Do not use the CWRU VPN for BitTorrent. I cannot stress this enough. Unlike a commercial VPN (Nord, Mullvad, Proton), CWRU logs everything . The university is legally liable for DMCA notices. If you download a Marvel movie on the CWRU VPN, the copyright holder sees CWRU’s public IP address. The notice goes to President Kaler’s office, then to ITS, then to your dean. You will lose your network privileges. Don't do it.
This level of security is critical for compliance with regulations such as FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), which govern the privacy of student and patient data handled by the university. vpn cwru
CWRU’s Information Technology (ITS) department pushes the Cisco AnyConnect VPN for three specific, legitimate reasons: Do not use the CWRU VPN for BitTorrent