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Just an FYI, encrypting your uTorrent downloads won't stop you getting busted if you are down/uploading copyrighted material. Regards MiTM attacks, yes they co
by jiggy2011 13y ago
Just an FYI, encrypting your uTorrent downloads won't stop you getting busted if you are down/uploading copyrighted material.
Regards MiTM attacks, yes they could but then again they always could. It wouldn't be 100% undetectable though since they would have to change the key/cert for sites they wanted to MiTM. Certificate pinning may address this issue in future.
- josscrowcroft 13y ago> encrypting your uTorrent downloads won't stop you getting busted if you are down/uploading copyrighted material. Could you elaborate? Assume you mean using a VPN service while downloading.
- atto 13y agoHe most likely meant encrypted data transfer, which it built into many torrent clients.
- eminon 13y agoFrom what OP said, I understood he meant turning on encryption in the bittorrent client, not using a VPN. Turning on encryption is a way to work around bandwidth throttling and deep packet inspection, not a method to protect your identity or activity.
- thesmileyone 13y agoYeah, just the "Forced Encryption". First layer, just to stop my ISP flagging me straight away. I don't use a VPN, I probably should use a Seedbox or something, not in my name and paid for in cash, but I don't do it often enough to be bothered...yet.
- jiggy2011 13y agoI meant just encrypting transfer of torrent data.
- 1337biz 13y agoJust wondering: Does MiTM work the same way for VPNs as it does for "regular" connections? Like if I am in country X and connecting to a VPN in country Z, does that impact the MiTM possibilities?
- jiggy2011 13y agoDepends if you are using the CA system or preshared keys to verify the VPN. OTOH PPTP has it's own set of security problems.