[ NNSquad ] Re: As predicted: The BitTorrent vs. "traffic shaping" arms race

[Vint Cerf <vint@google.com>]

some people claim they can recognize bit torrent by traffic analysis  
- of course this could lead to false positives that seriously  
interfere with Internet applications. what a mess. The ISPs would be  
better advised either to build more capacity or, at least, try to do  
traffic engineering in a more fair fashion.

v

On Feb 16, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Lauren Weinstein wrote:

> As predicted, P2P extensions to thwart ISP "traffic shaping" and
> "RST injections" are in development.  We can assume that ISPs will
> attempt to deploy countermeasures, then the P2P folks will ratchet
> up another level, and ... well, we may well end up with the Internet
> version of the Cold War's wasteful and dangerous Mutally Assured
> Destruction (MAD).  There's gotta be a better way, folks.
>
>      "The goal of this new type of encryption (or obfuscation) is to
>       prevent ISPs from blocking or disrupting BitTorrent traffic
>       connections that span between the receiver of a tracker  
> response and
>       any peer IP-port appearing in that tracker response,  
> according to
>       the proposal.
>
>       This extension directly addresses a known attack on the  
> BitTorrent
>       protocol performed by some deployed network hardware."
>
> http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-devs-introduce-comcast-busting- 
> encryption-080215/
>
> --Lauren--
> NNSquad Moderator