there was an article floating around on how to setup a linux based router to somehow manipulate outgoing traffic to work with sandvine, it seemed pretty legit, I'll have to find the bookmark in a bit.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 10/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Jefferson Lowry IV</b> <<a href="mailto:johnlowry@gmail.com">johnlowry@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Apparently Comcast uses Sandvine equipment to look at the behavior of<br>the traffic versus what it contains. So even if you encrypt it, it<br>will say, "Hey, I am totally bit-torrent."<br><br>On 10/19/07, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <
<a href="mailto:Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com">Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com</a>> wrote:<br>> So? Throw an SSL wrapper around the connections...<br>><br>> Not only will that prevent comcast from "falsifying traffic", but it
<br>> INCREASES the bandwidth consumed ;)<br>><br>> > -----Original Message----- Of matti<br>> ><br>> > well folks... comcast isn't playing very nicely...<br>> ><br>> > Comcast blocks some Internet traffic
<br>><br>> "Comcast's technology kicks in, though not consistently, when one<br>> BitTorrent user attempts to share a complete file with another user.<br>><br>> Each PC gets a message invisible to the user that looks like it comes
<br>> from the other computer, telling it to stop communicating. But neither<br>> message originated from the other computer - it comes from Comcast. If<br>> it were a telephone conversation, it would be like the operator breaking
<br>> into the conversation, telling each talker in the voice of the<br>> other: "Sorry, I have to hang up. Good bye." "<br>><br><br><br>--<br>John Lowry<br></blockquote></div><br>