Will a VPN hide torrent activity from a network admin?

Question

I'm on a college campus, will a VPN be able to hide torrenting activity from a network admin? Just wondering really how VPN works.

Solution

A VPN will encrypt your traffic, but if you are trying to use a torrent to download something to your current location, network admins might still see a large amount of outbound data compared to other computers.

Comments

[ceejayoz]

Just a note: we're all assuming you're VPNing to a network that's not controlled by the college. If you're VPNing into a network the college set up, this won't help. :-)

[Admin]

Haha yeah its not a vpn setup by the college :P

[OpeningsKing]

Thanks :) I wouldn't use Tor for that though. (cause they ask ppl not to)

[Chris_K]

Right -- there's no hiding the volume of traffic, but the contents should be hidden.

[Seth]

Kk cool, yeah im using wireshark now to see what the admins see.. interesting :p