[kictanet] IF CCK CHOOSES TO MONITOR INTERNET TRAFFIC, WILL IT ALSO MANAGE TO BLOCK TORRENTS THAT CONSUME BANDWIDTH?

[Alex Kamiru]

DPI would make blocking possible irrespective of torrent clients, 
protocol etc. There would also be no need to do it per site such as 
pirates bay. The only other way to make blocking impossible is through 
encrypting traffic eg in VPN or tunnels such as ssh tunnels.

On 05/01/2012 02:18 PM, Peter Wakaba wrote:
> first, torrents evolve. Will CCK evolve as fast? I dont think so. ( 
> THEY WILL END UP STUCK WITH EXPENSIVE/OBSOLTE SOFTWARE/ HARDWARE)
> Second, torrent clients are not generic, so will CCK be able to pin 
> down all the different types? I dont know.
> Third, in the west they have decided to take down the largest pirates 
> (read TIM dot Com and Newzealand). But even then, with Napster down, 
> Megaupload gone... i still have thousands of peers seeding from every 
> torrent i download.
>
> Its only a matter of time before someone else come up with something 
> that makes torrents obsolete. rather than blockading the media owners 
> should be thinking disruptive techonology, something that makes 
> torrents irrelevant.
>
> My two cents.
>
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