Does remote port forwarding make you traceable on bittorent?

[manjake 1]

I've seen some DMCA complaints which state ip address AND the port that was being used for the infringement. As far as I know forwarded ports on AirVPN servers have to be unique to each user, so in the event of DMCA complaint AirVPN could easily identify which user uses that port. Am I wrong?

[Guest]

AirVPN doesn't recognize DMCA, as they don't recognize the authority of ICANN https://airvpn.org/topic/852-airvpn-does-not-recognize-icann-authority-anymore/

 

And even if a port can be traced back to the user, they can't trace it back to you personally as they don't keep any sort of logs

 

extra tip: And in case of a DMCA complaint it gets sent to the datacenter where the server you used is located, and maybe it is given to airVPN but they don't give them anything and since they encrypt their servers, they won't know

[BDK2015 2]

There is two answers to this.

 

The one that matters: AirVPN doesn't reccomend the DMCA. And you do not need to port forward to download, it only is used to make it easier to seed as leechers have a way to connect to you. It is a good idea to "randomize port upon start", the bigger BitTorrent clients have this (such as qBitTorrent). It is also a good idea to "prefer encryption" (please note this is not encryption, just encoding) for a layer of added security. Please note it is a good idea to use Network Lock when using the BitTorrent network so if you drop connection your IP won't leak.

 

If you were to use another VPN: They most likely log which user is assigned which port, and can see BitTorrent traffic that goes through the port.

 

Final Answer: AirVPN doesn't care about DMCA, they wipe their a** with DMCA notices.

[zhang888 1066]

There is two answers to this.

 

The one that matters: AirVPN doesn't reccomend the DMCA. And you do not need to port forward to download, it only is used to make it easier to seed as leechers have a way to connect to you. It is a good idea to "randomize port upon start", the bigger BitTorrent clients have this (such as qBitTorrent). It is also a good idea to "prefer encryption" (please note this is not encryption, just encoding) for a layer of added security. Please note it is a good idea to use Network Lock when using the BitTorrent network so if you drop connection your IP won't leak.

 

If you were to use another VPN: They most likely log which user is assigned which port, and can see BitTorrent traffic that goes through the port.

 

Final Answer: AirVPN doesn't care about DMCA, they wipe their a** with DMCA notices.

 

 

This is not entirely true. Ignorance does not solve internet abuses, at least not in the long term.

Even in Asia, where DMCA doesn't apply - at least not at it's boundary legal forms such as in the U.S., you will still have to reply

to occasional complaints forwarded to you by your ISP. Generally, explaining that you are a service provider and being used

as a proxy, with some small evidence of it, solves the issue. This can work for most non-U.S. locations.

 

Regarding U.S. servers, most chances are that Air, and any other provider with infrastructure under their jurisdiction,

have more pressure. This means they have to explain the infringement not only to the ISP (Datacenter), but also that

this Datacenter has to forward Air's response to the copyright owner. So far this seem to work - the actors seem to be

more after the "low hanging fruit", which are U.S. citizens or business organizations who can be charged with DMCA.

 

In any case, if you can avoid doing any public P2P activities on U.S. servers, this will save Air some time, and will keep

those servers up even more - since there will be less "force majeure" events. Same goes with operating Tor relays thru Air.

 

Regards.