PeerGuardian or Built-In IP blocker?

[Tundraswan]

Hi, I only just recently noticed eMule had the facility for blocking IP ranges. Previously I had just been running pglite in the background, but I have now loaded the IP list into emules own IP blocker and closed pglite.

So I was wondering, was I being protected with my original setup? Will loading the IP ranges into eMule slow its performance down? Does anyone know if running a seperate solution like pglite is actually better?

Thanks for any help. :aim

[crackerjacker]

well if u update your ip range from peerguardian site, or from other sites that have ip range updates to block out evil riaa or mpaa then u can use it in emule.

on a note each ip range u have could not be a real riaa/mpaa evil basterd, is not perfect.
so decide what u going to do and do it.

[inoesomestuff]

how do you get a list / what do i do with peer guardian

[ducttapeBigSexy]

Well, in Linux I use aMule (which is basically eMule) with it's built in blocklist manager, and I've had no problems.

To get an updated list, here's what you do:
1. Go to www.methlabs.org/sync and download the list you want. At the very least, download the Anti-P2P - the other lists will just give you more protection (i.e., if you think the gov't is watching you, or whatever)
2. Extract guarding.p2p from the file using a program such as WinZip or WinRAR (for Window users). If you're cheap (like me :) ), 7zip will do the same thing http://www.7-zip.org/


Now, to update the list in eMule, click Tools, IP Filter. Highlight all the ranges in there, and click Delete. Then, click Append, navigate to the file you just extracted, and click OK. eMule will do the rest.

To update PGLite, just copy the guarding.p2p file into the directory you extracted PGLite into. Say Yes to overwrite the old copy there.

If you want to update aMule (this covers just the Linux version), it's a little more difficult. You'll have to convert the guarding.p2p list into an eDonkey list (I use http://bluetack.co.uk 's online converter), and paste the results into (I think - I'm doing this from memory right now) ~/.aMule/ipranges.dat (something along the lines of that)

[inoesomestuff]

ty for the quick reply i will try it, does this work for everything or emule only?

[method]

PG covers all protocols nowadays... so it'll work with all p2p apps. :;)

[ducttapeBigSexy]

Well, the built in block will work only if the program has a built in ip blocker - but i hope you had already figured that out :)

Otherwise, peer guardian will work with any p2p application - and even apps that aren't p2p (like web browsers, chat clients, etc.). Peer Guardian will block your entire computer from connecting - a built in ip blocker in a p2p app will only work with that single p2p app (which, in general, is usually good enough)

[CactusChris]

Peerguardian is ok - but I've found that Protowall is better - note that this is just a subjective opinion and I fully respect other's opinion on what is better - but it is worth a try.
I also use blocklist manager to get all relevant blocklists, assemble them and eliminate the duplicates, than save it in the correct format.
Best regards
Chris

[infringer]

Anything thats going to decrese your chances of being targetted by the MPAA/RIAA is a good thing this is a good idea having IP ranges and blocking them but it sucks if your IP falls in that range for some odd reason.

For every plus there is a downside.

I like the concepts of security as a whole the best solution is still not here in my opinon but there is some good solutions out there so far all concepts for folks to build on.

-infringer-