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[CrazyBerserk]

Uhm.. you're confusing me. Why obsolete if the PeerGuardian blocklist is still being updated more or less regularly? In order to use it I should need to install and therefore download it according to this guide, right? Or is there something new I haven't found yet? Can you give me a hint?

So, if somebody knows something how to nowadays automatically block known "bad and evil" IPs, I'd appreciate any hint as to what to search for. Sorry for not knowing, but I'm rather new again to DC in the internet...

Regards,
CB

[CrazyBerserk]

I guess I just finally figured out how to activate the PeerGuardian plugin effectively.

Though, I don't suppose that the following is not the normal way everybody has to go:

Going to ApexDC's settings >> Advanced >> Security, checking the box next to PeerGuardian and then having the status message say "Blocklist running but not active". Pressing [View Blocklist] only brings up a box saying something like "Blocklist is empty or in an unknown format". Of course neither pressing [Reload Blocklist] nor [Update Blocklist] is bringing any changes; the file ApexDC\Settings\guardian.p2p pointed to in the [View Blocklist] box simply doesn't exist and neither is being created automatically.

Than finally having the great idea of visiting the updater URL pointed to in the same box with a browser, finally finding an obviously working blocklist, saving the file from the browser to ApexDC\Settings\guardian.p2p, pressing the [Reload Blocklist] button and finally having the status message say "Blocklist reloaded, with XXX.XXX IP Ranges".

Well, concluding I guess it would have gone faster to simply create an empty file ApexDC\Settings\guardian.p2p and then fill it by pressing [Update Blocklist] - assuming one gets such splendid idea. But shouldn't this file better be created automatically when activating the PeerGuardian plugin?

Is this just gone lost because all of you already have had the plugin installed the "old way" months ago and therefore everything on your side worked? Or am I just a single weird case?

Anyway, Regards,
CB

[Vjay]

the link for the plug in doesnt work for me. could some please post a new one or is this plug in dead?

[Cron]

Please update link, I can't download plugin  

[CrazyBerserk]

I guess the link will not be fixed:

Crise, on Aug 25 2007, 12:14 PM, said:

This guide is very much obsolete nowadays, so I don't mind the link being broken really...

But here is how make it work in a fresh install of ApexDC, anyway:

CrazyBerserk, on Aug 29 2007, 03:33 PM, said:

Well, concluding I guess it would have gone faster to simply create an empty file ApexDC\Settings\guardian.p2p and then fill it by pressing [Update Blocklist] - assuming one gets such splendid idea.

As stated before: Create the file 'guarding.p2p' in your ApexDC's settings folder, e.g. in C:\Programs\ApexDC\Settings\.
Then go to your ApexDC settings and there select "Security". Now, on the right side of the Settings window, check the box next to "PeerGuardian" and press the button [View Blocklist].

In the window that popped up, make sure that the box "Current list:" points to the file you just created, in my example "C:\Programs\ApexDC\Settings\guarding.p2p", and in the "Update server:" box should be entered the location of your blocklist, such as "http://www.apexdc.net/updater/". Klick [OK] to leave the window.

Now press the [Update Blocklist] button. That might take a while, depending on your internet connection speed, but after the list has been loaded and written to the file you created and pointed to before, you can look at the list any time by clicking on [View Blocklist] again.

At last, set up PeerGuardian via the checkboxes at the bottom as to what actions you wish to be monitored by PeerGuardian and click [OK]. If you don't know what the checkboxes mean you might wanna consult this thread.

I don't know why that file is not being created automatically when needed - at least it wasn't for me - but maybe that's a bug or a feature yet to be implemented.  

Good luck,

CB

[The1Dude]

PeerGuardian plugin link is dead, Peerguardian is key for safety, can someone please update the link or maybe post resources?

Thanks.

[CrazyBerserk]

1Dude: See my previous post, that should be all you need to get PG running. I doesn't look like there will ever be a working link again since it has already been built into ApexDC. Just looks like someone forgot to consider fresh installed versions of Apex, so try the workaround.

Regards,

CB

[The1Dude]

Now I'm really confused  

The thing is that the entire PeerGuardian2 section is grayed out on my client, therefore none of the buttons mentioned can be used/activated; I didn't mention this before because I assumed this was normal and that the PG2 plugin activated this section for use.

Will simply adding the PG2 list you mention to the mentioned folder actually activate the grayed out PG2 section for use?

[Lee]

The1Dude, on Nov 30 2007, 01:19 AM, said:

Now I'm really confused  

The thing is that the entire PeerGuardian2 section is grayed out on my client, therefore none of the buttons mentioned can be used/activated; I didn't mention this before because I assumed this was normal and that the PG2 plugin activated this section for use.

Will simply adding the PG2 list you mention to the mentioned folder actually activate the grayed out PG2 section for use?

If you already have PeerGuardian2 running in your system tray, there is no need for ApexDC to block the same IP's. If that isn't the case, have you updated the blocklist?

[Zlobomir]

Lee, on Nov 30 2007, 06:57 PM, said:

If you already have PeerGuardian2 running in your system tray, there is no need for ApexDC to block the same IP's. If that isn't the case, have you updated the blocklist?

Doing my job out of my section? Not good, oh you bad, bad Lee.      (Pls consider moving of the last few posts. Guide gets messed up...)

[The1Dude]

Lee, on Nov 30 2007, 04:57 PM, said:

If you already have PeerGuardian2 running in your system tray, there is no need for ApexDC to block the same IP's. If that isn't the case, have you updated the blocklist?

Yes I have PG2 actually running, so now everything makes sense, so I'll just add the blocklist directly to PG2  

Thank you.

[nitsky416]

The problem is, in 0.4.0, creating an empty guarding.p2p file (or even downloading the one from the update url) in the correct spot doesn't enable the checkbox like he says it does.

The working plugin link is: http://www.apexdc.ne...eerGuardian.rar

Not fixing it in the original post, and posting that you don't want to, is sheer laziness.

[Crise]

0.4.0 still needs the plugin and thus the file must also be in different place

But anyways, this entire topic will be very obsolete soon