Keep Peer Guardian Up-to-Date

[Avalon]

Ok, ive been reading through some of ure info and have decided to install Peer Guardian altho im a noob and dont know a great deal, i presume people like erm the fbi can scan ure pc and find out what ure upping or downing and as i use Kazaa and bit torrent to download legal stuff like pictures of grass and dogs i dont want anyone looking and laffing at me.

So how do i set it up, and should it run all the time?

help

[cmputrskillme]

Can someone direct me as to how to add IP's to Sygate to block? I tried to do it, did some advanced rule thing and all of a sudden all my WinMx downloads DIED!!!! AHHHHHHHGGGG!

Also, the new Peer Guardian, its great, thanks Boogs! I simply CANNOT believe just HOW many people are scanning me and how many times they try over and over again! All seem to be universities and that damned SONY!!!!

What is up with all the universities?

Thanks,
Sharon

[cmputrskillme]

If you haven't already DON'T upgrade to PG2. After you update it your blocking nothing!!!!!!!! We all have the same problem, accept, now that I've tried to re-install the old version, no updates will work and I'm still blocking nothing.

I'm unprotected specially since some damned company J-K something has tried to connect to me hundreds of times over the past few days.....if you have ANY news on a new version with this bug fixed PLEASE let me know ASAP.

Thanks,
Sharon

[zipp51]

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I wonder if there is a program out there that will send a bounce back packet to IPs that try to connect to me. I want to cause them as much trouble as they are causing me.

Anyone have a program that does that? [/B][/QUOTE]

This may be what you are looking for it's called NetLabs NetLabsDWNLD

NetLabs 1.4 is a multithreaded Windows 95/NT Winsock compliant application that has the following features: Finger service, WhoIs service, Ping, Traceroute, 'Parallel Trace' (new feature!), DayTime, PCs clock synchronization, Quote of the day, DNS lookup, Port scan and more.

[kafel]

...about Peer Guardian! It spies for RIAA !!!!!! Never have had problem until I installed and use it !!! Than my ISP received bunch of letters and sand them to me with warnings!!! DON'T USE IT - ANY version!!! That's the best advice I can give!

[lynchknot]

...about Peer Guardian! It spies for RIAA !!!!!! Never have had problem until I installed and use it !!! Than my ISP received bunch of letters and sand them to me with warnings!!! DON'T USE IT - ANY version!!! That's the best advice I can give!

WHAT? I don't think so. Is that your only evidence against PG? PG is not perfect. Just because you received a letter does not make PG guilty of spying. Check your firewall logs. BTW, I use Protowall.

[Big Booger]

...about Peer Guardian! It spies for RIAA !!!!!! Never have had problem until I installed and use it !!! Than my ISP received bunch of letters and sand them to me with warnings!!! DON'T USE IT - ANY version!!! That's the best advice I can give!

I think you don't know what you are talking about. The RIAA constantly add new IP strings to file their complaints. Peer Guardian does exactly what it intends to do. It blocks a set of IP addresses that are added to it's program. And it constantly checks to see that those addresses do not have access to your system.

If you don't update it, you're most likely going to receive a letter...

[lynchknot]

I thought my firewall is supposed to make my PC invisible, "stealth" If I sent packets back won't they see that there really is a PC at that IP?

[Big Booger]

Of course they will be able to see your IP, the Peer Guardian simply blocks them from viewing your shared files. AFAIK they still know your IP address, that is how they connected to you in the first place.

As for your firewall, it doesn't entirely make you invisible. It just prevents people from accessing your PC via your IP and the ports that allow connections in and out AFAIK. I could be wrong about this and if I am, I appologize.

THanks Zipp, I'll give that program a looksee.

DOWN WITH THE RIAA!!!

[cash_site]

Well BB, you are starting to get me hooked into Filetopia, but is it compatible with the Kazaa networks, ie does it have the user base and files like Kazaa ??

[Stripe]

Back to the discussion about peer guardian....

has anyone tried accessing the database update site? I think it's going to be awhile before there's another update....they're having bandwidth issues

[Big Booger]

@ cash_site:
Filetopia is much more than kazaa. It is more like IRC, but with a Kazaa search function so that you can search for files on filetopia.

It's not as extensive as kazaa, but then there are not as many fake files, virii etc.. as kazaa either. And you have the added benefit of privacy and anonymity.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

@Stripe
And about Peer Guardian,
That site I listed is the only place other than the Peer Guardian website that has a list of updated IPs. It is still available as far as I can tell. Hopefully IP can have an autoupdate IP feature, so that as new IPs come out, they are automatically stored in the Peer Guardian APP, kind of like NAV does with auto virus updates..



If I find any other sites that list updates for Peer Guardian, I'll let you guys know.

[Stripe]

I just noticed something and I want to pass it along.

I use both peer guardian as well as placing the IP ranges in Sygate.

I've noticed that Peer Guardian still blocks IP's that get through Sygate. So to answer this question from Conan:

I don't use Peer Guardian but I have copied all the IP ranges to block into Sygate. What do yo think Boogs, is that good enough?

I would say no. It appears that they update the Peer Guardian database more frequently than they do the Sygate firewall list.

[lynchknot]

I think there is something wrong with my PG - it has not blocked a single IP and i've had it on a long time.

[Big Booger]

Have you updated it to the newest version?

I went for weeks without a single block, then all of a sudden wango tango, there went my mango, they started smacking me around like Mike Tyson beating down Pee Wee Herman.