Hi all. First off Im not sure if this is the correct place for this topic, if it should be in the general security forum. If this is the wrong place I apologise and will delete the thread and re-start it. I should also note I am new to advanced networking.
So on to my question. Net neutrality has always been a big issue for me and it is one that has finally come home to roost. The largest isp in my country has finally made a deal with some of the major entertainment corporations to disconnect filesharers. Because of where I currently live I must use this isp and I want to continue to use torrents. The isp made this deal as part of a high court case brought against them; The companies will supply the isp with lists of IP's of filesharers using that isp. The isp will send C&D letters and eventually disconnect any of the customers who's ip appears on the list.
What I want to do is hide my true IP from the bittorrent swarm. I have been doing some research and the only way it appears I can do this is by using a SOCKS proxy. Is this correct? I have some web hosting with plenty of bandwidth and I am prepared to use this to set up my own personal proxy. I would like to be able to route my bit torrent traffic only through this proxy so my real ip is not visible to a cursory look at the swarm. Alternatively if there was a way to use the server to torrent as a remote machine to download the torrent and then direct download the finished files to me that would also work, but I assume it would require a dedicated host machine and I cant afford that.