Peer Gurdian 1.98b

[junkyardking]

Peer Guardian has just been updated to 1.98b

http://www.methlabs.org/methlabs.htm

One of the new things that it has is connection logging which logs all connections to your computer, this is useful because if you receive a letter ect you can cross reference this with the log so can submit the offending ip to the database, this may not protect in this first instance but allows others to be protected which is far better than nothing.

[Ma5t3rM1nD]

I ain't really intrested in a "newer" version but a "newer" IP list which is the newest Plain text list and how many IPs does it block anyone know?

[Forevame7189]

sorry if I may sound stupid but, is there like a how to thing to use peer guardian and update it?

[davt100]

if you download the new version is the guarding.p2p file updated as well or do you have to update it yourself
i would rather get caught than type in hundreds of ip adresses

[Hdestm8r]

Updating PeerGuardian IP's is easy and takes 20 seconds to do, if you do it manually.

Just go to the website and select the "Plain Text" option of the list. "Highlight" and copy the list.

Open the file "Guarding.P2P" in the PeerGuardian folder. Open the file in Notepad. Highlight all existing IP's and delete, now just "Paste" the previously copied listed into the file and save. You now have the latest IP list.

[davt100]

cheers mate thats very helpful i never thought of doing it that way

by the way does everyone know about new kazaalite wich has peer guardian software built in ive just downloaded it but not installed it yet

[Forevame7189]

thank you Hdestm8r.....now at least I have something to protect me (even though its not full proof)

[vivitron 15]

there is a new version at the site now...stg like 1.98.1

it has a good feature of logging all traffic, so if you do recieve a letter/email from ISP, you can find the IP of the culprit and send it in to the official database (at the link above)


Remember kids

>>>ONLY USE THE OFFICIAL IP RANGES<<<

[stoi]

i downloaded the new version of PG earlier, was taking 99% cpu all the time and as soon as i started it, it blocked universal studios 3 times in like 30 seconds. but the funny thing is i wasnt sharing/uploading/downloading anything at the time.

so imo peergaurdian is still a useless program that is just designed to scare ppl that they are getting tracked so they will stop sharing and i think i will just take my chances without it.

stoi

[n00bies]

Hmmm everytime I connect to the net, it says that it has blocked the MPAA 4 times these connects are very quick over 2 different IP&#39;s. This would kinda make sense I only tend to download movies&#33;

But I again wasnt on Kazaa? I had only just opened my connection. So does it mean I have a spider or something in one of meh files trying to send back info to them? :rolleyes:

[RealitY]

Some IP&#39;s in the Database are mislabeled, I&#39;ve seen that some people avatars on this site that are hosted elsewhere are listed as hostiles in PG. Keep in mind it is updated regularly. I have submitted several bad ranges which were removed in a couple of days. The PG Database is still at the moment the best we have.

[RealitY]

by the way does everyone know about new kazaalite&nbsp; wich has peer guardian software built in ive just downloaded it but not installed it yet
You can read on it at http://www.klboard.ath.cx/bb/index.php?act...t=0#entry387264 (http://www.klboard.ath.cx/bb/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=53999&st=0#entry387264).

[Ripper24]

We are having some troubles with IP Ranges posted by users,
however we are trying to clean the database very often.

If you know of a bad range please let us know at

PG board (http://mercuria.no-ip.org/pg/)

If you need help with firewalls, we have some guides that you can use for ZApro4 and Sygate

Ripper24

PS. and REALITY at his time we have no info about this range
38.0.0.0 - 38.255.255.255 where did you get the info ?

[Bobohiotk]

Ripper24,
Where can I get the guides for ZAP 4.0?

Also, since Peer Guardian was updated after the recent update of K-lite, does PG have to be updated outside of K-lite, or can the update for PG be done within K-lite?

Thanks in advance&#33;

[Switeck]

Originally posted by Ripper24@24 July 2003 - 17:37
PS. and REALITY at his time we have no info about this range
38.0.0.0 - 38.255.255.255 where did you get the info ?
I have personally seen really evil Gnutella bots working in the 38.144.65.0 - 34.144.200.255 range. They came within an ace of making the Gnutella network totally useless (not that it&#39;s very great to begin with...)

38.0.0.0 - 38.255.255.255 is MUCH too large a range to block&#33;

[dimmelus]

You can use the MS-DOS Prompt in Start>Run>command.com...just type in "netstat" along with whatever other commands and it&#39;ll give you a list of IP connections

[ubstu]

Anyone else having trouble installing Peer Guardian or know a way to get around this. Every time I try to run the new version I get
Run-Time &#39;432&#39; (or &#39;430&#39;) Error
File name or class name not found during Automation operation

I don&#39;t understand why this error is coming up since the older version of PG worked just fine and when I unistalled it, and installed the newest one, this pops up.

URGENT PLEASE RESPOND&#33;

[slick nick]

http://www.simplyclick.org/uploadertest/pg2zap.asp

i found that on soulseeks message board in a topic that updates on bad ip&#39;s and used it to convert the bad ip list into a blocklist for kerio. It can do the same for any firewall and involves what&#39;s in the url. A simple click.

[Hdestm8r]

Here is a link that will convert the "Bad IP List" into a multitude of different formats for various firewalls and programs.

