Ballad of a TCP Reset Packet

Posted by Cory Doctorow, May 17, 2008 2:51 PM | permalink

Nate sez, "An Ars editor (me) put the whole Comcast P2P filtering issue to music with 'Ballad of a TCP Reset Packet.' Thought y'all and the BB readers might enjoy."

I'm not an ordinary packet flowing through the tubes
I need to scrub them out to keep the neighborhood's connection lubed
I'm here to make you see a cable company morality
Obfuscation is alright but not uploads that take all night

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#1 posted by zuzu

, May 17, 2008 9:53 PM

I prefer the Ballad of Scorpio:

Scorpio!
He'll sting you with his dreams of power and wealth.
Beware of Scorpio!
His twisted twin obsessions are his plot to rule the world
And his employees' health.
He'll welcome you into his lair,
Like the nobleman welcomes his guest.
With free dental care and a stock plan that helps you invest!
But beware of his generous pensions,
Plus three weeks paid vacation each year,
And on Fridays the lunchroom serves hot dogs and burgers and beer!
He loves German beer!

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#2 posted by js7a , May 17, 2008 10:37 PM

Cory, why don't you tell us about which P2P protocols are buffing up with spurious-RST resilience? This Comcast crap has been in the news long enough that at least bittorrent must be.

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#3 posted by Cowicide

, May 18, 2008 12:32 AM

Cox is screwing with torrents too now, I think:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071115/181511.shtml

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