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a stupid naive question (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

E.g. PIA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I've used this for years. Works great.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Except that no good VPN does this anymore (I believe Mullvad was one of the last to pull the service and cited massive headaches due to CP violations). So if you find one that does, it's most likely pretty sketch or just not that secure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

There's AirVPN

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What about AzireVPN or Najalla?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Can confirm AirVPN works

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

ProtonVPN?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, ProtonVPN still provides port forwarding. They randomly assign you a single port every time you connect, so you'll have to update the settings in qB occasionally, but it's manageable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It’s a song and dance on macOS and Linux but yes they do: https://protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding-manual-setup/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

PIA works for me a long time now. It's cheap and faster than my Internet connection so it ticks all the boxes for me.