading teen doesn't have the knowledge to do this but I am sure there is already some app you can download which provides a nice friendly GUI interface.
Have you seen some of the waiver forms we are forced to sign. It might not be all that easy to sue a doctor.
They use packet sniffing and maintain a database of hashes of "bad" files. Does this qualify as new technology? So this is where the air force (Air Force Institute of Technology) spends their R&D budget.