EFF Releases "Switzerland" ISP Testing Tool

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

EFF RELEASES "SWITZERLAND" ISP TESTING TOOL

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is releasing "Switzerland," a  
software tool for customers to test the integrity of their Internet  
communications. "The sad truth is that the FCC is ill-equipped to  
detect ISPs interfering with your Internet connection," said Fred von  
Lohmann, EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney. "It's up to  
concerned Internet users to investigate possible network neutrality  
violations, and EFF's Switzerland software is designed to help with  
that effort. Comcast isn't the first, and certainly won't be the last,  
ISP to meddle surreptitiously with its subscribers' Internet  
communications for its own benefit." Part of EFF's "Test your ISP"  
project, Switzerland is an open source, command-line software tool  
designed to detect the modification or injection of packets of data by  
ISPs. Switzerland detects changes made by software tools believed to  
be in use by ISPs such as Sandvine and AudibleMagic, advertising  
systems like FairEagle, and various censorship systems. Although  
currently intended for use by technically sophisticated Internet  
users, development plans aim to make the tool increasingly easy to use.

<http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/07/31>

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