[100419] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Harrowell)
Tue Oct 23 04:54:38 2007
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:50:19 +0100
From: "Alexander Harrowell" <a.harrowell@gmail.com>
To: "michael.dillon@bt.com" <michael.dillon@bt.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <D03E4899F2FB3D4C8464E8C76B3B68B00140D846@E03MVC4-UKBR.domain1.systemhost.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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, michael.dillon@bt.com <michael.dillon@bt.com> 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
>
