Did You Know There's An OpenSource Alternative Client?

[anon]

I said the option is being removed.

Either I failed to spot that or didn't notice your edit!

[chiefosceola]

Am I the only one that see's the irony here? You are worried about the security of your bt client but are downloading from a public tracker. That's like buying a condom but forgetting to put it on

[GCI]

Here's an interesting news post on the PeerGuardian forums I just noticed today.

TBH, I thought the whole PeerGuardian thing was dead as a doornail, but I guess they're still alive. I haven't seen a new non-beta release for years. (Same story with PeerBlock, which, coincidentally, is a branch from PeerGuardian.)

[anon]

TBH, I thought the whole PeerGuardian thing was dead as a doornail, but I guess they're still alive. I haven't seen a new non-beta release for years. (Same story with PeerBlock, which, coincidentally, is a branch from PeerGuardian.)

You can always have your torrent client do the IP filtering via ipfilter.dat. Windows XP and below users are also fortunate enough to be able to run P2PFire, which is much better than PG/PB, in my opinion.

[GCI]

Using ipfilter.dat would require something to update it right? And speaking of which, P2PFire seems to be at the bottom of the list there. Doesn't seem to have been touched in years.

[anon]

Using ipfilter.dat would require something to update it right?

Reliable and light ipfilter for uTorrent:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ed2k-ipfilterx/files/

You have to update it, yes. Doing it once a week should suffice. There's even an app that will do it with just a couple of clicks.

And speaking of which, P2PFire seems to be at the bottom of the list there. Doesn't seem to have been touched in years.

It indeed hasn't been updated for ages, but it outranks PeerGuardian code if your OS can run it. Unlike PG, P2PF blocks connections, and not traffic. Meaning your connection won't be slowed down if you haven't applied the max. half-open TCPIP.SYS patch. Furthermore, it's been coded to use an extremely low amount of resources.

[GCI]

Do I have to download those files everytime I want to update, or what's this program that does it in a couple of clicks?

And are the lists for P2PF updated frequently?

[anon]

Do I have to download those files everytime I want to update, or what's this program that does it in a couple of clicks?

Look for "ipfilter updater"

And are the lists for P2PF updated frequently?

P2PFire doesn't have a built-in list updater, but it accepts multiple formats, including guarding.p2p and ipfilter.dat. If you want to have just a single program blocking IPs, you can copy the ipfilter.dat file downloaded via the updater in its folder and run it.

[GCI]

Hrmm. I guess all of this sounds like too much trouble for me.

Although P2PFire sounds better, I just wish someone would start developing it some more

I don't touch high risk torrents, (only aging software), so I think I'll be ok for now. But thank you for the ideas

[pone44]

Edit: I extracted the file wrong.