[LINK] Internet filtering plan may extend to peer-to-peer traffic, says Stephen Conroy

[Jan Whitaker]

At 12:43 AM 23/12/2008, Kim Holburn wrote:
> > "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," Senator Conroy said.

Does anyone know if there are 'filters' per se that can do much more 
than block IP addresses or the full p2p protocol? Can filters do a 
discriminating blockage within the protocol?

Jan



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