How viable is torrenting on a public connection? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 9 months ago by technomad@slrpnk.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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My options for internet connectivity are very limited. I was wondering if I could go to a library or coffee shop or wherever has a good connection and do all my downloading remotely, or if I will run into problems/restrictions.

I'm thinking they may not allow VPN's or something like that?

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[-] WallEx@feddit.de 46 points 9 months ago

Its advised to use a vpn on public wifis, even if youre not torrenting. Also you could sign up for a trial and go for it to see if there are restrictions.

If they are blocking vpns you could use one that uses http or https ports, those are pratically unblockable.

[-] man@links.hackliberty.org 10 points 9 months ago

If most vpn's are blocked, you could try a proxy server but the reliablity and privacy of them can be questionable.

There is also DNS tunneling, while much harder it does work ok.

[-] kylian0087@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Actually you can block vpns using port 443 and 80. Using a methode callesd deep packet inspection. Not something you find in a typical coffie shop. But it being practically unblockable is false. My school used to do this. So i used shadowsocks or tor with snowflake.