Does BitTorrent support Protocol Encryption?
Yes. You can choose Protocol Encryption’s mode of operation in BitTorrent. Here is an explanation of the various options you can choose from: • Disabled: Does not encrypt outgoing connections, but will accept encrypted incoming connections. • Enabled: Attempts to encrypt outgoing connections, but will fall back to an unencrypted mode if the connection fails. • Force: Attempts to encrypt outgoing connections, and will NOT fall back to an unencrypted mode if the connection fails. • Allow legacy incoming connections enables or disables incoming legacy (non-encrypted) connections. All modes will accept incoming encrypted connections (and the encryption is 2-way)! It is NOT recommended to turn off “Allow legacy incoming connections”, unless you cannot have any non-encrypted connections (typically in conjunction with Forced), in which case turning off “Allow legacy incoming connections” is acceptable.
