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How does BitTorrent work with only outbound connections?

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Mar 15, 202621248 views
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What is the mechanism behind allowing BitTorrent to work with only outbound connections? That is, without port forwarding. Brian's BitTorrent FAQ and Guide says: BitTorrent will usually work fine in a NAT (network address translation) environment, since it can function with only outbound connection…

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As far as I know, It works using reverse connections - basically, your client does an outgoing connection which is kept open by the remote machine and they pump data through that same connection. If everyone used this and no one had ports setup, it …

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