drpiety Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 and reload the file so that if the file is updated you do not have to resstart utorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00ted Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 I like this idea. Don't think it would hurt that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SledgeDG Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 the question is, how often do you update your ipfilter.dat (or for that matter...where would you get those lists since bluetack doesn't update more than once or twice a day?)-DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00ted Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Sure, the ipfilter only gets updated once a day, but, there may be circumstances where a power-user might want to force-block a malicious IP, before the next day. Which is the reason for the 1 hour timer. But really, it could be set to wahtever is healthy for utorrent's CPU/mem usage.I dont think it would be that difficult? Someway to watch the Last-Modified-Date of the ipfilter.dat would be enough I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckerfan Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 you'd be hammering the servers with so many attempts...i'd suggest every day or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criscr0ss Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 you'd be hammering the servers with so many attempts...i'd suggest every day or twoagreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosblade Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Hammering which servers ? ipfilter.dat is loaded locally from your harddrive. He can already hammer the bluetack servers if he wants with their own program But i do agree, no need for an automatic check every HOUR.. maybe every day or so. If you really need it hourly, replace it yourself, seems like a rare occusion to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayers Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Loading the ipfilter.dat periodically is very useful. I have uTorrent running straight for weeks at times and shuting down uTorrent to reload the ipfilter.dat would sacrifice my position in the swarm.The best solution has been suggested, check the timestamp on ipfilter.dat for changes. If you program it to do this 4 times a day the average time lag would be 3 hours which is reasonable for forced changes in the ipfilter.dat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winMX_67 Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Youll hammer the server and the bluetack lists only get updated one a day at 1:00 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r00ted Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 nothis feature has nothing to do with auto-updating, or auto-downloading a NEW IPfilter, from a remote source/webserver.This is a localized feature only, to watch the "Last-Modified-Time" of the ipfilter.dat file, and if the date/time changes, have it re-load the new data into memory, so there is no need to stop/exit and restart uTorrent.This feature would not "hammer" any server(s), hell, there is no "Auto update" feature even in uTorrent, to auto-update the ipfilter.dat file.On the other hand, maybe just a button to "resycn with ipfilter" or something? so, by pushing the button, any new ranges would be added, and old ranges removed, if watching the last modified data/time isn't feasible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfire Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Why not just add a 'reload ipfilter' button? There's no need for everyone to attempt reloading your ipfilter, and if you're really that obsessed with blocking "malicious" IP ramges out there, then you really shouldn't be downloading from p2p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaV Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 I have uTorrent running straight for weeks at times and shuting down uTorrent to reload the ipfilter.dat would sacrifice my position in the swarm.I don't think this is exactly true. When you exit µTorrent, it saves peer list in resume.dat file, and loads this list when you reopen it. So you'll be connecting to the peers much quicker than at the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h0rnytoad1 Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 hi,i use peergardian2, works great and blocks for all programs at the same time. it supports bluetack's lists.but ipfilter, that i would like to see in utorrent, check every 6 or 12 hours for an update, although with pg2 its probably overkill. but a welcome addition to the program, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpiety Posted October 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 what are you guys talking about hammering any server? The hourly check of utorrent is only on your machine simply to know if Blocklistmanager (BLM) has updated the ipfilter.dat what happens every 24 hours.BLM downloads automatically -> the next hour the file will be detected as utorrent checks it every hour if date is newer -> utorrent restart at least the ipfilter engine otherwise the feature is senseless as the new file just sits in your utorrent folder without beeing used.what for sure is unhealthy for the you and the swarm is an outdated ipfilter.dat. Is my request clear now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veneficus Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I agree with this feature request, but perhaps silverfire's "reload ipfilter" button idea should also be implemented, for the more paranoid among us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfire Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I posted to say that even if we do end up using an ipfilter, not all of us use it that seriously. If anything, updating the ipfilter should not be done automatically by default. An example is my case. All i use the ipfilter for is to block certain people I know from ever being connected to me on a torrent. Updating does me absolutely no good, but whenever I do change the file, hitting reload would do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurtlesRock Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I highly doubt that checking a last-modified date adds that much more complexity to the program. uTorrent checks the time, sees that an hour has passed, checks the last-modified date of the ipfilter file against a variable, if it's the same, bam, done, if it's not, it spawns a thread and reloads the ipfilter. But, I'm not the developer, so I can't say either way.The ipfilter boolean is already in the Advanced Options, under it could be a ipfiltertime textbox for hours, so if you put 1 in there, it checks ever hour, 12, checks every 12 hours, 0 disables the auto-update. On the toolbar, have an "Update ipfilter now" button, and if the ipfilter boolean is set to true, then the button is enabled, otherwise it's disabled.Satisfies both camps, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpiety Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 I do not need it but that means not that a reload filter would be bad. Add both a button and an hourly check for filedate of ipfilter.dat. Not much code anyways. Theres the feature ipfilter allready running but it really lacks the functionallity without autoreload (1h) and a button.For me you can take out ipfilter.dat if 1h check is not added as I will not reload utorrent every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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