Vista - Utorrent

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could please let me know what software I can use so that I can block ISPS knowing what I am downloading. I tried peer guardian, but this did not work because I kept getting errors when trying to run it.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

wizkid

Why do you feel the need to want to block them from knowing what you are downloading ?

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Becuase I know of people that have had e-mails from ISPS teeling them that are going be cut off if they keep using Bitorrent.


Any ideas.

Thanks,

Wizkid

Which is understandable if they are downloading illegal software through their ISP

I'm not suggesting that you are doing anything illegal but that is what the majority of people use those kind of sites for and they are a great source of spyware and viruses that get downloaded at the same time.

It could be against the terms of the ISP's contract using such software.

Use a proxy to hide your ip address.

Encrypt Bit Torrent traffic.

How To Encrypt BitTorrent Traffic | TorrentFreak

uTorrent encryption steps are the third down.

Hi

Thanks for your replies,

Can you please let me know how I can go about setting up a proxyto hide my ip address.

Thanks,

Wizkid

How is a proxy going to hide your IP address from your own ISP?

Just follow the directions I linked to encrypt your traffic and nobody will know what it is your downloading.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I did try and follow them but I got a bit confused, I have changed the encryption to Enable so does this now mean that no one will know what I am downloading?


Thanks,

Wizkid

1. Go to: Options > Preferences > BitTorrent
2. Go to ‘Protocol encryption’, you can choose between ‘enabled’ and ‘forced’. ‘Enabled’ will give you more connections but offers less protection against traffic shapers.
I would recommend to try ‘enabled’ first, if that doesn’t increase your speeds you need to swich to ‘forced’.
3. Ticking ‘Allow legacy incoming connections’ allows non ecrypted clients to connect to you. This improves compatibility between clients but makes you more vulnerable to traffic shapers.
I would recommend to tick this box, but if that doesn’t increase your speeds, untick it!


As it stands, encryption is the only thing you can do to prevent your own ISP from shaping your traffic or reading your traffic; however, if your ISP is looking at you, it's sort of obvious what you're doing. They might not know what specific file you're downloading, but just based on the amount of traffic, they're going to know you're not web browsing or playing a game.


What ISP do you have? Here's a list of shapers and other overall buzz killers: Bad ISPs - AzureusWiki