[ NNSquad ] Re: Study-Finds-ISPs-Fiddled-with-Web-Pages

[Josh Rubin <jlrubin@gmail.com>]

Robb Topolski wrote:
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20342080-Study-Finds-ISPs-Fiddled-with-Web-
> Pages
>
> When a hosting provider, an ISP, or transit carrier changes the page the
> technology that does that uses deep packet inspection and quite-involved TCP
> forgery (as Sandvine does to get the end-users' TCP stack to honor the
> packet).  
<Remainder of Robb's post snipped>
Be warned that the dslreports article is based on a PC World article 
that misinterprets the paper from the University of Washington. PC 
World reported that about 1% of web pages were modified; the report 
actually says "Over 1% of web clients in our study received altered 
pages..."


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