µTorrent Beta Build 411, now with encryption!

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Edit: sorry, but Build 412 just came out: http://www.utorrent.com/download/beta/utorrent-1.4.1-beta-build-412.exe

Grab the beta and check out their new site. :)

P.S. Don't forget to Digg it as well, so other people can know about it.

Changelog said:
--- 2006-01-31: Version 1.4.1-beta (build 412)
- Feature: Support min_interval key
- Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
- Fix: [beta] Directory wasn't deleted when deleting data.
- Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
- Change: Protect webui with a password
- Fix: [beta] Statusbar was broken
- Fix: [beta] Connected to too many peers.
- Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
- Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
- Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
- Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
- Change: Include beta build # in http requests.

--- 2006-01-29: Version 1.4.1-beta (build 411)
- Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
- Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
- Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.
- Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
- Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
- Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
- Feature: Protocol Encryption (compatible with future azureus)
- Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
- Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
- Change: Read cache uses less CPU
- Change: Support paths >260 chars.


--- 2006-01-19: Version 1.4.1-beta (build 406)
- Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
- Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
- Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
- Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
- Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
- Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
- Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
- Fix: Fix small bug with negative peer upload counters introduced in 405.
- Change: Improvements to RSS parser


--- 2006-01-16: Version 1.4.1-beta (build 405)
- Feature: RSS toolbar button
- Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
- Change: Pause button toggles
- Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work

--- 2006-01-15: Version 1.4.1-beta (build 404)
- Feature: ESC minimizes
- Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
- Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
- Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
- Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
- Change: Changed date format
- Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
- Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
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http://www.utorrent.com/download/beta/utorrent-1.4.1-beta-build-412.txt
 
yeah, im curious about that as well, it clearly cant encrypt the torrent data itself
 
- Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field

maybe it is that.
 
I did some reading, and this is intended to bypass traffic shaping that some ISPs are implementing. It only encrypts the packet header. What im wondering is if an ids appliance such as snort can still pick up the packets because the actual data is in the clear
 
KoolDrew: Yesterday. ;) Though the design was presented a few months ago...I even helped squash a few bugs here and there. Ignorantcow did an excellent job on the site, IMHO. :cool:

The encryption is to bypass crappy ISP restrictions as jbrukardt pointed out. It's fully compliant with the encryption scheme used by Azureus (it's a joint-developed system between the developers of both programs). And you can select between a handshake only encryption scheme, all traffic, forced encryption and of course you can turn it off. All in all a win-win situation for every user. :)
 
Anyone know if the "all traffic" option makes it so an IDS wouldnt pick up torrents? Also, how much inspection would it take by say a net-sec officer to determine that this new traffic was torrents.
 
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