-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Justin Coffi wrote: > Mitar wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I noticed that on a machine where I am running a Tor node I am >> getting a lot of invalid HTTP requests to my 80 port. In Apache >> logs I saw that they are Bittorrent packets and not HTTP >> requests. So I was wondering if anybody else has been noticing >> this? Why exactly is this happening? >> >> >> Mitar >> > If you're an exit node, I imagine someone was seeding a torrent > through your relay. Incidentally, I'll note that on the azureuswiki... http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php/Avoid_traffic_shaping#Disguising_tracker_traffic
there is encouragement to use Tor for BitTorrent. Personally, the practice should be discouraged... and before anyone calls me pro censorship... can anyone think of a good reason to Seed or leach via Tor? I have a mini spec prop regarding Tor and Torrent that I'll propose once I have it worded correctly. Jon- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklF6A0ACgkQk8jp5ZVximKHPgCfVX/tDahl/U5DTp4UXbSmlchq ws8An1EVxcjZiJFq5p3mM5+qqwwyiDR7 =IRIZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
