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PeerBlock ~Effective IP Filter or Harmful~
dogsinafen:
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--- Quote from: DaggerLite on June 08, 2010, 01:26:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: dogsinafen on June 07, 2010, 08:41:08 PM ---So using that application does help. The only strange problem I had was that the IP of my seedbox was being blocked because of OVHSAS was also hosted on the same network. But that was a simple fix.
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This is a perfect example of what I mean about IP blocking doing harm. Since your seedbox, which we assume is a legit connection (note: this discussion is not about illegal sharing, so don't delve on that subject here), is hosted within the OVH SAS network, every single PeerBlock user with the standard Anti-P2P list is blocking your seedbox.
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This is indeed a very good example of how it can be harmful. You would naturally manually alter your PeerBlock/etc ip list to permit connections to your seedbox, but other peers using PeerBlock will continue to block your seedbox.
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Ah.
Eh, not a lot of users are using PeerBlock or other similar software because I'm always getting great speeds to bakabt. In the end I'm not loosing but those who are blocking that address are losing. A note should be sent to users who use this software that some seedboxes will be blocked unless you permit the IP.
The only time I find PeerBlock really useful is when dealing with public trackers. I tend to only download public torrents on my home connection and private sites use the seedbox. I'm not worried about not being upable to upload to the trackers I use because a lot of users use seedboxes that are normally located in OVH data centers thus no potential peers with great speeds are lost. With bakabt it's a different citation since most users download from home, thus users who have PeerBlock will be blocking my connection. But that's no big deal, I still manage to upload a lot anyways.
DaggerLite:
--- Quote from: dogsinafen on June 08, 2010, 06:13:36 PM ---A note should be sent to users who use this software that some seedboxes will be blocked unless you permit the IP.
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The point was that almost everything that you constantly block is a safe connection, even if it says "Anti-P2P" in their description. Extremely few connections are bad, and I would even say that it's usually none over the course of a day.
I doubt all the IPs are up-to-date either. I've got stuff like "Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania." What the hell? Though, it can't be easy updating nearly a billion IPs, and it's not like I paid anything for the lists I use.
dogsinafen:
--- Quote from: DaggerLite on June 09, 2010, 02:42:10 AM ---
--- Quote from: dogsinafen on June 08, 2010, 06:13:36 PM ---A note should be sent to users who use this software that some seedboxes will be blocked unless you permit the IP.
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The point was that almost everything that you constantly block is a safe connection, even if it says "Anti-P2P" in their description. Extremely few connections are bad, and I would even say that it's usually none over the course of a day.
I doubt all the IPs are up-to-date either. I've got stuff like "Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania." What the hell? Though, it can't be easy updating nearly a billion IPs, and it's not like I paid anything for the lists I use.
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Updating the list can be a issue since most of it is generated by users. But then again, some protection is better then nothing...
Tiffanys:
I see a lot of anti-p2p in the blocked connections from time to time, so I'd say it really works great.
zougou1:
I use PeerBlock -- it's nice to think you're protecting yourself, but no matter what you do, your ISP can ultimately know what you're doing (unless I'm mistaken), so I believe it's a false sense of security.
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