5 Ways To Bypass Torrent Connection Blocking

Since its first arrival, the torrent protocol has evolved into one of the most powerful P2P methods available. But due to many reasons such as copyright infringement or bandwidth abuse, not everyone embraces this convenient way of sharing files. Many admins block connections to torrent networks preventing the users from acquiring the torrents and/or the files. But there are ways for the less fortunate to bypass torrent blocking and here they are :

TXTor
Let us start with the simplest. Sometimes all the lazy network administrators do is filter the .torrent file. Their logic says that if you cant get the torrent, you wont be able to get the shared file. Well, yes and no.

If your problem is only this shallow, you can use TXTor. Basically, the service works like this:

you tell TXTor the link to a .torrent file. they will download it and rename the extension to .txt then they will give your browser the link to the renamed file. you download the file, rename it back to .torrent. open the file using a torrent client and start downloading.

Unfortunately, TXTor cant help you if your admin blocsk/filters the torrent traffic. The TXTor site suggests users to try to use different ports in the client or encrypt the traffic. But dont fret. If meddling with ports and encryptions is too much for you, there are other easier online solutions to try.

BitLet

A pure online torrent client and behaves exactly like a desktop one:

users put the torrent link in the box (or uses an existing torrent file) then click Download Torrent. BitLet will ask where to save the shared file.

after users give the location, the download process will start.

But being a torrent client, its still possible that the traffic gets blocked by the admin. It might work on your connection, it might not. My tests on several different networks gave me more failures than successes. Its worth trying, though.

Torrent Relay

We can say that this is an online torrent client with a twist; accessible via normal browser, iPhone and iPod Touch, Play Station 3, and many other mobile devices. The service has been discussed before. Heres the overview about how the service works:

users provide Torrent Relay with a torrent link. the shared file will be downloaded to Torrent Relays server. users will get a HTTP address to download the file from their server.

The good thing is, this service makes the process of downloading torrents accessible to everyone, everywhere. The bad things are, due to the heavy traffic (as expected from this kind of service) sometimes the process becomes unavailable, and unless you are their Prime Users (read: paid members) the HTTP file download is non-resumeable. I found no problem using Torrent Relay for small files, but if you are downloading large files with an unstable connection, you might consider paying them or the process will become extremely annoying. If theres a web service which allows users to download a file from a HTTP address to a resumeable online server, the combination with Torrent Relay would be a perfect option. (anybody know any?)

ImageShack
One of my friends tipped me off about this service. I was not aware that other than image hosting, ImageShack also give users the ability to download torrents. You only need to open a free account with their service.

At first glance, this one looks like a perfect one: users download torrents and save the shared files into their ImageShack storage and the shared files can be downloaded from anywhere, and by anyone the users share their files with. The limitation for free users is also generous (considering you can apply for more than one account): 5 GB of storage and 10 GB of bandwidth usage. But I still havent been successful in my trials of using their service. Ive always been presented with a try again screen and options to upgrade to one of their paid subscription options, with more storage and bandwidth, and prioritized bandwidth allocation. But then again, maybe its just me. Maybe you will have better luck using this service.

Instant Torrents

Another would-be winner, Instant Torrents was a perfect service. Users sign up, login and put in the torrent file address (or uses an existing torrent file). Then they will download and save the shared file to their server under their users account, keep the file(s) for 20 days, and they even seed the file(s) until the ratio reaches 1.0. But as Ive said before, this kind of service will attract overflooded traffic and strain the servers. So, Instant Torrents changes the rules. Users have to be connected first to Ivacy Network (a paid VPN service which gives 1 GB free traffic) then go to Instant Torrents dot site version to add torrent files. A bit of a complicated process if you ask me, but users can utilize their private tracker inside Ivacy VPN which provides no real IP address total anonymity. As an option, users can search completed torrents in the Instant Torrents site or browse their Ratings tab for popular files and download them instead.

So, all in all, I still havent found the perfect service along these lines. But if you know other good alternatives that lets you bypass torrent blocking, or just want to share your experiences, please use the comments below.

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Bypass Torrent File Network Filters

Many Universities, workplaces, etc are starting to take action against the use of torrent files. You can always change ports so port blocking is a worthless use of network time. However, places have started to restrict the ability to download files ending in the .torrent extension. This complicates things immensely. Take for example a situation I encountered. On the Ubuntu 7.10 release date it was nearly impossible to find a server to download the ISO from as they were all getting hammered with requests. The solution many servers displayed was download via a torrent. When I tried that on my university network, I encountered the problem, I couldnt download the .torrent file. This was annoying, as the University states that using the network to download and seed legal torrents is allowed. How did I get passed this? Using a simple php script I coded up, that can be found at http://steve.blogme.us/bypass.php The script simply takes the URL to the .torrent file, saves it on the local server as a text file, and allows you to then download it, then all you need to do is change the extension to .torrent and load it up in the torrent client. It is that simple, and it works! Enjoy.

