![]() ![]() Incoming data works the same way except in reverse and in that case the data gets encrypted at the VPN server and then decrypted once it gets to your machine. Here's what happens when you want to download a torrent w/both Your computer get's ready to send the request to a proxy server the vpn client (which is between all your incoming/outgoing data) encrypts the request from your computer's end the fully encrypted data is sent from your machine, through your ISP, to you're VPN providers server Data is decrypted at VPN server and request is sent to the proxy server proxy server get's request, authenticates the connection, and sends it on to it's final destination. A vpn + proxy together works as a tunnel within a tunnel, think of the inner tunnel being the proxy and the outer being the vpn. Your original thought that it adds an added layer of protection was correct. I don't want to seem like I'm attacking them but what they're concerned about simply doesn't happen. *****One note before I dive into this, qbittorrent has some serious bugs that mess with proxy and vpn use (sometimes together, sometimes on their own) which is the cause of most issues people for the record, what is saying about more points of failure is complete nonsense in this context. Want to back this issue? Post a bounty on it! We accept bounties via Bountysource. Other times it seems as if it doesn't matter what the settings are, it just won't work. After waiting a while without success, I usually end up playing around with the following options: (1) Port used for incoming connections (2) Use UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding from my router and (3) Disable connections not supported by proxies. Disable connections not supported by proxies. ![]() Use UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding from my router.I understand that it obviously should take longer if I disable connections not supported by proxies, but it still takes forever even when I disable that option. Sometimes it won't start downloading, even if I wait over an hour. My client takes a really, really long time to detect seeds and start downloading while running a VPN and proxy. QBittorrent v3.3.13 on Windows 10 64-bit What is the problem: QBittorrent version and Operating System: ![]()
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