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Hello,

I am using qbittorrent for torrenting and my ISP has refused to open up firewall because of fucking "security" reasons. however I can still seed the torrent how is that possible? I mean all the incoming connections should be blocked right? isn't it how firewall works?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

VPN with port forwarding should work. No way your ISP can block that

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've used this for years. Works great.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

however I can still seed the torrent how is that possible?

Yes you can still seed as well as download. But you are limited and can only upload and download torrent data in swarms that contain peers that are themselves fully connectable (port forwarded).

So say you join a torrent swarm that only contains peers just like you (firewalled, no ports forwarded) then no one will transfer any torrent data with each other. Everyone is stuck waiting for a fully connectable (port forwarded) peer to join that swarm.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the firewall just means no incoming connections, your computer can still reach out to the other side (if they open their port)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Right, only one side of the connection needs an open port (and most clients will let that be either seed or leech side)... this is why having an open port on your end is useful if you're downloading, since you can download from seeders that don't have an open port.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just wondering if this is still happening over a VPN?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It sounds like everything is working, so… whats the issue?