BitTorrent
Wireshark supports the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent uses the Torrent file to download the content from the P2P network. The content that gets download through these programs is safe (depending on what kind of content is downloaded). Any download can contain Trojans or viruses so (this recommendation goes for any protocol used) be careful, especially when downloading any executable file or from unknown torrent URLs. All downloaded files are subjected to a scan. Open the bittorrent.pcapng file in Wireshark and check from that location that the content is getting downloaded.
The Wireshark BitTorrent dissector is able to decode the entire ...
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