kannibalox

> @chros73 Sorry for the delay of the answer but I got caught up and then I forgot since nobody from the mods or the contributors were able to bring...

I wanted to explicitly separate out the proxy questions vs the VPN/syntax/other questions, given that this ticket was initially opened about proxy support specifically. Apologies if that came off badly....

Whether it's relevant it's relevant depends entirely on your goals and setup, but the specific commands to do so are [throttle.global_down.max_rate.set_kb](https://rtorrent-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cmd-ref.html?highlight=max_rate#term-throttle-global-down-max-rate-set-kb) and [throttle.global_up.max_rate.set_kb](https://rtorrent-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cmd-ref.html?highlight=max_rate#term-throttle-global-up-max-rate-set-kb)

If you haven't added a torrent that requires DHT, and since the mode is set to `auto` instead of `on`, it's most likely simply not getting activated. There are log...

Do you have `dht.add_node` commands in your config like in the OP's? `adding nodes (size:0)` makes it seem otherwise.

rTorrent does not currently support local peer discovery.

The torrent protocol's encryption provides very little actual protection, and is mostly intended to bypass ISP throttling. "Obfuscation" would be a better word for it, and that applies to all...

`view_add` is deprecated, `view.add` should be used instead, and the rest of the commands require the group to exist first. I've updated https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/wiki/RTorrentRatioHandling to match, but didn't test it extensively....

It's a generic OS error meaning that the address rtorrent is trying to bind to doesn't exist. Double check your configuration and make sure the address is created before rtorrent...

Haven't tried it myself, but symlinking it to /dev/null should work. `ln -s /dev/null /rtorrent.input_history`.