Re: a way to check if your ISP (i.e. Comcast) is blocking your net

["Matthew Gillen" <user=50@nabble.blu.org>]

 Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 
> On Nov 30, 2007 12:12 AM, James Kramer <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>> The Electronic Freedom Foundation has a software kit to check up on your 
>> favorite ISP 
>> 
>> http://www.eff.org/wp/detecting-packet-injection
> 
> Not really a kit, but a PDF on how to use wireshark to detect forged 
> ISP packets. 

Actually, they did release some software.  They called it pcapdiff: 
http://www.eff.org/testyourisp/pcapdiff/

I was just marveling at how an organization that's devoted to fighting 
courtroom battles is releasing software for use by the general public (even if 
the EFF's cause célèbre is heavily software-centric). 

To me, this is somewhat revolutionary (as it applies to software).  The EFF is 
able to distribute tools that normal people (ok, technically savvy people) can 
use to gather and contribute evidence. 

Of course, there's always the amusing (theoretical) catch-22 here: to download 
said tools, you'll probably need to do so over the "contaminated" pipes of the 
ISP you want to investigate.  And if the pipes are actually contaminated, and 
the ISP doesn't want you downloading from a particular site... 
(easily worked around by those of us with multiple internet connections, ie at 
work, library, etc) 

Matt 

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