BitTorrent protocol encryption: Difference between revisions

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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]].

PE uses the same [[D-H]] exchange to establish the key, but it always encrypt the whole connection with [[RC4]].

They are incompatible with each other.