ignore unencryped peers

[drsassafras]

I would request that the "ignore unencrypted peers" check box be changed to read something like: "Ignore unencrypted peers in swarms larger than XXXX peers"

Where the XXXX is a number, default might be something like 1, so its function is almost the same as the previous box (with the exception of if there is only one peer in the swarm.

I find myself wanting to only use encrypted peers. My network I find is throttled and I think it helps. However, I don't want to loose valuable peers in some of the very small swarm torrents (where throttling is hardly an issue) I would love to be able to set it so if there is a swarm larger than 10 peers, only encrypted peers would be used. anything smaller, and encrypted peers would be favoured.

Great app. Love it very much.

[livings124]

Thanks for the suggestion, but encryption is meant to get around ISP throttling, etc. Allowing some to be unencrypted would defeat the whole purpose.

[drsassafras]

I think you misunderstand my suggestion. What I am asking for is in keeping with what you are saying. To clarify I would prefer for all to be encrypted in large swarms. When you have tiny swarms and are starved for any kind of download at all (even a throttled one) then I would like to see a throttled download.

See?

BTW, if its really all or nothing like you say (and I do believe you) why have an option to prefer encrypted peers? Is this by the same logic not a waste of a button?

[livings124]

Once you have one unencrypted, your ISP can detect and throttle. Regardless, this option is a feature few users would use.

You have a point about the "prefer unencrypted peers" option.