[ILUG] Eircom sued by RIAA.

[Justin Mason]

PhilipQuinlan writes:
> Braun Brelin wrote:
> > On 4/24/08, Andres Jimenez <gandresin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Braun Brelin <bbrelin at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>     
> >>>  Does Audible Magic run on Linux?
> >>>       
> >> Are you planning to run it? Or just trying to get the mattern on
> >> topic? :-)
> >
> > Not planning to run it, but since most ISP's use Linux, i'm curious as
> > to the effects of the software on their systems and networks.  Since
> > I'm an IT consultant, this may become an issue for me in business so
> > I'm trying to stay informed.
> >
> > Braun
> >
> >
> > Andres Jimenez
> >
> > GPG : http://www.andresin.com/gpg/gandresin@gmail.com.asc
> >   
> It's an appliance rather than a software solution so it probably does
> run Linux as most appliances tend to. Some of the options it offers ISPs
> are a bit harsh though, take a look @ the screen shots section in the
> link below. http://www.audiblemagic.com/products-services/copysense/

Some linux-relevant bits: it appears to be trivial to evade if both the
client and server ends of the TCP connection are running Linux (or
FreeBSD, or indeed any other platform with sufficiently powerful firewall
filtering support.)

this command should do it:

    iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags RST RST -j DROP

details here: http://taint.org/2008/03/12/124926a.html

--j.