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Securing Bittorrent
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CKramer
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3. December 2006 @ 13:40 |
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Just recently, I found out that my cable provider (edited because they'll probably hunt me down and kill me) can and probably has been monitoring the stuff people download via Bittorrent. I'd prefer not to broadcast my activities to the capitalist establishment, so I want to make sure my bittorrent is secure.
Here's what I've got:
uTorrent
Disabled DHT tracking
Enabled encryption
Randomized port number
What else can I do? I'm not a big fan of Big Brotherism.
Also, if they can watch BTs, what else can they see?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 4. December 2006 @ 11:37
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3. December 2006 @ 17:23 |
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Well really, that's about all you can legitimately do. If they want to, they can know every remote IP you connect to, web page or otherwise, and they can look @ the individual packets themselves, but they won't.
I wouldn't worry about it. You don't go on the radar until you give them a reason to put you there.
Header encryption should give you sufficient protection for the time being. Randomized port really DOESN'T help, if anything it hurts you, because it means you have to open more ports to connections than you otherwise would (through your router or firewall or both), which gives you LESS security.
~Melee
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3. December 2006 @ 18:32 |
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Since your not a fan of "Big Brotherism" I would recommend downloading and using a program called Peer Guardian 2.(http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/). Basically its a IP blocker. It has lists of IP's that are known to be used/associated with Ads/Adware,Goverment Agencies,Spyware Applications, and "Anti-P2P" type organizations. It is very usefull and when running on my aged machine reads as using less than 1% in my "Task Manager" window! So considering how concerned you are about privacy I would give it a shot.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08 |
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CKramer
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4. December 2006 @ 08:44 |
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I've heard of PG2, but I've also heard it's nothing but a false sense of security... a paper screen to stop bullets, as it were. How often is the list updated and does anyone know if it actually does anything?
#1 Concern: Anyone who I connect to via Bittorrent can see my IP address. Therefore, the Man could hop onto any torrent and know who's downloading what. Is there a way to prevent my IP address being broadcast to 100+ people when I download?
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joe777
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4. December 2006 @ 14:07 |
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Try using Hide IP Platinum or GhostSurf Platinum. Both use proxy servers to mask your IP. Not totaly bullet proof, but hey what is. Am sure there are more programs but, thats the 2 I can think of.
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4. December 2006 @ 15:03 |
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@CKramer
Any use of a "Proxy" type service for bittorrent downloading will greatly decrease your download speeds. Also regarding PeerGuardian 2 think what you may but I would not use torrents with out it. At plucky.org, the site of the person who created the popular BitTorrent Bible, lists PeerGuardian 2 as Quote:
Peer Guardian 2-Block anti-filesharing groups from being able to connect to your computer. Additionally able to block Spyware, ads, etc, making you immune.
So its up to you. But before you make up your mind take a look at this thread http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/395674 and make sure you read the part labeled P2P “Firewall’s.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08
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4. December 2006 @ 15:49 |
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Hey I've met that guy from plucky.org, he's really got his ducks in a row. I'd listen to him.
~Melee
what was that guy's name again?
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joe777
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5. December 2006 @ 07:17 |
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Using proxies will not affect your download speed. Tell me, how could it possbily affect your downloading capability.
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5. December 2006 @ 09:19 |
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5. December 2006 @ 12:10 |
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Correct me if Im wrong but in a proxy isn't all the data your downloading and uploading sent through multiple "peers" similiar to the program called Tor (http://tor.eff.org). If I am wrong please tell me what a proxy is so I can get my facts straight.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08
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5. December 2006 @ 15:23 |
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HAHAHAHAHA using a proxy won't affect your download speed. HAHAHA. Please explain to me how it could possibly NOT affect it. Are you sure you know what a proxy is? Especially an anonymous one?
And, for the record, Tor is NOT a swarm of "peers", is a randomly switching direct connection through 1 other system somewhere in the world, 1 system at a time, switching about every 5 minutes. Sometimes they're fast, sometimes they're slow, sometimes US, sometimes elsewhere in the globe.
Tor is specifically NOT designed to handle p2p bandwidth loads, so don't use it for that. I2P is different, but its speeds suck.
~Melee
Oh, and PeainAPod, here's a good intro to proxies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server
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8. December 2006 @ 13:50 |
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@TomMelee
Thanks for clearing things up for me. I was sure that they slowed download speeds down, I just had the wrong idea about what they were.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08
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