Hello,
The hacker side of my mind see this as an interesting problem, namely
trying to figure out how Cox monitors you and find out you are serving
copyright material.
On 3/23/07, Bob La Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Last night I was merrily surfing the net when suddenly my browser lost its
connetion to the net ... shortly there after the following screen appeared
fraaamed in the usual Cox Communications logo and format.
[...]
Step 1. Remove the copyrighted files. the following files must be
deleted from your computer:
Title: Rome
Filename: rome.209.hdtv-lol.r00
Filesize: 15000000
It would be interesting if someone who has Cox could answer these questions:
1) Was it the title itself that gave it away? What happens when you
name a term paper "Rome" and share it via bit torrent? (Same name,
different file type)
2) You have your own home movie and you name it "Rome" and share it
via bit torrent.
3) What happens when you use non-standard ports for bit torrent, does
Cox notice?
4) You used different trackers? How long (if they do at all) does it
take Cox to notice?
5) Different combinations of all or some of the above.
Step 3. After deleting the files and disabling file sharing, you may
click here to reactivate your service. Please note that reactivating
your connection without cleaning your computer first may result in
additional suspensions or permanent termination of your Cox High Speed
Internet service
Unfortunately, this statement above kind of makes it a "try at most
once"(if willing to at all) test to see what kind of monitoring they
have.
I don't have Cox, so I may never find out the answers to these
questions, but wanted to throw my ideas out there in case someone else
would like to try ;-).
Steve
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