EFF Releases Tool For Testing ISP Interference 96
Placid notes that the EFF has announced Switzerland, a tool for testing if your ISP is interfering with your Net connection (e.g. by resetting BitTorrent transfers). It's command-line only at this point. Of course the tool is FOSS, and you can contribute to it via its SourceForge project. From the announcement: "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."
Somewhere... (Score:4, Funny)
A dozen Blackberrys are ringing.
Look, Tim. I know it's Saturday but I need you to get to the switching center and shut down project ticktock right away. We're about to have some serious liability issues with it.
After the weekend we can start on a workaround.
Re:Warning to non-tech people (Score:2, Funny)
you just got trolled
Re:HA! (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, who let their cat near the keyboard?
What? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Warning to non-tech people (Score:5, Funny)
However, it's likely this tool is relatively safe
so, working in the insurance industry too eh?
close... (Score:5, Funny)
Windows are holes in walls or computers.
Re:The download link (Score:2, Funny)
Hey, that's me!
Re:Damn straight.... (Score:3, Funny)
Forth Amendment
I thought the code was Python...
mehh (Score:5, Funny)
I'm working on a much more straightforward app that will be nearly as accurate on a large scale - it just scans your ip address and matches it against a list of known comcast ip classes - a hit means you're being throttled!
Re:Dictionary words make bad project names (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The download link (Score:3, Funny)
If I wasn't so lazy, I'd flame you.