When Comcast was found to be interfering with BitTorrent traffic, what method was being used?

a.

Comcast was creating access lists that blocked known BitTorrent trackers.

b.

Comcast used DNS poisoning to prevent clients from talking to other BitTorrent users.

c.

Comcast was interjecting TCP segments with the RST (reset) field set.

d.

Comcast used IP spoofing to impersonate other BitTorrent clients, then dropped traffic.

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Cali Medina

23 November, 23:44

When Comcast was found to be interfering with BitTorrent traffic, what method was being used?

a.

Comcast was creating access lists that blocked known BitTorrent trackers.

b.

Comcast used DNS poisoning to prevent clients from talking to other BitTorrent users.

c.

Comcast was interjecting TCP segments with the RST (reset) field set.

d.

Comcast used IP spoofing to impersonate other BitTorrent clients, then dropped traffic.

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Lamar Myers · Answer 1

Answer: Comcast was interjecting TCP segments with the RST (reset) field set.

Explanation:

The RST field is used to reset the TCP segment in response to a traffic.

So when Comcast was found to be interfering with BitTorrent traffic then the TCP RST field was set.