Australian Internet Filter Will Target BitTorrent Traffic

[ismailtahir]

Brayden would be mad

Quoted From TorrentFreak

Previously thought to be limited to HTTP and HTTPs web traffic, the touted Australian Internet filter will also target P2P traffic. In response to a comment posted by a user on his department’s blog, Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has admitted that BitTorrent filtering will be attempted during upcoming trials.

The proposed Australian Internet filter is causing quite a lot of controversy at the moment. Part of a package of measures designed to inspire citizens with confidence as they operate online, the “Cyber-Safety Plan” includes proposals for filtering HTTP and HTTPs Internet traffic, ostensibly for the protection of minors.
However, up to now it was thought that the scheme would not be extended to other protocols and methods of online communication, such as those carried out via P2P. Today, however, that illusion is gone, as news surfaces BitTorrent will be targeted.
In a blog post entitled “Promoting a civil and confident society online”, Australian Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy responded to criticism from a user who posed this question: “Internet filtering won’t stop peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic—so why bother?”

The Government understands that ISP-level filtering is not a ’silver bullet’. We have always viewed ISP-level filtering as one part of a broader government initiative for protecting our children online.
Technology is improving all the time. Technology that filters peer-to-peer and BitTorrent traffic does exist and it is anticipated that the effectiveness of this will be tested in the live pilot trial.
Stephen Conroy

The filtering scheme has many dissenters, including the chief of one of Australia’s largest ISPs, iiNet, who called it “ridiculous“, and branded Stephen Conroy “the worst Communications Minister we’ve had in the 15 years since the [Internet] industry has existed.”
Of course, no decent person wants minors exploited or to see evidence of such online, but as a user of BitTorrent for many years, I have never, ever, come across anything that remotely resembles such material. Although it would be naive to say that it does not exist, BitTorrent is probably one of the last ‘places’ online people would visit to gain such material and, as such, i’m hugely disappointed it is to be included in this filter.
However, filtering BitTorrent is not as easy as Mr Conroy might have us believe, as will quickly become apparent when the results of the live pilots come in.

my isp in malaysia ( streamyx ) already done this

[Odie]

This will have absolutely no effect on brayden. He is on dail-up and used to slow downloads.

Sometimes when I update our sharing folder I get the impression that it would be faster if I take a horse or even a donkey and personally go and deliver the stuff to him

[ismailtahir]

hahahhaha ..ODIE !!! UR BAD!!!

that was the same situation when i was using the so to called "3G Broadband" , it would be much faster if i run 100KM plus to deliver the letter to my friends!

btw , can u imagine he is on dial up and now they filter p2p also ..... arrrgggg

brayden , we joking yeah dont take it serious my man

[utkarsh30june]

This will have absolutely no effect on brayden. He is on dail-up and used to slow downloads.

Sometimes when I update our sharing folder I get the impression that it would be faster if I take a horse or even a donkey and personally go and deliver the stuff to him

lol That's right. His Ubuntu CD reached him before he could have completed the download of 700 MB Ubuntu ISO from the Internet.

[Odie]

Ha ha ha ha, and I thought I had a lot of patience. I now also know why he is online most of the time. He's got no choice.

[NinjaRicer]

Alright, alright, stop the jokes with brayden.

[shan]

thank god my isp isnt doing it. but poor brayden did he have adsl in school at least?

[brayden]

I only got that Ubuntu cd delivered because i was too lazy to download it.
As if internet could get any worse for me! I'm going to bomb that mother f*cker so called Broadband minister!!!!!!
Don't be surprised if you watch the news and find out i have assassinated the minister for internet cr@p.
My bittorrent is already slowed down so the speed never goes past 5kb/s

[shan]

OMG, brayden u serialsly need to carm down. and control ur anger. when u grow up and get a job u will see it in a different point of view(at least thats what i was told)

[brayden]

It's the one of the only things that gets me angry. Seriously I have been patient enough with these stupid so called "ISPs" in Australia.