hi all!
there have been several ppl posting lately about their isp blocking bittorrent connections. generally i think the way around that is to use "proxy servers". however i found some info recently that may help in an easier way!

apparently azureus and utorrent got together and invented a method of "encrypting" bittorrent communications between clients/peers. it apparently can even get around isp's that are trying to block you b/c they cant tell its bittorrent related with the encryption! its called "PE" or Protocol Encryption and is a pretty new method.

here is where i found it : http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#Does..._Encryption.3F

and it says :

Does µTorrent support Protocol Encryption (PE)?

Yes, as of version 1.4.1 beta build 407. It is compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and BitComet 0.63.

Protocol Encryption (PE) is a joint specification between Azureus and µTorrent. It is designed to bypass throttling and/or blocking of BitTorrent traffic by an ISP.

You can choose Protocol Encryption's mode of operation in Network. Here is an explanation of the various options you can choose from:
Disabled: Does not encrypt outgoing connections, but will accept encrypted incoming connections.
Enabled: Attempts to encrypt outgoing connections, but will fall back to an unencrypted mode if the connection fails.
Force: Attempts to encrypt outgoing connections, and will NOT fall back to an unencrypted mode if the connection fails.
Allow legacy incoming connections enables or disables incoming legacy (non-encrypted) connections.

All modes will accept incoming encrypted connections (and the encryption is 2-way)!

It is NOT recommended to turn off "Allow legacy incoming connections", unless you cannot have any non-encrypted connections (typically in conjunction with Forced), in which case turning off "Allow legacy incoming connections" is acceptable.



azureus has info on its site also. so check into that if you are getting blocked by your isp!

hmmm...useful post.
soon torrents are going to have full blown VPNs

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Hum...I did`nt know that.

Have any others download speed decreased lately, or is it just mine? :/

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if you have a fast internet d/l and u/l speed it will vary for bittorrent. the more seeds there are sometimes the downloads d/l faster. if there are more peers than the seeds the download will go slower. so it isnt your connection its the torrent your downloading.

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