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{{Notability|date=July 2020}}
'''Protocol encryption''' ('''PE'''), '''message stream encryption''' ('''MSE''') or '''protocol header encrypt''' ('''PHE'''){{efn|Usually referred to as the more proper ''protocol header encryption''.}} are related features of some [[peer-to-peer]] [[file-sharing]] [[Comparison of file sharing applications|clients]], including [[BitTorrent client]]s. They attempt to enhance privacy and confidentiality. In addition, they attempt to make traffic harder to identify by third parties including [[internet service provider]]s (ISPs). However, it should be noted that encryption will not protect one from DMCA notices from sharting not legal content, as one is still uploading material and the monitoring firms can merely connect to the [[Glossary of BitTorrent terms|swarm]].
MSE/PE is implemented in [[BitComet]], BitTornado, [[Deluge (software)|Deluge]], [[Flashget]], [[KTorrent]], [[libtorrent]] (used by various BitTorrent clients, including [[qBittorrent]]), [[BitTorrent client|Mainline]], [[μTorrent]], [[qBittorrent]], [[rTorrent]], [[Transmission (BitTorrent client)|Transmission]], [[Tixati]] and [[Vuze]]. PHE was implemented in old versions of BitComet. Similar protocol [[obfuscation]] is supported in up-to-date versions of some other (non-BitTorrent) systems including [[eMule]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/help.cgi?l=1&rm=show_topic&topic_id=848|title=eMule protocol obfuscation (encryption)|publisher=emule-project.net|date=2006-09-16|accessdate=2010-03-11}}</ref>
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