Nobody Actually Knows Precise P2P Traffic Stats Maybe we should before we continue fighting about it.... Wired News discusses how encryption and the use of random ports makes actually tracking which protocols eat up network traffic a virtually impossible task. While independent research firms issue reports all over the map (P2P is either a raging menace or easily manageable depending who you ask), the only people who really know are the ISPs and middle-carriers, who don't share raw data. Wired's Ryan Singel wonders if we should have better data before making landmark decisions on network neutrality, caps or throttling. We would love to know if good measurements of P2P traffic are out there or if, indeed, the debate over net neutrality is taking place without the slightest bit of verifiable data. No worries, ignoring science and data is the new black; the FCC has been shaping broadband policy for years now without actually knowing anything about the broadband networks they regulate.
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 | | what's data got to do with it? the FCC don't need no stinkin' data; they rely on what their industry buddies tell them to do. | |
|  | | | Re: what's data got to do with it? 99 percent of facts are made up is what I always say. | |
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| | Random ports? Random ports don't affect Sandvine or other DPI boxes. They see the headers in the packet, they know it's P2P no matter what port it is on.
Encryption on the other hand can be hard to track, but that all depends on the setup of the session and if it can be tracked accurately through a signature.
But I do know that encrypted NNTP just shows up as SSL to DPI, no way to know it's NNTP in there. | |
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| Re: Random ports? said by skuv :
Encryption on the other hand can be hard to track, but that all depends on the setup of the session and if it can be tracked accurately through a signature. It can be heuristically tracked in aggregate by looking at the connection stats. P2P traffic is easy to spot if you look at active TCP session number stats per IP address. | |
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