Socks5?

[YouveGotMeowxy]

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I'd like to use my vpn in socks5 settings. In qbtorrent there's an area in settings to fill the info in but I dont see how in rutorrent?

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[YouveGotMeowxy]

Just to update in case anyone else stumbles along this post, and since no one seems to ever really reply here, I found out you can do it in a "hacky workaround" way, but it would be SO MUCH more user friendly if whoever has the ability to do so, just add it into the UI settings:

To add SOCKS5 Proxy add it to the .rtorrent.rc file (note, there is also a rtorrent.rc W/OUT a dot in front; that won't work):

i.e. config/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc

network.http.proxy_address.set = "socks5h://<uname>:<pw>@<yoursock5provider>:1080"

[ToshY]

@YouveGotMeowxy I was looking for this, so thanks. I think however that the issue should be raised in Novik/ruTorrent instead, as this repo is just a docker image for it.

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Edit

I've realised changing the setting this setting in .rtorrent.rc, changes it in UI if you look at Settings > Advanced > http_proxy. But trying to change the proxy_address setting, both in the UI as well as .rtorrent.rc (network.proxy_address.set) returns error Could not set proxy address: Try again.

I'm not sure what the difference is between network.proxy_address.set and network.http.proxy_address.set.

[YouveGotMeowxy]

@ToshY Sorry, I'm not sure why yours isn't working. Mine works; I've even tested that the IP changes with an IP checker.

[ToshY]

Hey @YouveGotMeowxy 👋

I think you've slighly misunderstood what I meant. The setting you've denoted network.http.proxy_address.set does "work" (also tested it with a magnet link with ipleak.net), but this is apparently only for tracker connections, whereas network.proxy_address.set is for peer connections.¹

Because I was unsure what that actually meant, I've tested this, and saw that when I have ruTorrent setup with network.http.proxy_address.set with sock5 proxy, and connect it to a torrent, while at the same time connecting another torrent client to the same torrent, it still showed the original hostname/ip for the ruTorrent client and not the proxy hostname.

So that's why I also wanted to set network.proxy_address.set, which doesn't work 🙁

Footnotes

1. https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/issues/105#issuecomment-467220400 ↩

[YouveGotMeowxy]

@ToshY oh wow! You're right, I did misunderstand. That's scary to know actually!

I've been running it for awhile now using only the "tracker proxy" thinking I'm covered. Thankfully no DM-CA notices since switching that "on", but now I'm a lil freaked out. Please keep me updated if you get the "peers proxy" part working!

[ToshY]

Hey @YouveGotMeowxy 👋

I will keep you updated. In the meantime I've created an issue at rakshasa/rtorrent#1238. Don't really have much hope for it, as rtorrent doesn't seem to be maintained anymore (and the latest release 0.9.8 was almost 4 years ago) 🙁

So we shall see.

[ToshY]

Hey @YouveGotMeowxy 👋

Apparently there has never been any support for setting a socks5 proxy for peer connections: rakshasa/rtorrent#1238 (comment)
Not sure if it will be implemented some day, as rtorrent itself doesn't seem to be actively maintained anymore.