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Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads

  • From: Alexander Harrowell
  • Date: Tue Oct 23 04:55:14 2007
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Good idea, but there's a trust issue. If I were Comcast I might
configure the box to lie about our backhaul network in order to spork
the p2pers.

On 10/22/07, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I can't think of an obvious way for a p2p client to detect this.
>
> Work through middleboxes installed in the ISP's network and configured
> by the ISP.
>
> --Michael Dillon
>