alanso Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Hello guys,My VPN service used to allow free usage but now they block connections viauTorrent clients. They now (as of yesterday) only allow it if you sign up to their paid subscription package. I tried enabling protocol encryption:http://www.utorrent.com/help/guides/connection-setupBut it doesn't make a difference.(I don't see why the protocol encryption wouldn't work btu I'm not an expert.)I also tried setting the connection port to 80 and 8080 to try and fool teh VPN into thinking uTorrent was a browser,but that doesn't work either.I love uT and don't want to change to another bit torrent client but I don't think it would make a difference anyway.Do you guys know how a VPN (e.g. CyberGhost) knows you are using a bittorrent client as opposed to a browser? (and possibly how to mask this information so they only see generic traffic?).Fyi browsing works fine. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiusX Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 What I did was use to use Proxy site to use UT and that seems to work well in my case no VPN to mess with....just change the proxy if it gets blocked and start Ut again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanso Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Any particular proxy site? and -- more important -- is it free? If not free then my problem isn't really solved as it is probably the same cost as the CG subscription to allow torrents.I only download occasionally so don't want to subscribe.(I also don't want to give anyone credit card details). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiusX Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Well there are free proxy to use I use Socks5 proxy ssl sites to go through with my Ut when I use it to avoid having to use paid VPN when using Ut. You just have to configure on your Ut settings to use the Socks5 protocal and that should be all it take but knowing how your ISP is setup is hard to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanso Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Thanks.I am quite intrigued by this new development. I know that ISPs typically suspect P2P software usage due to bandwidth hogging,but how does a VPN service (like CG) know this--enough to block the software? I thought it was related to the particular p2p port range being used, however,even if use port 80 or 8080 (as a test) it makes no difference, uT is still blocked. How can they know to block uTorrent even when using a http port? weird!(I know they are very clever peeps). I wonder if there is some other identifier unique to uTorrent connections (or P2P clients in general) that they know about? Fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiusX Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I give more help but not sure if what I say will get more trouble then expected for account for doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidodido Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 You just have to configure on your Ut settings to use the Socks5 protocal and that should be all it take...Could you post a screenshot or something of how a Sock5 protocol Proxy is configured in uTorrent please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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