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[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yes, seeding works too, with no port forwarding. With mullvad, it just works and with proton I have to enable "moderate NAT" sometimes, but seeding works without port forwarding, it always has

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only because you're seeding to people that have port forwarding active. You can't seed to people that are running the same setup as yourself.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Port forwarding is a huge vulnerability. With proton it's not as much of a vulnerability, but it still opens a lot of shit that should stay closed

whatever the case is, I'm able to seed without port forwarding

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

You're opening a port in your VPN connection so no there's no "huge vulnerability" (even without a VPN you're only opening a port to your torrent client) and as mentioned, you're only seeding to people who have port forwarding set up. If more people run without it like yourself, the whole system breaks down.

[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

What do you think it makes you vulnerable to?