Fwd: SlashDot: "Comcast Gunning for NAT Users"

Thu Jan 31 22:44:02 UTC 2002

> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 16:34:21 -0600
> From: Eric A. Hall <ehall at ehsco.com>

> Then use six or eight or 20000 or whatever number is above the
> 90% false positive threshold

Which requires accurate correlation between number of sessions
and shared connections.  Still false positives, or false
negatives galore...

If one assumes a 10% duty cycle for someone casually browsing the
Web using HTTP/1.1, many of those users could share a single
physical connection with only a few open TCP connections.

Eddy

Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division
Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national
Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence
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