What is the safest way to download usenet and torrent files

[johnnyspig]

Torrents are traceable, usenet is less so and with VPN even more so.

I agree. In all the reading and research I have done, I feel "safer" with usenet than torrents. I rarely use torrents and only for stuff that is hard to find on usenet and never without a VPN.

[pythoncancer]

use SSL ,it`ll cost may be dollar or two more but its best bet

Sir appreciate it -Good info shared and Thanks Admin in helping n00bs become experienced

sabnzbd though not easiest to setup, once it is, it usually works flawlessly

i find privacy.io one of the best vpn's out there, even worked on my android smartphone too

as for server, go into your account with astraweb and use the ssl servers,

- ssl.astraweb.com
- ssl-eu.astraweb.com (European servers)
- ssl-us.astraweb.com (U.S. servers)

when i was with astraweb i used eu one mainly with it's maximum connections,
and set us one as a backup only server as it tended to be slower.

with port 443
port 563 only really needed if your isp classes usenet as a p2p and throttles/blocks it, but very rare thats a case.

with ssl on, you don't actually need a vpn as all the isp can see is a bunch of encrypted data, they no idea if it legal or not, only time you would need a vpn is if your uploading to usenet, as then you would need to make a new email too under the vpn to make sure the email provider has no traces to your current isp.

as for torrents, emule, dc++, and any other file sharing systems in which your actively sharing automatically with others in a swarm style ip pool, then you must always use a secure vpn.

there are ip blockers but they not 100% reliable, and once in a swarm especially in a DHT server pool, when you disconnect it don't always remove you for anything up to 24 hours or till it auto resets.

I know this an old post but maybe this info might help others who come across it.

[secretcomp]

Peerblock for torrents, SSL for usenet if your paranoid

[Captnhook]

I've been using usenet since forever.
Hell I been using it before binaries.

[simpson3301]

Private Internet access costs $39 a year uses VPN to mask your IP address. Astraweb for the NZB files.

[xxonslaughtxx]

Never used torrents, wont risk it. Movie companies putting trackers on em and noting ips!

[davidchu234]

I think any form of VPN should be good enough for any sort of Downloading... Just mix things up and don't jump on those crazy new movie public torrents

[Mcnasty1]

does using red shield help with torrent site?
if so how you use it

[maddog14]

Thanks for the great info. I am using your usenet pointers and downloading like a champ! I have sabnzb set up to access outside my network along with Couchpotato and Plex. All using SSL. Now that I understand this usenet stuff I wouldnt ever go back to tors. Thanks again!

sabnzbd though not easiest to setup, once it is, it usually works flawlessly

i find privacy.io one of the best vpn's out there, even worked on my android smartphone too

as for server, go into your account with astraweb and use the ssl servers,

- ssl.astraweb.com
- ssl-eu.astraweb.com (European servers)
- ssl-us.astraweb.com (U.S. servers)

when i was with astraweb i used eu one mainly with it's maximum connections,
and set us one as a backup only server as it tended to be slower.

with port 443
port 563 only really needed if your isp classes usenet as a p2p and throttles/blocks it, but very rare thats a case.

with ssl on, you don't actually need a vpn as all the isp can see is a bunch of encrypted data, they no idea if it legal or not, only time you would need a vpn is if your uploading to usenet, as then you would need to make a new email too under the vpn to make sure the email provider has no traces to your current isp.

as for torrents, emule, dc++, and any other file sharing systems in which your actively sharing automatically with others in a swarm style ip pool, then you must always use a secure vpn.

there are ip blockers but they not 100% reliable, and once in a swarm especially in a DHT server pool, when you disconnect it don't always remove you for anything up to 24 hours or till it auto resets.

I know this an old post but maybe this info might help others who come across it.

[m7773d]

I'd recommend newsgroups. I use newsguy as my provider and NZB-O-Matic to download.

Torrent sites are much more dangerous and unreliable.