open_door@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 7 months agoWhat VPN would you recommend for torrenting?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhat VPN would you recommend for torrenting?open_door@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoAnother user already said this, but just in case, Mullvad got rid of their port forwarding.
minus-squareɐɥO@lemmy.ohaa.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoCan still seed with upnp forwarding
minus-squareayushnix@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoNot only is UPnP a security risk, it’ll work only if a user has an IP that can expose ports. IPv4 addresses are becoming rarer on home networks and CGNAT connections can’t expose ports even if one turns on UPnP.
minus-squarePHLAK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-27 months ago Mullvad got rid of their port forwarding. So did IVPN. Use Proton VPN now.
Another user already said this, but just in case, Mullvad got rid of their port forwarding.
Can still seed with upnp forwarding
Not only is UPnP a security risk, it’ll work only if a user has an IP that can expose ports. IPv4 addresses are becoming rarer on home networks and CGNAT connections can’t expose ports even if one turns on UPnP.
So did IVPN. Use Proton VPN now.