 Is Bittorrent Safe? |
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 Sep 15 2005, 02:00 AM
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Member [ Level 1 ]  Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 27-August 05 Member No.: 8,127  |
QUOTE(jipman @ Sep 14 2005, 09:51 AM) Last thing I can think of. Use a proxy program like ToR http://torr.eff.org It kind of works like a proxy and I think bit torrent might just work fine on it. And the nice thing is you don't need to open any ports on your router for it. Not sure about this part, but with that you can use bittorrent without having to forward ports yourself. I think   The link doesn't work...are you sure it's correct? |
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Sep 15 2005, 10:21 AM
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Pretty please? Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 28-November 04 From: Holland Member No.: 1,552 |
hmm whoops it was http://tor.eff.org
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Sep 15 2005, 11:14 PM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 27-August 05 Member No.: 8,127 |
QUOTE(jipman @ Sep 15 2005, 06:21 AM) Whoah...I have no clue with what to do with that. I'm familiar with what a proxy is, I've used Proxify and Ultrareach many times. How do I use this for BitTorrent? |
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Sep 16 2005, 06:25 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 16-September 05 Member No.: 8,507 |
In all my time of sharing files through bittorrent and other peer to peer programs , I've never had to deal with someone hacking my computers or virus messing with my stuff.
stay away from .exe files and you'll be ok. |
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Sep 17 2005, 09:10 AM
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Pretty please? Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 28-November 04 From: Holland Member No.: 1,552 |
run tor. Set your bit torrent client to use SOCKS 4 proxy and enter 127.0.0.1 as the IP and 9050 as the PORT. That's all
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Sep 17 2005, 12:59 PM
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Premium Idiot  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 661 Joined: 9-July 05 From: Switzerland, but currently in Pakistan Member No.: 6,943 |
QUOTE(MajesticTreeFrog @ Sep 6 2005, 10:30 PM) Just be aware that the 'powers that be' are now very aware of bittorrent. The crackdown will inevitably be coming soon. So, be careful what you download (and thereby upload) with bittorrent. Eventually, its all going to go on freenet. that's true. bittorrent sites are going down like crazy. but........there still will be those sites in countries with proper laws, that don't forbid it. and once bittorrent goes down, there will come up something new and better. Bittorrent is already a great improvement over Kazaa, so i anticipate something even better. i've never had problems from viruses and trojans using bittorrent. just scan all your files on download completion. |
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Sep 20 2005, 02:39 AM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 27-August 05 Member No.: 8,127 |
QUOTE(jipman @ Sep 17 2005, 05:10 AM) run tor. Set your bit torrent client to use SOCKS 4 proxy and enter 127.0.0.1 as the IP and 9050 as the PORT. That's all Ahhhhhh ok. Thanks. That makes sense. I'll have to try it out - for the moment though I'm just having a friend dl the progs. Works just as good - even better since it doesn't tie up my bandwidth.
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Sep 24 2005, 04:25 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 24-September 05 From: UK - England Member No.: 8,680 |
Oh yes, BitTorent is definetly safe that's for sure, but the problem is it takes so long for a torrent to donwload. I tried doing it once with a file and it was taking so long I got bored so I quit it!
 But it is safe and reliable.
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Sep 30 2005, 12:09 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 595 Joined: 4-September 04 Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE(Shadow X @ Sep 24 2005, 06:25 PM) the problem is it takes so long for a torrent to donwload. I tried doing it once with a file and it was taking so long I got bored so I quit it! Well bit torrent is extremely fast. Probably fastest p2p protocol. If you get a slow download it is usually because of the lack of seeders, in which case it'd be wise to look for a tracker with more seeders for the same file. Usually same releases get posted to several trackers. So don't blame the protocol, blame the lack of seeders. |
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Sep 30 2005, 01:24 PM
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Pretty please? Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 28-November 04 From: Holland Member No.: 1,552 |
QUOTE Well bit torrent is extremely fast. Probably fastest p2p protocol. If you get a slow download it is usually because of the lack of seeders, in which case it'd be wise to look for a tracker with more seeders for the same file. Usually same releases get posted to several trackers. So don't blame the protocol, blame the lack of seeders. Which brings us to the point of the more new bit torrent programs like bit comet which supports the use of multiple trackers(using more than 1 tracker), and a DHT network, which works in a way similar to kazaa, using nodes to contact other nodes. |
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