Peer Guardian: IP Blocking Tool

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Peer Guardian:
phoenixlabs.org

I recently came across this program. Thought I would link for people who may not know. Its a program with a huge database of IPs that shouldn't be connecting to you.

PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs’ premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on P2P.

There are claims that it's useful and other claims that its a useless tool. Let me know your thoughts.
 
Its just an IP block list really. It won't replace a firewall, but it's a good tool to strengthen one.
 
Been using it for years... don't know if its useful.. but it does help in making me feel better...
 
It is suppose to stop anyone from spying on your internet activity, but from what I've been told by several people, it really isn't that effective.
 
protias said:
It is suppose to stop anyone from spying on your internet activity, but from what I've been told by several people, it really isn't that effective.
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Multibillion dollar entertainment lobby vs. the cost of a couple of random net connections.

... yeah, good luck with that block list of "known" IP ranges.
 
Malk-a-mite said:
Multibillion dollar entertainment lobby vs. the cost of a couple of random net connections.

... yeah, good luck with that block list of "known" IP ranges.
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I agree with you yet it still feels good see all the 'Chinanet / Military / Gov of Romania' showing as blocked ;)
 
It's not a total solution but I think it's a great free tool to use in conjunction with other stuff.
 
I tried to use it on my box and it wouldnt run.... errors every time. I stuck it on my laptop and it wouldnt let my windows shutdown correctly... always made it hang. I would use it if it would work. I use moblock in linux with a modified block list that is a lot longer then the orignal.
 
what does a firewall/antivirus have to do with peerguardian/protowall/moblock/linblock.

And it has 2,541,020,108 blocked ip's.
 
I think it's great, been using it for years now, and haven't had any problems. I like that it blocks colleges and government IPs.
 
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