Comments on: Getting Stressed Out With Anonymous BitTorrent http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/ Torrent News, Torrent Sites and the latest Scoops Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:51:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Relakks, Hide your IP... - Internet Talk - TechEnclave http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-494481 Relakks, Hide your IP... - Internet Talk - TechEnclave Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:50:10 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-494481 [...] When Relakks burst on to the scene in late 2006 it was heralded as the “world’s first commercial darknet”, promising to hide your online identity in exchange for a small fee. As a big privacy fan (some might say ‘obsessive’), I immediately signed up for this service and have been a customer ever since. Sadly, I’ve had enough. Although great for web browsing and running one or two torrents at a time, ask it to handle more than a handful of torrents and the whole connection simply stops responding. I’ve seen many other Relakks users with this same problem and to come home from many hours out, eager to sample what you downloaded today only to find a dead connection, it’s an annoyance. When you were supposed to be seeding a friend’s Hip-Hop album all night and it died after 6mb uploaded and no-one got anything, it’s a major hassle and time to complain to Relakks. Again. SOURCE [...] [...] When Relakks burst on to the scene in late 2006 it was heralded as the “world’s first commercial darknet”, promising to hide your online identity in exchange for a small fee. As a big privacy fan (some might say ‘obsessive’), I immediately signed up for this service and have been a customer ever since. Sadly, I’ve had enough. Although great for web browsing and running one or two torrents at a time, ask it to handle more than a handful of torrents and the whole connection simply stops responding. I’ve seen many other Relakks users with this same problem and to come home from many hours out, eager to sample what you downloaded today only to find a dead connection, it’s an annoyance. When you were supposed to be seeding a friend’s Hip-Hop album all night and it died after 6mb uploaded and no-one got anything, it’s a major hassle and time to complain to Relakks. Again. SOURCE [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-459306 Anonymous Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:18:05 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-459306 jamesriske, if they were liberals they wouldn't be blocking websites. Anyway, Relakks used to be good, but now it drops out every few minutes and if it does stay connected, it just hangs and no data is transferred. Stay clear, it's no good anymore jamesriske, if they were liberals they wouldn’t be blocking websites.

Anyway, Relakks used to be good, but now it drops out every few minutes and if it does stay connected, it just hangs and no data is transferred. Stay clear, it’s no good anymore

]]> By: jamesriske http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-403959 jamesriske Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:52:36 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-403959 I would avoid Metropipe They started out good but are now lousy. You can't get a hold of them. They don't respond to support questions and there's some reports that they block sites that they disagree with. They are big time liberals. I would avoid Metropipe

They started out good but are now lousy. You can’t get a hold of them. They don’t respond to support questions and there’s some reports that they block sites that they disagree with. They are big time liberals.

]]> By: Anonymous http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-378755 Anonymous Wed, 07 May 2008 11:46:53 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-378755 I'm currently using VPN Hoster(http://www.vpnhoster.com) to play online poker in Thailand, which works pretty nicely.. and I can also watch porn freely lol I’m currently using VPN Hoster(http://www.vpnhoster.com) to play online poker in Thailand, which works pretty nicely.. and I can also watch porn freely lol

]]> By: Cujjo http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-291590 Cujjo Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:42:51 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-291590 I'm an advanced user and sure all that stuff is good to some point.....vpn..and..PG...and..rc4 incryption.. etc...but lets face it.....no one is anonymous on the internet...and what I think is a real strategy at the moment is...NUMBERS :P ...they can't arrest all of us...so go tell a friend... I'm sure he/she will be blown away hehehe I’m an advanced user and sure all that stuff is good to some point…..vpn..and..PG…and..rc4 incryption.. etc…but lets face it…..no one is anonymous on the internet…and what I think is a real strategy at the moment is…NUMBERS :P …they can’t arrest all of us…so go tell a friend… I’m sure he/she will be blown away hehehe

]]> By: Anonymous http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-269619 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:04:02 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-269619 I live in the United Arab Emirates where the internet is censored so Relakks was a life saver for me. Unfortunately over the last few months I've also had dropped connections and very low speeds. I just switched over to StrongVPN (http://www.strongvpn.com/) and so far it's a massive improvement. 45 USD for 3 months and no bandwidth limit. It's based in the US so it might not be as risk free as its Swedish counterpart but I wouldn't fully trust a UK company either. I live in the United Arab Emirates where the internet is censored so Relakks was a life saver for me. Unfortunately over the last few months I’ve also had dropped connections and very low speeds.

I just switched over to StrongVPN (http://www.strongvpn.com/) and so far it’s a massive improvement. 45 USD for 3 months and no bandwidth limit. It’s based in the US so it might not be as risk free as its Swedish counterpart but I wouldn’t fully trust a UK company either.

