Comments on: Guide to Safe Torrenting: Mac OsX http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/ Money saving tips and ideas for foreigners in Japan! Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Super VPN Service http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Super VPN Service Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:37:14 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-593 Many expert predict that VPN is future of Internet freedom. Many expert predict that VPN is future of Internet freedom.

]]> By: Dillon http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Dillon Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:40:03 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-573 This is very good information. Not that I would torrent. If any of you need help jailbreking an iPod touch go to www.jailbreakfaucet.tk This is very good information. Not that I would torrent.
If any of you need help jailbreking an iPod touch go to http://www.jailbreakfaucet.tk

]]> By: Jonas http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Jonas Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:48:12 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-562 Hi there, I just found your site through this post and I will study it laboriously since i just touched ground in Japan. Thanks for all the work! Hi there, I just found your site through this post and I will study it laboriously since i just touched ground in Japan.
Thanks for all the work!

]]> By: Duffy http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Duffy Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:36:33 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-522 Just wanted to mention that myluckybids.com is selling iPhones and macs for crazy cheap prices, it's an acutions website. I got mine for $54.....Thank me for the head up! Just wanted to mention that myluckybids.com is selling iPhones and macs for crazy cheap prices, it’s an acutions website. I got mine for $54…..Thank me for the head up!

]]> By: jamie http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-442 jamie Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:43:21 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-442 Sorry for the late reply Chris. If you're living in a horrible country and you wish to get that extra last 1% protection, you need a VPN service and you generally have to pay. If you dont know, by using a VPN essentially you're creating a connection between yourself and another computer, and using the other computers internet connection to download the torrents - and more importantly, the records of your IP address are not kept on that computer. The best providers that I can tell are: http://www.torrentfreedom.com/ http://blacklogic.com/ But, let it be known that I dont use these services. Certainly in Japan, there is no need whatsoever. Sorry for the late reply Chris. If you’re living in a horrible country and you wish to get that extra last 1% protection, you need a VPN service and you generally have to pay.

If you dont know, by using a VPN essentially you’re creating a connection between yourself and another computer, and using the other computers internet connection to download the torrents – and more importantly, the records of your IP address are not kept on that computer.

The best providers that I can tell are:

http://www.torrentfreedom.com/

http://blacklogic.com/

But, let it be known that I dont use these services. Certainly in Japan, there is no need whatsoever.

]]> By: Chris http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-435 Chris Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:47:22 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-435 Thanks for the great post. I was just wondering, your steps above (which I've followed, thanks) make it more difficult to jump on a bad peer and allow people to detect what is actually being downloaded... however if you do happen to slip through the cracks, I assume your IP address is still fully exposed? So is there a way to mask your IP address also? Thanks for the great post. I was just wondering, your steps above (which I’ve followed, thanks) make it more difficult to jump on a bad peer and allow people to detect what is actually being downloaded… however if you do happen to slip through the cracks, I assume your IP address is still fully exposed? So is there a way to mask your IP address also?

]]> By: jamie http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-147 jamie Sun, 10 May 2009 00:39:15 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-147 Thanks mike, thought that was clear but will add in a note as you suggest. Thanks mike, thought that was clear but will add in a note as you suggest.

]]> By: Mike http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Mike Sat, 09 May 2009 15:37:22 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-145 Thanks :) I followed your video perfectly, but the issue I'm having was not that. It's that, in my mind, just by connecting to a computer with an encrypted connection and ignoring computers without encrypted connections, it doesn't necessarily mean that your own connection is encrypted. What I didn't realise was that Transmission claims to actually encrypt one's own connection (from the help file): "Transmission encrypts the connections it makes with other peers when necessary, using the RC4 cipher. The implementation is compatible with other clients such as Azureus and µTorrent. It is always enabled, however you can set Transmission (Preferences >> Peers) to prefer encrypted peers or to ignore unencrypted peers completely. Note that the latter option may make Transmission unconnectable in some swarms. The encryption feature does not mean your session is secure or anonymous, it is merely a way to avoid the traffic shaping measures some ISPs have implemented." Now I understand why you were more confident about the encryption. Perhaps you should make a note that Transmission actually encrypts one's own connection. ;) <abbr><em>Mike’s latest blog post is...<a href="http://gakuranman.com/japanese-newspaper-headlines/" rel="nofollow">Japanese Newspaper Headlines</a></abbr></em> Thanks :)

I followed your video perfectly, but the issue I’m having was not that. It’s that, in my mind, just by connecting to a computer with an encrypted connection and ignoring computers without encrypted connections, it doesn’t necessarily mean that your own connection is encrypted.

What I didn’t realise was that Transmission claims to actually encrypt one’s own connection (from the help file):

“Transmission encrypts the connections it makes with other peers when necessary, using the RC4 cipher. The implementation is compatible with other clients such as Azureus and µTorrent. It is always enabled, however you can set Transmission (Preferences >> Peers) to prefer encrypted peers or to ignore unencrypted peers completely.

Note that the latter option may make Transmission unconnectable in some swarms. The encryption feature does not mean your session is secure or anonymous, it is merely a way to avoid the traffic shaping measures some ISPs have implemented.”

Now I understand why you were more confident about the encryption. Perhaps you should make a note that Transmission actually encrypts one’s own connection. ;)

Mike’s latest blog post is…Japanese Newspaper Headlines

]]> By: jamie http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-144 jamie Sat, 09 May 2009 14:40:44 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-144 You need to set prefer encrypted AND ignore unencrypted peers - and with that alone youre right it could still connect to evil computers, which is why you need to turn on the blocklist too~ I *think* im using the pro version, but I just had a quick go on a java web based one <a href="http://www.screencast-o-matic.com" rel="nofollow">here</a> and it seems to work alright. You need to set prefer encrypted AND ignore unencrypted peers – and with that alone youre right it could still connect to evil computers, which is why you need to turn on the blocklist too~

I *think* im using the pro version, but I just had a quick go on a java web based one here and it seems to work alright.

]]> By: Mike http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/05/guide-to-safe-torrenting-mac-osx/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Mike Sat, 09 May 2009 13:40:44 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=292#comment-143 Thanks for the reply. Do you use the Pro or normal version of the program? Any free programs that do the same? Also, did I miss something in my interpretation of 'prefer encrypted peers'? That doesn't mean that your own connected is encrypted, only that you only connect to people with encrypted connections (which could include those agencies out to track people). <abbr><em>Mike’s latest blog post is...<a href="http://gakuranman.com/japanese-newspaper-headlines/" rel="nofollow">Japanese Newspaper Headlines</a></abbr></em> Thanks for the reply. Do you use the Pro or normal version of the program? Any free programs that do the same?

Also, did I miss something in my interpretation of ‘prefer encrypted peers’? That doesn’t mean that your own connected is encrypted, only that you only connect to people with encrypted connections (which could include those agencies out to track people).

Mike’s latest blog post is…Japanese Newspaper Headlines

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