OT: BitTorrent, encryption, traffic shaping and the Internet

[Meng Cheah]

Meng Cheah wrote:

> Does anyone know of encrypted bittorrents and traffic shaping?
>
> This appeared in the BBC:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4758636.stm
>
> I find downloading isos by BitTorrent slower these days. I thought it 
> was dues to traffic shaping by my ISP but if this catches on, I won't 
> be surprised that encrypted bittorrents may be declared "illegal".
>
> Excepts from the above article:
> "...As of last weekend the three biggest torrent programs carry 
> automatic encryption...
> However all this made us think the following: if torrent traffic is 
> 30% and more of the internet, and it's going encrypted at a rate of 
> knots, then where does that leave the spooks, spies and other law 
> enforcement professionals who sit around monitoring the internet all 
> day?..."
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Oops.
Allow me to rephrase "Does anyone know of encrypted bittorrents and 
traffic shaping?"
to "How do you detect if your ISP is using traffic shaping?'

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