Gradual removal of port forwarding from the IVPN service (www.ivpn.net)

submitted 1 year ago by crewman_princess@lemmy.sdf.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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So IVPN is also removing port forward. Who's next?

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[-] Toothpickjim@lemmy.fmhy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

I moved from mullvad when they dropped port forwarding and moved to ivpn only now to find they have dropped it to.

I think I will hang fire a little while now and see how things play out before having the rug pulled again. Is there going to come a time when none them offer port forwarding?

[-] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

What about i2p torrenting?

[-] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Yup, AFAIK you do not need a port forward to torrent within the I2P network. And in addition you wouldn't even need a VPN. The main downside is that I2P needs more people torrenting so that it'll go faster.

[-] Toothpickjim@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I know nothing about i2p isn't it going to depend on everyone using i2p?

[-] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

There are i2p trackers and the only way for torrents to get there is by crosseeding them (from clearweb), qbitorrent on the v6.0 release will make this easier.

And you can also just upload to i2p trackers directly.

[-] rlhe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I think this is definitely the way to go! Just waiting on qbit now. VPNs are starting to feel dated (to me) for torrent use, but still great for privacy.