nanog mailing list archives
Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads
From: Sean Figgins <sean () labrats us>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:53:03 -0600
Eric Spaeth wrote:
It's worth noting that the traffic Comcast is filtering is called out in their Terms of Use in the "PROHIBITED USES AND ACTIVITIES" section, paragraph xiv. http://www.comcast.net/terms/use.jsp
That section could be applied to every application that you would run on your computer that access the Internet. The "program, equipment or servers... that provide network content or any other services" clause is really quite laughable. Clearly, this would apply to every p2p application out there, but it would also apply to many other, such as video conference, net meeting, online games, remote access to your PC (VNC/RDP/goto-my-pc), AIM, IRC, etc. I'm sure it probably could be applied to every possible IP aware application.
Eric Spaeth wrote: > With rate-shaping they would need to have the P2P identification widget > in-line with the data path to be able to classify and mark traffic so > that it can be queued/throttled appropriately.The Sandvine, in particular, is designed to be placed in-line like this. It does, however, deploy a technology to shunt the traffic through the device in the event that the server craters. Many network devices do this now.
-Sean (Please respond only to the list)
Current thread:
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads, (continued)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads John C. A. Bambenek (Oct 19)
- Message not available
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Steven M. Bellovin (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Eric Spaeth (Oct 19)
- Message not available
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Daniel Senie (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Curtis Doty (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Jeroen Massar (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Marshall Eubanks (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Joel Jaeggli (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Sean Figgins (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Eric Spaeth (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads William Allen Simpson (Oct 20)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Daniel Senie (Oct 20)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Steven M. Bellovin (Oct 20)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Marshall Eubanks (Oct 20)
- RE: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Justin M. Streiner (Oct 19)