Are you familiar with Robb Topolski? He's the guy who originally figured out Comcast was 'playing' with BitTorrent streams. Though scores of people were affected, it took a real propeller head geek to understand what was going on and blow the (Cap'n Crunch) whistle.. Robb will not be on the Comcast Christmas card list this year.
As of today the Electronic Freedom Foundation has begun to democratize Robb's work. EFF calls it the Switzerland Network Testing Tool, named after the politically neutral nation of Switzerland. Though currently a command line tool (only the geekiest need apply), soon any halfwit with a PC will be able to see if his packets are fettered or unfettered.
“Developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Switzerland is an open source software tool for testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls. It will spot IP packets which are forged or modified between clients, inform you, and give you copies of the modified packets."
As of today the Electronic Freedom Foundation has begun to democratize Robb's work. EFF calls it the Switzerland Network Testing Tool, named after the politically neutral nation of Switzerland. Though currently a command line tool (only the geekiest need apply), soon any halfwit with a PC will be able to see if his packets are fettered or unfettered.
“Developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Switzerland is an open source software tool for testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls. It will spot IP packets which are forged or modified between clients, inform you, and give you copies of the modified packets."
