Re: How did they get behind my NAT?

Rick Merrill <rick0.merrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Jim Watt wrote:
...I believe with
bittorrents you don't know where things come from.

That's right, delivery packages could have been modified.

As I understand bittorrent, it should not be. Your system is supposed to
chech the hash of that package and refuse it if it is wrong ( the hash
coming from the tracker). Or have I misunderstood bittorrent?

.

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