Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 months agoqBittorrent 4.6 launches with I2P support - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1511arrow-down18
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minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agoWill it be enabled by default?
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·8 months agoProbably not. I2P doesn’t connect to the clearnet like Tor does, it only works if the destination is on I2P as well.
minus-squaresir_reginald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·8 months agoI2P does connect to the clearnet, it just doesn’t by default. Outproxies are available and you can even host your own routing it through Tor. That way you get the best of both networks.
minus-squareWarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoUseless for torrenting - you’ll overload the outproxy.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 months agoIt requires running additional software, a so called “I2P router”. This can be ran on Linux and Windows systems too, on localhost or for your local network.
minus-squarevalvemanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoIt’s not enabled in the 4.6 beta version, I think they’ll keep it that way
Will it be enabled by default?
Probably not. I2P doesn’t connect to the clearnet like Tor does, it only works if the destination is on I2P as well.
I2P does connect to the clearnet, it just doesn’t by default.
Outproxies are available and you can even host your own routing it through Tor. That way you get the best of both networks.
Useless for torrenting - you’ll overload the outproxy.
It requires running additional software, a so called “I2P router”.
This can be ran on Linux and Windows systems too, on localhost or for your local network.
It’s not enabled in the 4.6 beta version, I think they’ll keep it that way