Please be aware that using any proxy or proxy-like methods to bypass restrictions is considered a volatile (if not unwanted) topic on Linuxquestions.org (LQ). The reason for that is that (most of the time) restrictions are enforced for reasons (uni LAN, workplace monitoring, et cetera) that makes bypassing it illegal. And LQ should not aid in that. Mitigating circumstances to counter that, like being located inside certain countries like the UAE or PRC, can't be used because they cannot be verified by us.
Also please note that:
- using a proxy *will not* be reliable due to "Internet weather" and you not being in control of the proxy,
- the proxy may be used to intercept and monitor traffic with whatever purpose by the proxy owners,
- if restrictions are placed they might as well be monitored and the amount of traffic generated might be a good indication to the watchmen that somebody is trying to bypass restrictions.
That said...
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Originally Posted by secretlydead
I'm wondering if there's any good web-based software for this purpose?
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If you check
http://dessent.net/btfaq/#proxy you'll see Bittorrent needs different ports open for tracker nfo and for the actual transfers. With the local SOCKS solution you basically encapsulate requests over HTTP. This requires a remote SOCKS-capable proxy though. The other way could be to use a SSH SOCKS tunnel, see for instance
http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-over-ssh-071014/. That requires a remote shell though. Your requirement of methods being web-based (probably in the sense that you have a remote server account you can only put PHP-based things on) effectively kills all solutions: there are none I know (OK, but what do I know)...
