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No it doesn't stop it, just seed torrenting as you say. Makes it harder for others to download from you if they too do not have open ports. Got to facilitate sharing is caring.
A VPN acts like a NAT layer, so you basically have to open a port forward in order for traffic to dial your number, so to speak.
It may be in your case that you have UPnP or similar set up, so that your router automatically picks up your open port. Not viable for VPNs which tend to service enough clients to qualify as CGNAT, so we set up fixed ports.
Edit: Looks like I was wrong about not viable, seems like ProtonVPN has a NAT-PMP switch in their config
Ah, I see. It's probably likely that these changes will affect ProtonVPN at some point (probably not for another year), but if their track record is any indication, they'll probably only disable it for VPN servers hosted in copyright-hostile jurisdictions, and leave some VPN servers open for torrenting in countries that don't care. Hopefully, anyway...
Yeah, they had authorities at their door, because it sounds like some bastards were using port forwards to serve CP. Dickheads ruining it for the rest of us is how it's been described. It may well become a lot more common as providers try to shield themselves from discovery (which they can't provide for with no log policies), authorities being frustrated and then compelling them to do more.
Oh right.... it's about more than free games these days :/
Torrenting is entirely blocked by my router, both via all known ports and through deep packet inspection (but very basic DPI, it can't detect it through a VPN).
So I've got a box with an always-on VPN and I've never needed to forward any ports. As far as my router is concerned, this box is only communicating with the VPN server over a single port that isn't forwarded, just your standard UDP-to-UDP ephemeral port. So if there is any UPnP or fancy NATing being done, I guess it's automatic on the VPN server 🤔
Don't use the router provided by your ISP, buy your own.
Could be intentional to prevent torrent leakage direct from your IP too. Could potentially also not have a choice, due to proprietary configurations, cable modem or whatever.
I did. I put that block there :p
I believe if no one is having port forwarding (for instance for torrent where there is only a few people) it's not possible for peers to connect between themselves?
That's correct, one side needs to have an open port. Side channel messaging solves who connects to who regardless of the one doing the downloading, but one must. Thus, being able to open publicly accessible ports is parrrt of people a good pirate citizen.