Bluetack (http://www.bluetack.co.uk/convert.html)

[Iridium]

For info http://www.klboard.ath.cx/bb/index.php?showtopic=56120

Check out the script i mentioned on page 2 of the thread I mentioned to update the IPs (stick the batch file in your startup folder)

Edit: heres the batch file you need

@echo off

cd "c:&#092;Program Files&#092;PeerGuardian_1.96b&#092;"

"PG_Update.vbs"

start PeerGuardian_1.96b.exe

exit

just replace paths&#092;file names with your own.

and the vbs to automatically update:

&#39; Peer Guardian - IP Blocking List Update Script (v0.1)
&#39;
&#39; by com
&#39;

&#39; Peer Guardian Website: http://xs.tech.nu/pg/
&#39;

&#39; Description: A simple script that updates Peer-Guardians IP Block list
&#39; from a regularly updated online source.
&#39;

&#39; Instructions:- Modify the configurables below as necessary.
&#39; - Run this script each time before using Peer-Guardian.
&#39;

&#39; NOTE: This script entirely replaces the original &#39;Guardian.P2P&#39; file with the
&#39; updated IP list. Thus any manual additions to the IP block list will be
&#39; lost.
&#39;

&#39;
&#39;************* Configurables *************

&#39; Online IP Block List in Plain Text
Const IPListURL = "http://www.simply-click.org/uploadertest/pg2_plaintext.asp"

&#39; Location of Peer Guardian &#39;Guarding.P2P&#39; IP block list
Const PGPath = "Guarding.P2P"

&#39; Supress any warning messages
Const SilentMode = FALSE

&#39;*****************************************


PG_Update


Function PG_Update

On Error Resume Next

&#39;
&#39; Connect to the IP List Website & Grab the page
&#39;

Set o_HTTP = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
o_HTTP.Open "GET", IPListURL, false
o_HTTP.Send

if Err.Number = -2146697211 then
if SilentMode = FALSE then
msgbox "There was a problem connecting to the URL:" & VBNewLine & _
IPListURL & VBNewLine & VBNewLine & _
"The IP list will not be updated on this occasion", _
vbExclamation
end if
exit function
end if

strng = o_HTTP.responsetext


&#39;
&#39; Parse the page to get the IPs
&#39;

Dim regEx
Set regEx = New RegExp
regEx.Global = True

regEx.Pattern = "Plain Text Version
&#092;s*?
" & _
"([&#092;s&#092;S]*?)" & _
"<font face=.*"
Set Matches = regEx.Execute(strng)

regEx.Pattern = "&#092;s*(.*?):(.*?)
"
Set Matches = regEx.Execute(Matches(0).SubMatches(0))

&#39;
&#39; Open the Peer Guardian IP List file for writing
&#39;

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile(PGPath, True)

For Each Match in Matches
OutFile.Writeline Match.SubMatches(0) & ":" & Match.SubMatches(1)
Next

OutFile.close
set Http = nothing

End Function

or to download PG IP update (http://www.lofg.com/resources/PG_Update.zip)

source: Overclockers security thread page2 (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?threadid=82920&perpage=30&pagenumber=2)

[Bobohiotk]

Iridium,
Much obliged for the script. Efficiency and parsimony combined.

[ninjamonkey]

how is peer guardian different from blocking bad IP ranges which is included in klite?

[RealitY]

Originally posted by ninjamonkey@26 July 2003 - 03:15
how is peer guardian different from blocking bad IP ranges which is included in klite?
In theory the BannedIPRanges in KL++ is better since it is also supposed to block UDP, which PG doesn&#39;t. Though KL++ has no log.

[chalkmongoose]

I think that Peerguardian is useless. Anything it can do can be done better with a good corporate firewall like one that norton provides, and a list of DOS commands.

[Bobohiotk]

ninjamonkey,
K-lite K++2.41 was released 7/22. Peer Guardian was upgraded to 1.981b according to their website on 7/20. Since the dates are so close, I was assuming that K-lite 2.41 contained to previous ver of PG. If anyone knows for sure which ver of PG is contained in K++ 2.41 can you let me know? The reason this may be relevant is that there were changes made to the logging functions in PG 1.981b. But, regardless of the PG upgrade, as everyone knows, the IP addresses will continuously need to be upgraded.

[RealitY]

Originally posted by chalkmongoose@26 July 2003 - 04:12
I think that Peerguardian is useless. Anything it can do can be done better with a good corporate firewall like one that norton provides, and a list of DOS commands.
Agreed, I import the IP&#39;s into my Zone Alarm 4.0, and it is much more effective.

[RealitY]

Originally posted by Bobohiotk@26 July 2003 - 21:07
ninjamonkey,
K-lite K++2.41 was released 7/22. Peer Guardian was upgraded to 1.981b according to their website on 7/20. Since the dates are so close, I was assuming that K-lite 2.41 contained to previous ver of PG. If anyone knows for sure which ver of PG is contained in K++ 2.41 can you let me know?
Peer Guardian is NOT built into KL++, KL++ has an IP blocker built in that is similar to PG and at the time of being made used the current IP list from the PG Database.

The only concern anyone should have is how often they should update the IP list in it, for more info read http://www.klboard.ath.cx/bb/index.php?act...t=0#entry387264 (http://www.klboard.ath.cx/bb/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=53999&st=0#entry387264).

[Bobohiotk]

Peer Guardian is NOT built into KL++, KL++ has an IP blocker built in that is similar to PG and at the time of being made used the current IP list from the PG Database.

The only concern anyone should have is how often they should update the IP list in it, for more info read http://www.klboard.ath.cx/bb/index.php?act...t=0#entry387264.
Reality,
Thanks for the clarification.

[TheMan1891]

If there is one thing that PG needs its an automatic updater&#33;

[TheMan1891]

If there is one thing that PG needs its an automatic updater&#33;