Hello, fellow linux ISO enjoyers,

as you may know, Mullvad VPN is disabling port forwarding 1st of July, which is a pity if you are serious about building that ratio.

Are there any other fast torrent-friendly vpn’s with the ability to port forward and ideally ipv6? I have quite a number of torrents in my seedbox and was pretty happy with Mullvad since I was consistently able to squeeze around 800Mbps symmetrical from it, however it’s time to move on.

Short rationale:
• You already have a seedbox, why bother with VPN?
Dealing with DMCA is pain and any hosting, which is sending complaints to /dev/null, has insane hardware prices for more demanding users. My seedbox is serving as a media archive since I seed everything I have indefinitely.

• You won’t get complaints if you’re using private trackers
Entry-level trackers are not bulletproof, I’m still using TL a lot and really, really don’t want to move 10’s of TB’s of shit if asked.

Long story short: VPN works. The question is - which one?

  • karce@wizanons.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So I’ve decided to stop paying for VPNs or Seedboxes recently after the mullvad news. I setup i2p and now just do torrenting exclusively through there. It is private and self-hosted, so no dealing with dmca notices. I believe i2p is the future of torrenting.

    • poncho@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      i2p? Really? It’s painfully slow for browsing alone… I can’t imagine it’s much better when downloading torrents.

    • DoodadMaker531@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      you got a guide you could link to? I tried getting into i2p before but I dont see the immediate connection between i2p and torrenting.

      Thanks in advance.

      • karce@wizanons.devEnglish
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        1 year ago

        So there are 2 main implementations of i2p. First is the main dev’s Java client here https://geti2p.net/en/download

        The other is i2pd, which is C++.

        I use the Java one personally but both would work. Someone posted back on reddit a guide on /r/i2p for qbittorrent, which is what I use now for this too. The guide was shared as a public torrent you can download with this info hash: 3f1d51095f9b116739172c1bced149acf2b10692

        Use that hash with any of the various public trackers and you should be able to download that guide.

        But if you just want a basic setup, that Java client comes with i2psnark, which is a bittorrent client already setup.

        The only other thing you want to do is go and search the biggest tracker for stuff, which is called PaTracker, Postman’s tracker. http://tracker2.postman.i2p, only accessible from i2p itself, which you’ll need to have setup and running first to view.

  • Zeku@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the post, I didn’t know about that at all.

    Privacy Guides are recommending IVPN: Link

    I think I will be switching there. Any experiences with their service?

  • Avuja@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Went with Proton since already using mail. Specifically has an icon indicating servers to use with P2P in the apps. Not the cheapest and the Linux app is lacking but otherwise no complaints, comparable to mullvad.