BitTorrent Protocol
This page provides information on the BitTorrent Protocol detected by the Netify DPI engine. The protocol primarily operates on 15 ports.
Protocol Description
BitTorrent is the most popular peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. It is typically used to download large files, as well as movies, music and other media.
Please see the protocol catalog page for information on other protocols detected by Netify DPI.
Protocol Details
- ID
- 37
- Category Tag
- file-sharing
- Category
- File Sharing
- Home Page
- BitTorrent
Protocol Ports - Detected
- UDP 6881
- Common
- TCP 6881
- Common
- UDP 6882
- Less Common
... and more
Best Practices
If not managed properly, BitTorrent software can consume an awful lot of bandwidth.