Thread: I need help with secure torrenting

So i got the letter from comcast :( and decided it is time to overreact and go secure with downloading torrents. i want download
tracker->private offshore sever-> my computer. The problem is i dont know if this even exist. If it does can anyone tell me a good legit service or if it doesnt exist what is my second best chioce. Im pretty sure you guys get these kind of questions all day sorry for not looking in the fourms before i posted, i just dont know what to look for.

Just do what everyone else on this forum is doing. Purchase a seedbox/server/VPS and download all your torrents to that. Use encrypted FTP to download files back to your home PC. If you're really paranoid, you could even purchase a VPN and use that to connect to your FTP. There are various threads for this exact question so do a quick search for it. More info on seedboxes can be obtained from the Seedbox section.

if i get a seedbox will i be downloading thourgh http?

Yes. Or Seedbox/Server/VPS->FTP->your computer through a VPN service.

Exactly, you have a seedbox which is a remote computer on which your torrents run and have the files downloaded to its hard drive. You then connect to the seedbox via FTP and just download the completed file thereby complying with your ISP and lowering your bandwidth usage (and dont need to leave your home PC on as much).

Seedboxes are also very good as their download and upload speeds are higher than most home internet connections and are on 24/7 so you can seed like crazy! The downside is that you would have to pay a small amount of money every month but its better than having your internet cut off!

I personally would recommend pulsedmedia.com but there are plenty of good seedbox hosts out there and you just need to have a look around to see which you like the most (the seedbox section of the forum is useful for this as per el2em's post)

Originally Posted by bhakta

if i get a seedbox will i be downloading thourgh http?

Yes, if the seedbox offers you access to an HTTP index, sure. As I've stated earlier, you could download the files back to your PC using an FTP client such as FileZilla or CuteFTP.

70gb is that the limit or is it just like a harddrive where i can delete the things i dont want anymore. feral, OVH or (your favorite) has the best FTP download speeds. dont really care for upload speeds

You can download via HTTP from most but FTP is better as you can resume downloads and delete files in one nice easy interface.

The 70gb is just the hard drive space, once you are done if you delete the files you then have more space again, exactly like the hard drive on your own pc.

I honestly dont know which seedbox provider has the best download speeds, it would depends where you are based and where their seedboxes are hosted. I am in the UK for instance and PulseMedia have their seedboxes in the Netherlands (if memory serves correct) so its nice and close to me. I often get download speeds of 10.4MB/s.

Upload speed matters on private trackers where you have to maintain a ratio!

Also the upload speed is also how fast you can download from the server yourself when getting the files for your own pc... I know I max my download speed out everytime.