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[Steve Kinney]

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On 05/01/2017 10:36 AM, Razer wrote:

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> I don't think there's been a decentralized Internet since AOL
> first appeared. But it works... For them. Now days Warner, part of
> AOL Time Warner, seems to sniff all torrent packets going through
> their portals for Warner content and notifies downstream admins.

A much more economical attack where seed boxes operated by hostile
parties record IP addresses of connecting users was the dominant
torrent surveillance model for a long time.  Typically, a comically
self-mutilating corporation (thou shalt not promote our product to a
wide audience at no cost to us) would provide a contractor with a list
of "intellectual property" items to monitor and report on.  Either the
contractor would blackmail the account holders at those IP addresses,
or refer them to their ISPs for hostile action.

I recall a study from maybe 10 years ago, indicating that
then-availble blocklists of known and probable "troll" IPs were around
90% effective.

Got pointers to any more current information, especially regarding
inspection of data in transit?  Inquiring minds wants to know...

:o)


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