Throttling and SafeVPN

[James Knott]

William Muriithi wrote:
> Dave,
>   
>> Ah yes, but OpenVPN uses OpenSSL to encrypt so it looks very much like SSL
>> traffic.
>>     
>
> You are missing the point. What is happening is there are a lot of ISP
> assuming that any encrypted traffic is torrent. So irrespective what
> port you choose to use, as long as your traffic is encrypted - and
> equipments like packeteer will easily flag this - your traffic will be
> shaped.
>
> Sad affair as most critical data are actually encrypted, but I guess
> they have done their math and assumed its safe even with that
> collateral damage involved.
>   

If they get people mad at them, they may find themselves facing legal 
action.  A few years ago, they were claiming they were common carriers, 
to avoid certain obligations/restrictions.  Well, common carriers are 
not allowed to tamper with content or connections.

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