uTorrent setup and encryption

[CG 2]

Hi,

From what I read in the support section of the website, it seems that there is no specific setup required to ensure encryption of the data that is transferred in and out when AirVPN is running.

Am I correct ?

I am using uTorrent with Remote Port Forwarding and configured the Comodo firewall so that no data be transferred when AirVPN shuts down. This works fine and I'm sure that data goes through the right port since uTorrent downloads stop as soon as I'm disconnect from AirVPN).

But I did not make any proxy configuration to ensure data encryption (my goal is that my ISP cannot see what data I am transferring).

I'm asking because on the http://www.howtogeek.com/76801/how-to-anonymize-and-encrypt-your-bittorrent-traffic/ page, I'm reading that I need to setup a proxy server using BTGuard for instance to ensure data encryption. But on your setup instructions, I did not read anything alike...

Thanks for your input,

Regards,

C.

[Staff 9968]

Hi,

From what I read in the support section of the website, it seems that there is no specific setup required to ensure encryption of the data that is transferred in and out when AirVPN is running.

Am I correct ?

Hello!

Thank you for your purchase and welcome aboard.

Yes, you're correct.

I am using uTorrent with Remote Port Forwarding and configured the Comodo firewall so that no data be transferred when AirVPN shuts down. This works fine and I'm sure that data goes through the right port since uTorrent downloads stop as soon as I'm disconnect from AirVPN).

But I did not make any proxy configuration to ensure data encryption (my goal is that my ISP cannot see what data I am transferring).

Perfect. Data encryption is guaranteed for every and each application transparently by OpenVPN and the routing tables pushed by our servers when you enter the VPN. You don't need to configure any other application.

I'm asking because on the http://www.howtogeek.com/76801/how-to-anonymize-and-encrypt-your-bittorrent-traffic/ page, I'm reading that I need to setup a proxy server using BTGuard for instance to ensure data encryption. But on your setup instructions, I did not read anything alike...

Thanks for your input,

Regards,

C.

Perhaps there's some confusion between VPN and proxy. A proxy is not a Virtual Private Network and a VPN is not a proxy.

A VPN like ours, which acts also as a transparent "gateway" to the Internet to provide a strong layer of anonymity, might be used with the same aims of a proxy (with significant advantages), but a proxy can't be used as a private network.

Please note that OpenVPN supports connections over http and SOCKS proxies, however if you don't have a proxy and/or you are not behind a corporate proxy you don't need that feature. For some interesting usage of that feature, please see here:

https://airvpn.org/tor

Kind regards