VPN Provider with Port Forwarding & SOCKS5 (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 weeks ago by uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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My VPN plan is up for renewal, and I'd like to move from my current provider (Privado) to one that supports port forwarding while maintaining access to a SOCKS5 service.

AirVPN would have been my choice, but doesn't have SOCKS5.

Private Internet Access checks off the boxes but I'm not familiar with the company behind it.

Thanks for the help and recommendations.

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[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 weeks ago

ELI5: Torrents require a way to send data and that's done through a port. Either you need to have a port available or someone else does. While you can upload without port forwarding, you're more likely to get higher connections if you have it turned on.