]]> By: Maude http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-269171 Maude Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:12:29 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-269171 Does anybody know of a VPN that actually works on a Mac running Leopard? VPNtunnel and VPNout don't work and Relakks drops every 20 minutes. Does anybody know of a VPN that actually works on a Mac running Leopard? VPNtunnel and VPNout don’t work and Relakks drops every 20 minutes.

]]> By: Maude http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-269056 Maude Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:43:10 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-269056 I paid $100 for VPNout for My Mac. It didn't connect. I sent their wiki a lengthy letter about the problem. They responded asking about my configuration and pointed out all the mistakes in their blurb about how to set up for a Mac. I answered and then waited 3 more days just to get a email saying that they are refunding my money. Upshot: It won't work on a Mac and their support stinks. I paid $100 for VPNout for My Mac. It didn’t connect. I sent their wiki a lengthy letter about the problem. They responded asking about my configuration and pointed out all the mistakes in their blurb about how to set up for a Mac. I answered and then waited 3 more days just to get a email saying that they are refunding my money.
Upshot: It won’t work on a Mac and their support stinks.

]]> By: bopshwop http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-242839 bopshwop Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:20:55 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-242839 My experience on a Mac: Relakks is OK but a bit flakey. Won't connect to certain websites because the MTU has to be adjusted, but I haven't been able to figure out where (in the router? in the computer? in azureus? in some combination of the above?). It works fine for torrents, but I can't surf while that's going on. VPNOut works great. And it's cheap. Only problem: servers are in Florida and I'm in Europe. My bandwidth takes a 50% hit going back and forth. Also, only 15GB/month, which is not much. I used up nearly 4 on the first night. My experience on a Mac:

Relakks is OK but a bit flakey. Won’t connect to certain websites because the MTU has to be adjusted, but I haven’t been able to figure out where (in the router? in the computer? in azureus? in some combination of the above?). It works fine for torrents, but I can’t surf while that’s going on.

VPNOut works great. And it’s cheap. Only problem: servers are in Florida and I’m in Europe. My bandwidth takes a 50% hit going back and forth. Also, only 15GB/month, which is not much. I used up nearly 4 on the first night.

]]> By: Jack http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-242090 Jack Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:35:18 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-242090 I thought giving Relakks a chance for one month. 6 Euros wasted! I can barely surf and switching on P2P kills everything. Is this some kind of scam ? Getting people to pay and than ignoring their emails ? I think they got their PayPal account suspended as I counld not pay them with PayPal. I wish I could get my money back. I feel I've been tricked. I thought giving Relakks a chance for one month. 6 Euros wasted!
I can barely surf and switching on P2P kills everything. Is this some kind of scam ? Getting people to pay and than ignoring their emails ?
I think they got their PayPal account suspended as I counld not pay them with PayPal.
I wish I could get my money back. I feel I’ve been tricked.

]]> By: Karin http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-229966 Karin Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:04:37 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-229966 re #49: In the video above Jonas Birgersson, boss of Relakks, talks about everything, almost, that you need to know about Relakks. re #49:

In the video above Jonas Birgersson, boss of Relakks, talks about everything, almost, that you need to know about Relakks.

]]> By: Karin http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-229965 Karin Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:00:46 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-229965 Here is a movie with the boss of Relakks-company. He is interviewed by Thomas Crampton: Link: http://light.vpod.tv/?s=0.0.201364 Here is a movie with the boss of Relakks-company. He is interviewed by Thomas Crampton:

Link: http://light.vpod.tv/?s=0.0.201364

]]> By: anonymous http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-227574 anonymous Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:35:04 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-227574 I have a basic question about using VPN. I use Optimum and they started throtteling torrent traffic using traffic shaping which interferes with my ability to seed torrents, especially on private torrent sites, thereby screwing my (previously robust)share ratios. So here's my basic/novice question: If the VPN is anonymizing my torrent use by assigning a random ISP to me when I seed a torrent how do I get "credit" for whatever I am seeding/uploading and thus maintain my share ratio. It's really my only need for VPN since my ability to download has not been throttled - only my seeding/uploading. I use Azureus and all of my seeds are "blue" and not connecting (or disconnect after a few seconds). Using the encryption and lazy bitfield settings on Azureus barely helped - especially for seeding torrents with private torrent sites like (RIP) Oink. I have a basic question about using VPN. I use Optimum and they started throtteling torrent traffic using traffic shaping which interferes with my ability to seed torrents, especially on private torrent sites, thereby screwing my (previously robust)share ratios.
So here’s my basic/novice question: If the VPN is anonymizing my torrent use by assigning a random ISP to me when I seed a torrent how do I get “credit” for whatever I am seeding/uploading and thus maintain my share ratio. It’s really my only need for VPN since my ability to download has not been throttled – only my seeding/uploading. I use Azureus and all of my seeds are “blue” and not connecting (or disconnect after a few seconds). Using the encryption and lazy bitfield settings on Azureus barely helped – especially for seeding torrents with private torrent sites like (RIP) Oink.

