Re: Bittorrent packets

[Jon <scream@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Justin Coffi wrote:
> Mitar wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I noticed that on a machine where I am running a Tor node I am
>> getting a lot of invalid HTTP requests to my 80 port. In Apache
>> logs I saw that they are Bittorrent packets and not HTTP
>> requests. So I was wondering if anybody else has been noticing
>> this? Why exactly is this happening?
>>
>>
>> Mitar
>>
> If you're an exit node, I imagine someone was seeding a torrent
> through your relay.
Incidentally, I'll note that on the azureuswiki...
http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Avoid_traffic_shaping#Disguising_tracker_traffic


there is encouragement to use Tor for BitTorrent.  Personally, the
practice should be discouraged... and before anyone calls me pro
censorship... can anyone think of a good reason to Seed or leach via
Tor?


I have a mini spec prop regarding Tor and Torrent that I'll propose
once I have it worded correctly.

Jon-
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