Some IP ranges belong to research institutions, some to the government, etc. Peerblock lists are made by blocking IP ranges of different types. #2: You can’t block all the Malicious IP-addresses The result is that since you have far fewer peers to choose from, your download speeds may be much slower when using Peerblock. Obviously not all of these peers (not even close to the majority) are actually malicious or undesirable. That’s over 25% of all available IPv4 addresses on earth! In reality, just the top 3 blocklists combined list over 1.1 Billion IP addresses. If you use the 3 most popular blocklists freely available for Peerguard, you would probably think that they would combine for a few thousand, maybe 10 thousand IP addresses blocked. It turns out there are a number of problems with this approach: #1: Peerblock blocks way too many peers The idea is that if you can identify specific ‘undesirable’ IP addresses, which may be belong perhaps to malicious users, governments, or monitoring agencies who may sell bittorrent data to the highest bidder, you can block these connections, thereby making downloading torrents ‘safer.’ Peerblock allows users to choose from 3rd party ‘blocklists’ (some are free and some are available for purchase) which are essentially huge databases of IP addresses that will be blocked when Peerblock is activated. Peerblock is free software that is often used by p2p and bittorrent users for the intended purpose of making their downloads more ‘anonymous’ by blocking peer connections from certain IP addresses. ![]() TLDR Peerblock lets you block specific torrent peers based on their IP-address. What is Peerblock?įor those that aren’t familiar with Peerblock, here’s a quick introduction: You’ll also learn which tool is vastly superior for protecting privacy while torrenting. We’ll explain all of these weaknesses (and more) in this guide. Peerblock doesn’t hide your IP address from connected peers.Peerblock doesn’t encrypt your torrents.Blocklists are inefficient (block too many peers).In fact, we believe that Peerblock does more harm than good while torrenting, and does almost nothing to improve your privacy. ![]() Their (unwarranted) popularity is due almost entirely to the cost (free) rather than their effectiveness (minimal). United Arab Emirates:5.38.0.0-5.38.127.IP-blocker such as PeerBlock (and Peer Guardian) are a popular ‘solution’ for downloading torrents safely. All of the sites are normally https but occasionally there might be one using http. I am afraid I could end up blocking all access to Port 80 and/or port 443. I could even use the "Block By Country" IP lists if I knew the correct format to use on a system that is an Apache Webserver since no one outside the US would ever by using the hosted websites. The information on how to do that is probably somewhere in How-To docs but I have not yet located it. What program would I use to create my own custom list that could be used by Peerblock and what name would I give it and where should I keep it?Īdditionally, should I continue to add to the first list I make or create new lists as needed? Is there any advantage to having multiple short lists rather than one long list? Yet, as shown below, if I cut and paste a line from that list, it takes on a very organized easy to understand layout. ![]() I am a little unsure of how to create my own list to do this.ĭoes the list need to have a specific name and be a text file? I have downloaded some of the "by-the-country IP" block lists but when I open them in notepad, the format does not seem to follow a specific pattern. I have a few specific IP addresses that have become total nuisances that I would like to block access to. I am not sure a list would be the best way to approach the issue.
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