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Sanity Check Setup (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just making sure I'm not missing something obvious:

Self-hosted Linux VM with protonVPN and QBitorrent installed on it.

QBittorrent networking bound only to ProtonVPN's virtual interface with killswitch and secure core enabled.

Auto updates enabled and a scripted alert system if ProtonVPN dies. Obviously everything with very secure unique passwords.

Is this a safe setup to run 24/7 to torrent and seed with?

Are there any significant risks I'm missing? Thanks, fellow sea salts!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't speak to the paid ProtonVPN service, but their free tier doesn't allow torrenting. They'll disconnect you with a slap on the wrist error about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Seems fair TBH, you're easily sending TBs of data through it, that's not the intention of the free tier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I found that out the hard way lol. Was just a soft warning. Premium tier allows P2P traffic and actually provides torrent-optimized servers too.