Hello,

I am using qbittorrent for torrenting and my ISP has refused to open up firewall because of fucking “security” reasons. however I can still seed the torrent how is that possible? I mean all the incoming connections should be blocked right? isn’t it how firewall works?

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Stop using your ISPs router and they’re not going to have much control over it.

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no they have firewall enabled on their side so even if I use my own router it won’t do much.

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That sounds weird and super invasive…where is this?

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They’re probably just using CGNAT.

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Ipv4 shortage lead to a lot of IPS adopting CG-NATs where they are sharing one exit IPv4 for multiple end users and that’s why opening a port on the end user side won’t do a thing as your just opening a port in the ISP Network and not to the Internet

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Who says the ISP isn’t blocking ports via a firewall?

I thought it was common practice for ISPs to block certain ports for residential connections?

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Also in some places your ISPs can refuse to give you the PPPoE keys

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