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Re: Bittorrent
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Ted Smith wrote:
(snip)
> Yes, I believe the proper way to do so is to use Tor as the tracker
> proxy, but conduct actual data transfer "in the clear". Or at least,
> that's what I've seen on this list in the past. Would anyone like to
> correct me?
This has been a "condoned" use of BT and Tor for a long time, and indeed
AFAIK, is the only "reasonable" use of P2P on Tor.
It's not perfect - since transfers are still done in the clear - but it
does thwart the current most commonly used method for enumerating users
(i.e., scraping the tracker). It also uses almost zero bandwidth on the
Tor network.
- --
F. Fox
Owner of Tor node "kitsune"
http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com
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