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It is a well known fact that the RIAA/MPAA has been attacking the "BitTorrent Problem" using, let's say, interesting methods, and not just through the traditional channels, such as the courts.
One of these unconventional methods is what is referred to as a "piece attack", by saturating popular torrents with hash fails to cause download errors. The other is a "connection attack", which uses excessive TCP connections to prevent connections to real peers.
However, a study has shown that neither methods are actually effective. At best, each can slow down the download for a couple of minutes. BitTorrent clients now have built in safeguards against such attacks, which the study also finds are somewhat ineffective. At best, these attacks are a minor annoyance. In reality, most people aren't even aware of an attack occurring, such are the underwhelming effects of them.
Oh well, another couple of million dollars down the drain in the fight against piracy for the RIAA/MPAA.
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One of these unconventional methods is what is referred to as a "piece attack", by saturating popular torrents with hash fails to cause download errors. The other is a "connection attack", which uses excessive TCP connections to prevent connections to real peers.
However, a study has shown that neither methods are actually effective. At best, each can slow down the download for a couple of minutes. BitTorrent clients now have built in safeguards against such attacks, which the study also finds are somewhat ineffective. At best, these attacks are a minor annoyance. In reality, most people aren't even aware of an attack occurring, such are the underwhelming effects of them.
Oh well, another couple of million dollars down the drain in the fight against piracy for the RIAA/MPAA.
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