Question about seeding.

[newsn]

Alright so to be honest I'm quite the noob when it comes to understanding how all this torrent, seeding, ect. works which brings me to my question. Is there a way to seed torrents and hide your ip or isp? I'd really like to seed more of my downloads but I'm worried about getting in trouble for doing so. Am I just being paranoid or is there some software I should be using? As always suggestions or answers would be appreciated.

 

[newsn]

Come on! nine views and zero replies, I know someone can help me out on here please.

 

[Manaphy2007]

i dont know if u can but ive been seeding and i haven't got caught (i do have a couple cop friends that know about torrents and know i do it) but this may be a hunch, try downloading and installing Vuze, Deluge and SpeedItUp Free. Speeditup will install PC-Checkup which if u click Clean & Secure it will clean caches and stuff, Vuze can let u download torrents and not get in trouble, Deluge the same (i think)

 

[newsn]

i dont know if u can but ive been seeding and i haven't got caught (i do have a couple cop friends that know about torrents and know i do it) but this may be a hunch, try downloading and installing Vuze, Deluge and SpeedItUp Free. Speeditup will install PC-Checkup which if u click Clean & Secure it will clean caches and stuff, Vuze can let u download torrents and not get in trouble, Deluge the same (i think)

Thanks for the advice.

 

[guy]

There's no way to hide your IP or hostname. The only way peers can even connect to you is if they have your IP (and in turn hostname).

The best you can do is use a filter program like PeerGuardian2, which will block IP addresses of known organizations (government, anti-P2P, etc) from connecting to you. Anyone can still find your IP if they really try (by using swarm information stored on public trackers), but if PG2 blocks the connection, they won't be able to download anything from you -- which in turn means that organizations (again, govt, anti-P2P, etc) can't tell if you really have the file or not.

It's not bulletproof, and you need to make sure the filter list is updated regularly, but it's a good start. PG2 runs as a separate program in the background, meaning you can use any client you like (uTorrent, Vuze, etc), and it also works with other P2P protocols like eMule, LimeWire, SLSK, etc.

 

[shinta]

There's no way to hide your IP or hostname.

oh, but there IS a way.... use your neighbor's wireless! :XD:

 

[newsn]

There's no way to hide your IP or hostname. The only way peers can even connect to you is if they have your IP (and in turn hostname).

The best you can do is use a filter program like PeerGuardian2, which will block IP addresses of known organizations (government, anti-P2P, etc) from connecting to you. Anyone can still find your IP if they really try (by using swarm information stored on public trackers), but if PG2 blocks the connection, they won't be able to download anything from you -- which in turn means that organizations (again, govt, anti-P2P, etc) can't tell if you really have the file or not.

It's not bulletproof, and you need to make sure the filter list is updated regularly, but it's a good start. PG2 runs as a separate program in the background, meaning you can use any client you like (uTorrent, Vuze, etc), and it also works with other P2P protocols like eMule, LimeWire, SLSK, etc.

Perfect :XD: this was just the kind of response I was looking for, thanks for filling me in.

 

[newsn]

oh, but there IS a way.... use your neighbor's wireless! :XD:

Yes... Yes... EXCELLENT! erfectplan: lol.