Jorge
August 3rd, 2008, 02:10 PM
Network testing tool able to detect packet modifications in any protocol - TCP reset packets or web page modifications, and isn't limited to BitTorrent or any other specific application.
With the FCC finally determining that Comcast improperly throttled BitTorrent traffic in violation of its open-Internet principles there is now a very real need for a practical and convenient method to make sure that ISPs don't try it again.
"Subscribers should be able to go where they want, when they want, and generally use the Internet in any legal means," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said in a statement.
Now I've mentioned other tools before like "Glasnost" which allows you test your connection online, and there are many other projects out there as well, but the latest one called "Switzerland" from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) may just be one of the most versatile so far.
Switzerland is an open source software tool for testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls.
<p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/zeropaid?a=6a2vvd"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/zeropaid?i=6a2vvd" border="0"></img></a></p>
Read Full Article Here (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zeropaid/~3/354538072/EFF+Releases+%27Switzerland%27+to+Test+if+Your+ISP +is+Throttling+BitTorrent)
With the FCC finally determining that Comcast improperly throttled BitTorrent traffic in violation of its open-Internet principles there is now a very real need for a practical and convenient method to make sure that ISPs don't try it again.
"Subscribers should be able to go where they want, when they want, and generally use the Internet in any legal means," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said in a statement.
Now I've mentioned other tools before like "Glasnost" which allows you test your connection online, and there are many other projects out there as well, but the latest one called "Switzerland" from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) may just be one of the most versatile so far.
Switzerland is an open source software tool for testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls.
<p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/zeropaid?a=6a2vvd"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/zeropaid?i=6a2vvd" border="0"></img></a></p>
Read Full Article Here (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zeropaid/~3/354538072/EFF+Releases+%27Switzerland%27+to+Test+if+Your+ISP +is+Throttling+BitTorrent)