Utorrent and upnp and nat-pmp - please help

[SummerBloom91 0]

Hi All,

I had a question: I connected to an AIRVPN server, connected to utorrent, and began to download a torrent (in that order). While the security is there over VPN through an AirVPn secured server, I'm very worried my security has been breached on account of having both upnp and nat-pmp enabled in Utorrent settings. Can someone please help me? Do I have reason for concern? I've heard people mention that your security is breached once these are enabled and the use of VPN is no longer reliable and that I have leaked out my real ip address and my identity can easily be traced to those torrents. Can anyone confirm with me this is true?

 

I'm really looking for someone to help me - please do. I'm quite concerned.

[SummerBloom91 0]

An Update if this helps anyone answer the concern I have:

 

1)I had Network Lock ENABLED throughout the entire time upnp and nat-bmp were enabled - does the network lock protect me in this instance and not allow any direct connections to my router and instead everything is kept through VPN?

 

2)In Windows Firewall - I had only two programs allowable through firewall - Utorrent and AirVPN. I'm supposed to allow Utorrent through windows firewall correct so that it can connect to peers, etc?

 

3)In my router settings, UPNP is enabled, but I have not noted any forwarded ports through review of the settings.

 

Thanks and please consider these when answering the above question.

[mickymouse 0]

I thought a staff member would answer this by now.

[go558a83nk 362]

Staff don't answer questions like this.

 

what you are concerned with is in the past, right?  If so, you might as well just move on with gained knowledge. 

[Tuco99 1]

staff? there aint no staff, no one here can help this service is a fucking rip off, im now more unsafe then ever, i cant forward any ports they just time out when i check. if i turn off the pile of shit i cant connect at all to anything? stupid firewall never had any probs before and what the fuck is the tap adaptor. uninsstalled still no web, turned off firewall still no web, start up the eddie bullshit thing it works? its like ive been hacked by cunts and forced to use this spayware crap

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

Under normal conditions no one would have answered you here. I'll do it, just to show you that we feel kind of misunderstood by you.

The community tried to help you, Mr. Tuco99, as seen in the threads How do I port forward and Help with port forwarding. What I personally find amusing is that you call yourself "tech-savvy", yet you can't find the download button for Eddie? Are you a troll? Seriously...

 

no one here can help this service is a fucking rip off

 

We suggested a number of possible solutions, you wrote it would be to no avail. I assume, after some trys you gave up, and started spreading the word about how crappy AirVPN would be. Wow.

 

im now more unsafe then ever

 

Do explain.

 

if i turn off the pile of shit i cant connect at all to anything?

 

I think you mean the Eddie client with Network Lock turned on. You forgot to turn it off since it blocks all traffic that's not going through the VPN. This is a documented feature, by the way.

 

what the fuck is the tap adaptor

 

TAP is the virtual network interface OpenVPN uses. OpenVPN is the VPN solution AirVPN uses. So TAP is necessary to connect to AirVPN. It's no spayware crap.

[zhang888 1066]

I think Tuco99 has to be awareded for the best misuse of the word "rip off" and the best misuse of the Network Lock feature

 

Commenting in someone elses thread, while having a different unrelated issue to the OP, and by spreading accusations is not

only "not the best way to get help", but it is also considered very rude and egoistic behaivior.

 

Answering to OP:

Under the conditions you described, UPNP and NAT-PMP will not lower your security, even if your PC and router supports it.

The reason is, since you are connected to the VPN server and did not forward those ports to your Air account, even if those

ports will be opened on your router, this will not put any additional risk to your VPN connection itself.

The same condition would occur without VPN as well - you are risking that someone from outside might access ports in your

local network. Whether this is good or bad, is up to you and is a subject for a different topic.