BitTorrent protocol encryption: Difference between revisions

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[http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9517694&forum_id=40629]

Protocol encryption was implemented in [[µTorrent]] version 1.4.1 build 407.

Azureus has yet to release a build with the newly-created joint MSE/PE specification. The current beta is using the old specification.

Due to a lack of cooperation between the Azureus and µTorrent developers, µTorrent was planning to use its own protocol. However, recent developments means they will collaborate on the protocol after all. [http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=45927#p45927] A new protocol specification was created by various developers and it was agreed that it is better than the method previously used in Azureus. Because of this, both clients implemented the same new encryption protocol. The new protocol is called MSE in Azureus and PE in µTorrent.

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The BitComet PHE method is not published.

With MSE/PE, users can choose between encrypting all the data or just the headers, and whether to accept non-encrypted connections. It uses a [[D-H]] exchange to establish the key, then it either uses [[RC4]] as the encryption method or just send the message as [[plaintext]].

They are incompatableincompatible with each other.

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