[tor-talk] Azureus cannot work with Tor

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On 22/03/12 20:31, proper at secure-mail.biz wrote:

>> Does this advice apply if your torrent client can and does use a proxy
>> properly?
> 
> Short answer: Yes. Long answer: see below.
> 
>>  If so, why?
> 
> Due to protocol leaks.
> Read https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO

If your machine doesn't know its public IP address (because of NAT) and
all of its outgoing TCP traffic is forced over Tor (using TransPort),
and all of its non-TCP traffic is dropped, then it is safe from any such
protocol leaks.

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