]]> By: Anonymous http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-216054 Anonymous Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:02:04 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-216054 I've been finding exactly the opposite; Relakks is very, very stable. A tip; if you're worried about the account going unprotected, you can simply set up a firewall on the unprotected interface and block the torrent program. I have windows server 2003, with windows firewall on relakks only, and zonealarm on LAN only, and it works great! :) I’ve been finding exactly the opposite; Relakks is very, very stable.

A tip; if you’re worried about the account going unprotected, you can simply set up a firewall on the unprotected interface and block the torrent program. I have windows server 2003, with windows firewall on relakks only, and zonealarm on LAN only, and it works great! :)

]]> By: ColdSmoke http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-208767 ColdSmoke Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:50:06 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-208767 Thanks for the excellent review of Relakks and other VPN sites. I subscribed to Relakks (before reading this post) on 11/05 for 1 month service. I paid for service through PayPal. I carefully recorded my log on information but Relakks servers give me "user not found" error. I emailed them twice following the protocol listed in their FAQ. It's been 4 days now and I have not heard from Relakks. As pointed out in this review Relakks' customer service SUCKS. Relakks has left me hanging without me knowing anything. This is a bad thing to do if you are a company looking for repeat business. Thanks for the review. I will check out the other VPN sites you have mentioned. -CS Thanks for the excellent review of Relakks and other VPN sites.

I subscribed to Relakks (before reading this post) on 11/05 for 1 month service.

I paid for service through PayPal.

I carefully recorded my log on information but Relakks servers give me “user not found” error.

I emailed them twice following the protocol listed in their FAQ.

It’s been 4 days now and I have not heard from Relakks.

As pointed out in this review Relakks’ customer service SUCKS.

Relakks has left me hanging without me knowing anything.

This is a bad thing to do if you are a company looking for repeat business.

Thanks for the review. I will check out the other VPN sites you have mentioned.

-CS

]]> By: Rycon http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-208360 Rycon Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:34:42 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-208360 Im a bit confused. Is this the answer to anonymous bittorrenting? I would be willing to pay $20 in a heart beat if it meant i was actually protected, even if it did mean speed. Check this out in the Privacy policy: "If we believe that your use of the service is unlawful or damaging to others, we reserve the right to disclose the information we have obtained through the service about you to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in our opinion to prevent, remedy or take action in relation to such conduct." The word Opinion is pretty vague and I dont like that at all. This almost seems like a media defender trap to me. Is this service available to the US? I just dont understand the whole impact this has on our goal of anonymous P2P. Im a bit confused.

Is this the answer to anonymous bittorrenting? I would be willing to pay $20 in a heart beat if it meant i was actually protected, even if it did mean speed.

Check this out in the Privacy policy:

“If we believe that your use of the service is unlawful or damaging to others, we reserve the right to disclose the information we have obtained through the service about you to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in our opinion to prevent, remedy or take action in relation to such conduct.”

The word Opinion is pretty vague and I dont like that at all.

This almost seems like a media defender trap to me.

Is this service available to the US?

I just dont understand the whole impact this has on our goal of anonymous P2P.

]]> By: wareman http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-207436 wareman Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:09:33 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-207436 My experiences with relakks are just opposite. I've had couple times problems connecting to relakks but after some time it connects and stays connected for days. I have used relakks now for over month and it never dropped my connection even if i am running on hundreds of torrents at the same time. I have 100/100 home connection and i can get pretty good speeds with relakks, 2-4MB/s when seeding and downloading. Thanks to relakks i can bybass my isp's p2p filtering and fully use torrents. My experiences with relakks are just opposite. I’ve had couple times problems connecting to relakks but after some time it connects and stays connected for days. I have used relakks now for over month and it never dropped my connection even if i am running on hundreds of torrents at the same time. I have 100/100 home connection and i can get pretty good speeds with relakks, 2-4MB/s when seeding and downloading. Thanks to relakks i can bybass my isp’s p2p filtering and fully use torrents.

]]> By: Programming Blog http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-207111 Programming Blog Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:40:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-207111 <strong>Tor and PHP - Resolve IP Address with Socks5...</strong> When using tor with PHP, dns resolution leaks can occur as they are generally not proxied. The following two functions can be used to resolve domain names or do a reverse lookup on IP addresses over a socks5 connection. Tested with php4 function socks... Tor and PHP – Resolve IP Address with Socks5…

When using tor with PHP, dns resolution leaks can occur as they are generally not proxied. The following two functions can be used to resolve domain names or do a reverse lookup on IP addresses over a socks5 connection.
Tested with php4

function socks…

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]]> By: pneumatic ted http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-206059 pneumatic ted Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:50:48 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/getting-stressed-out-with-anonymous-bittorrent-071105/#comment-206059 Hey was your problem installing VPN Tunnel related to an issue with installing the TAP Win32 virtual ethernet adapter Hey was your problem installing VPN Tunnel related to an issue with installing the TAP Win32 virtual ethernet adapter

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