BitTorrent: Bypass any Firewall or Throttling ISP with SSH

Ernesto October 14, 2007 191 bittorrent, firewall, ssh, ssh-tunnel, throttling Print

On some networks its impossible to use BitTorrent. For example, if youre at work, school, or connected to Comcast or a public hotspot. But theres an easy solution to overcome this problem. By using a secure connection (SSH), you can bypass almost every firewall or traffic shaping application. Heres a relatively simple 3-step guide that will show you how to set it up. I wouldnt recommend BitTorrent over SSH as a permanent solution since it will cripple the servers of the SSH providers. If youre looking for a long term solution check out a VPN service such as BTGuard.
1. Get an SSH account.

You need an SSH account in order to get this working. You can try one of these free shell providers from this list.
2. Download, Install and Configure Putty

Download Putty, store it somewhere on your computer and run it. In the session screen enter the host name, the port number (22), and tick the connection type box (SSH).

Next, go to SSH > Tunnels, enter a source port and tick the dynamic box. Im using port 23456, but you are free to choose any post you like as long as its available.

When youre done, it might be a good idea to save the session so you dont have to enter the info next time you run Putty. If youre ready, hit the open button in the session screen. A command-line interface will pop-up so enter your username and password that you received from your shell-provider, and youre done.

3. Configure your BitTorrent client.

The last step is to configure your BitTorrent client. I will show you how its done in uTorrent and Azureus but other BitTorrent clients use a similar setup. uTorrent: go to Options > Preferences > Connection. Enter your port number (I use 23456), socks 4 or 5 as type, and localhost in the proxy field. Azureus: go to Tools > Options > Connection > Proxy Options. Tick the Enable proxying of tracker communications and I have a SOCKS proxy box. Next, enter your port number in the port field (I use 23456) and localhost in the host field.

When youre done, restart your BitTorrent client and youre ready to go. BitTorrent over SSH tends to be a bit slower than your normal connection, but its a great solution when BitTorrent connections are blocked or throttled. For those on a Mac OSX, please check out this great tutorial (which in part inspired this article) for more details. It includes instructions on how to do this on a Mac, using Azureus.

Bypass Online Filter Restriction

By xc0re

Hello again ! Disclaimer: All the material shown on this blog is for educational purposes ! We would not be held responsible for any illegal use of the material by any one ! Usually what happens is that people want to visit a website , which is legit , but some how it is listed in the document given to a naive network administrator and you want to download important stuff from it but what the hell , ITS BLOCKED !!!!!!!! Your boss , teacher or any person whom you report to , doesnt want hear stuff about BLOCKED SITES !! Its totally lame to them because they want results and you didnt deliver. This is a very normal problem faced by many employees , students , etc. First of all you would have to know a little about Tunnel . For that please check out my post about Tunneling because your concept of how tunneling works should be very clear. Today I would tell you how one can bypass these filters. Tor stands for The Onion Router. This was at first created by the US Naval Research Laboratory a long time ago but then was handed over to the people for commercial use ! Though alot of funding is still coming from the US Govt, and alot of other parties. Which is a pretty good thing because TOR was initially designed for anonymity. The goal was that the users would be anonymous over the internet , thus becoming less of a target for the hackers but back then Drive By Malware/Exploits were not in mind or yet discovered. In this blog I would cover the bypassing of filters so anonymity is not the main focus.Ok how it works is that first you goto the link and download the Vidalia Bundle . Then once downloaded, install the software and all its components. After installation run the Vidalia executable. Wait for its icon on the tray of the taskbar, to the right, to become Green. Once that is done , goto the browsers network option and add following values in the coinciding variables fields : Proxy Address : 127.0.0.1 Proxy Port : 8118 Ok now save the settings and get out of the options/settings by clicking on OK ! Now your good to go ! To check whether the proxy is working or not goto : What is my IP (dot) com and see your IP Address. For cross checking whether the proxy is working or not , before

adding the proxy settings to your browser goto the above mentioned website and note your IP Address and then compare it with the latter! Enjoy ! If for instance your ISP or Administrator is smart enough to some how block the tor network, goto the TOR control panel and the click the settings button and then goto the netwok tab, it would be something like this :

If you use a proxy to access the internet , usually which is the case in Universities and Offices so this is the option to give proxy to TOR:

There are a few other techniques you could use to bypass the filters , but this one is by far the best.