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**echrada** · 08-04-2008

Switzerland : EFF Software Helps Track ISP Bandwidth Throttling

By Scott Gilbertson August 4, 2008 Categories: Software & Tools, Web Basics

The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to thwart ISP bandwidth throttling and other devious practices that threaten the idea of network neutrality. But the FCC and other groups that oversee such matters often lack the tools and technical prowess to even know when ISPs are up to no good.
To lend a helping hand and put some more power in the hands of everyday users like you and me, the EFF recently released Switzerland, an open source software tool for “testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls.”
“Until now, there hasn’t been a reliable way to tell if somebody — a hacker, an ISP, corporate firewall or the Great Firewall of China — is modifying your Internet traffic en route,” says Peter Eckersley, EFF staff technologist and designer of Switzerland, in the press release.
Eckersley goes on to say that Switzerland is “designed to make general-purpose ISP testing faster and easier.”
Although Switzerland is currently an alpha release and only works on the command line, it does offer a nice looking set of tools that can detection packet modifications or injections as they travel over your networks.
That means if your ISP (Comcast, for instance) is using anti-P2P tools, like those from Sandvine, or otherwise tampering with your internet traffic, you’ll know about it.
Switzerland is free and you can download a copy from SourceForge.

Read all here

Switzerland - Webmonkey

**dmex** · 08-05-2008

Its a early alpha release, I hope it matures into a fully fledged program able to be used effectly by everyone, not Just advanced Administrators or Programmers

**johngalt** · 08-05-2008

Funny, I saw it on either BetaNews or at Version Tracker and downloaded it before I really knew what it was for....the description seemed more LAN dedicated software than anything....then I read a blog about 2 hours later and saw the same name and was left scratching my head....

**echrada** · 08-05-2008

As it is opensource I imagine a lot of tinkering will be taking place before it is nearly good enough to use, without problems, for someone like me.

**johngalt** · 08-05-2008

What can I say, I love living on the bleeding edge....

**dmex** · 08-05-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by echrada

As it is opensource I imagine a lot of tinkering will be taking place before it is nearly good enough to use, without problems, for someone like me.

Its a bit over-complex for me todo a wide variety of tests myself, I hope it does get a GUI and gets simplified

08-04-2008	#1 (permalink)
echrada Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64 SP2 Windows 7 7127 x64 869 posts	EFF Software Helps Track ISP Bandwidth Throttling Switzerland : EFF Software Helps Track ISP Bandwidth Throttling By Scott Gilbertson August 4, 2008 Categories: Software & Tools, Web Basics The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to thwart ISP bandwidth throttling and other devious practices that threaten the idea of network neutrality. But the FCC and other groups that oversee such matters often lack the tools and technical prowess to even know when ISPs are up to no good. To lend a helping hand and put some more power in the hands of everyday users like you and me, the EFF recently released Switzerland, an open source software tool for “testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls.” “Until now, there hasn’t been a reliable way to tell if somebody — a hacker, an ISP, corporate firewall or the Great Firewall of China — is modifying your Internet traffic en route,” says Peter Eckersley, EFF staff technologist and designer of Switzerland, in the press release. Eckersley goes on to say that Switzerland is “designed to make general-purpose ISP testing faster and easier.” Although Switzerland is currently an alpha release and only works on the command line, it does offer a nice looking set of tools that can detection packet modifications or injections as they travel over your networks. That means if your ISP (Comcast, for instance) is using anti-P2P tools, like those from Sandvine, or otherwise tampering with your internet traffic, you’ll know about it. Switzerland is free and you can download a copy from SourceForge. Read all here Switzerland - Webmonkey
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08-05-2008	#2 (permalink)
dmex Windows Vista™ Ultimate 2,631 posts	Re: EFF Software Helps Track ISP Bandwidth Throttling Its a early alpha release, I hope it matures into a fully fledged program able to be used effectly by everyone, not Just advanced Administrators or Programmers
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08-05-2008	#3 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: EFF Software Helps Track ISP Bandwidth Throttling Funny, I saw it on either BetaNews or at Version Tracker and downloaded it before I really knew what it was for....the description seemed more LAN dedicated software than anything....then I read a blog about 2 hours later and saw the same name and was left scratching my head....
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08-05-2008	#4 (permalink)
echrada Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64 SP2 Windows 7 7127 x64 869 posts	Re: EFF Software Helps Track ISP Bandwidth Throttling As it is opensource I imagine a lot of tinkering will be taking place before it is nearly good enough to use, without problems, for someone like me.
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08-05-2008	#5 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: EFF Software Helps Track ISP Bandwidth Throttling What can I say, I love living on the bleeding edge....
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08-05-2008	#6 (permalink)
dmex Windows Vista™ Ultimate 2,631 posts	Re: EFF Software Helps Track ISP Bandwidth Throttling Quote: Originally Posted by echrada As it is opensource I imagine a lot of tinkering will be taking place before it is nearly good enough to use, without problems, for someone like me. Its a bit over-complex for me todo a wide variety of tests myself, I hope it does get a GUI and gets simplified
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