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Default Re: File-sharing suffers major defeat - 30-06-2005

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Originally Posted by stefanhendriks
Personall i don't think any law can force the internet in a direction. I even think, if someone will somehow manage to force down the internet for limited use, some new protocol will be 'invented' and a new internet is born. in the end, its only a cable plugged in your computer, sending and recieving data. The "internet" is nothing but a widely accepted standard protocol... there will always be a free internet
IMO you're wrong here, for all the internet protocols are encapsulated into the IP protocol. The IP protocol is something like [source MAC][dest MAC][flags][port][data]. Filter out the port and you take any new protocol down. That's how firewall works, btw.



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