Should I follow Mullvad's qBittorrent suggestions? (disable DHT, disable PeX, etc) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 days ago by mystify@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'm brand new to torrenting and was looking to pirate some audiobooks off AudiobookBay. I followed the Wispy Docs Torrent Client Guide on VPN Binding Mullvad VPN with qBittorrent. (I know Mullvad isn't ideal but I want to use up my pre-existing subscription.)

My concern is that in Mullvad's BitTorrent guide (no longer maintained) they suggest the following additional changes:

Enable anonymous mode.
Disable DHT
Disable PeX
Disable Local peer discovery
Select TCP as Peer connection protocol

I tried searching on Reddit if I should follow any of these settings changes but people were very unclear. Some said they're outdated because "private trackers yada yada" (I'm new so am unfamiliar with the reasoning) but I'm not sure if that applies to my situation.

I already tested with torrent IP checkers and the binding seems to have worked. What else (if anything) should I be doing?

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[-] mystify@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

I’d also set it to only allow encrypted connections, which for some reason they don’t say there.

Interesting, I don't believe that's mentioned in the first guide either. I'll look into that, thanks!

If you already don’t mind paying for a VPN, why not look into seedboxes?

I'll look into that, though I already require a VPN service for other purposes and having two subscriptions might be out of my budget. In fact I was even considering downgrading from Mullvad to Protons' free VPN tier as even 1 VPN subscription stings me, but of course that also doesn't support port forwarding.

I wish I could use I2P but I heard it's rare to find torrents there. If only everyone switched, we could do away with paid VPN requirements.