PeerGuardian 2.0

jamjar · 16 Apr 2006 at 00:03

Hi All ,does anyone use this program ,if so is it any good ,does it do what its surpose too ? Nj

PeerGuardian 2.0

jegz · 16 Apr 2006 at 00:11

afaik its for stopping "unwelcome" connections to "certain" ip addresses

jamjar · 16 Apr 2006 at 00:14

jegz said:
afaik its for stopping "unwelcome" connections to "certain" ip addresses

Yeah thats what i belive it does ,is it ok to use ,ie is it full of Adverts etc ??

jegz · 16 Apr 2006 at 00:17

Not at all i have used it in the past its really for *cough* certain reasons *cough*

I never found any SPy/Ada/MAlware that came with it tbh. give it a go. iirc i stopped using it because it was using up bw/resources or something :S :confused:

jamjar · 16 Apr 2006 at 01:11

jegz said:
Not at all i have used it in the past its really for *cough* certain reasons *cough*

I never found any SPy/Ada/MAlware that came with it tbh. give it a go. iirc i stopped using it because it was using up bw/resources or something :S

Ok i will give it a go ,so can you switch it off and only use it for *cough* certain reasons *cough* nug nug wink wink ,if you get my drift ..

Craig321 · 16 Apr 2006 at 02:37

Just blocks IPs from what I read. As said above... unwanted IPs.

jegz · 16 Apr 2006 at 02:43

jamjar said:
Ok i will give it a go ,so can you switch it off and only use it for *cough* certain reasons *cough* nug nug wink wink ,if you get my drift ..

Yep

I dont bother basically cos i cba cos it blocks webpages sometimes iirc :rolleyes:

Gavin · 16 Apr 2006 at 09:01

jegz said:
Yep

I dont bother basically cos i cba cos it blocks webpages sometimes iirc

Just allow http traffic then?

yak.h'cir · 16 Apr 2006 at 12:05

I never had any adware related problems with it. I stopped using it because it kept interfering with online games etc and it got on my nerves having to disable it all the time.

NathanE · 16 Apr 2006 at 12:06

Uninstall it and use the functionality built into most P2P clients (if you really are that paranoid about two organisations who have no authority in this country.)

mc_bob · 16 Apr 2006 at 12:24

Are we really at risk from "unwanted ips" in this country?

MC_Bob

ruffneck · 16 Apr 2006 at 14:33

just an added bit of security from a threat that doesn't exist in this country

Fillado · 16 Apr 2006 at 20:53

If anything it'll help to stop companies that flood "certain" networks with corrupted data

AthlonTom · 17 Apr 2006 at 16:37

Blocklist managers such as PG2 are not essential but are sensible - you won't be able to connect to anyone who may be acting on the behalf of the MPAA or the RIAA (as long as there on the list). This isn't massively essential in the UK as they tend not to be able to really go for UK residents. But it will stop some (Not All) torrent killers, this works where by said companies seed the torrent with massive amounts of bandwidth but they only upload empty padded out packets, but the checksum is the same as the original chunk of file, your client will not report any errors because as far as its concerned theres nothing wrong with what you getting - only when you run the file will you find out you've been had - and by then you too have uploaded some "empty" segments. You don't have to run PG2 if your downloading Pron, Games, Apps, or TV Eps. No company has taken any action against down/uploaders of these types of material (yet) other than requesting torrent removal or seeding fakes (Desperate Housewives & 24 are the two most recent examples).

The UK's ISP's are currently highly unlikely to give out your details to any organisation - though it is within there right to do so, they won't. The UK's Broadband market hasn't hit saturation point yet and P2P is the biggest driver of Broadband takeup - Your pretty safe until this changes.

If you want to be free of any of this type of hassle use Newsgroups - pay a small fee, download faster, be more annoynymous and you get to avoid a lot of the idiots that use BT these days.

derfderfley · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:37

AthlonTom said:
Blocklist managers such as PG2 are not essential but are sensible - you won't be able to connect to anyone who may be acting on the behalf of the MPAA or the RIAA (as long as there on the list). This isn't massively essential in the UK as they tend not to be able to really go for UK residents. But it will stop some (Not All) torrent killers, this works where by said companies seed the torrent with massive amounts of bandwidth but they only upload empty padded out packets, but the checksum is the same as the original chunk of file, your client will not report any errors because as far as its concerned theres nothing wrong with what you getting - only when you run the file will you find out you've been had - and by then you too have uploaded some "empty" segments. You don't have to run PG2 if your downloading Pron, Games, Apps, or TV Eps. No company has taken any action against down/uploaders of these types of material (yet) other than requesting torrent removal or seeding fakes (Desperate Housewives & 24 are the two most recent examples).

They are going for UK P2P users, there are a number of court cases pending, these are currently been executed by F.A.S.T. and the BPI.
Link and link2 and link3 .

So please don't think your safe using P2P software!

AthlonTom said:
The UK's ISP's are currently highly unlikely to give out your details to any organisation - though it is within there right to do so, they won't. The UK's Broadband market hasn't hit saturation point yet and P2P is the biggest driver of Broadband takeup - Your pretty safe until this changes.

The ISP's can't legally hand over a customers details without a court order or warrant, thanks to the Data Protection Act. FAST and the BPI are gaining these court orders and ISP's are having to hand over customers details.

AthlonTom said:
If you want to be free of any of this type of hassle use Newsgroups - pay a small fee, download faster, be more annoynymous and you get to avoid a lot of the idiots that use BT these days.

And all of the large Usenet providers will have logs of which articles are downloaded by which customers. However most purge these logs every 24 hours due to the shear size of them. Expect the ever expanding Patriot Act (in the US) and the RIP Act (in the UK) to see them having to keep complete logs for up to 2 years.

Usenet is safer not safe!