Affini Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 I have seen many posts saying OpenMedia.info keeps an updated ipfilter.dat.I have done several google search too and this site comes up constatnly... just I cannot reach the site, tried for several days.I do not have it blocked in my firewall or hosts filter either.Is it down?Is there any other places to get updated ipfilter.dat files without installing other software?I also tried the Updater posted (the bat file using wget) and it does not work.Thank you for helping a new convert from Azureus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 What do you want from an ipfilter? They're only useful for blocking peers that poison torrents, not from protecting you from copyright letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affini Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Are you sure?I used SafePeer with Azureus for a few years... and the 2 times (spaced out by a year or so) SafePeer was turned off I got letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 http://neuron2neuron.blogspot.com/2006/05/blocklist-balderdash.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affini Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Funny story... I just switched to uTorrent 1 week ago - after using Azureus for several years.Downloaded about 5 things (I don't DL much) - a few being TV ShowsGot an email last night with a notification Copyright infringment on one of hte shows I DL'd.... so if PeerSafe does not protect me from these notifications that is one HECK of a co-winki-dink. So now I'm positive PeerSafe has been protecting me. The ONLY 3 times I did not use it I got notices.We need PeerSafe in uTorrent.I have installed PeerGuardian2 as of last night... hoping that works in place of PeerSafe... I really like uTorrent and only miss a few features of Azureus... like moving files after download depending on Category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11263 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affini Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 DreadWingKnight, that last link did not work.Not sure what you are trying to say by simply posting links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 The last link I posted works. It's probably something at your ISP or something on your system blocking.I'm pointing out the major flaws in blocklists and the flaws in the "enforcement company's" investigative techniques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 PeerSafe won't help you any more than you getting one of the better ipfilter.dat files yourself.And you'll probably need to research and update that file yourself to stay up to date. And even still you're probably not safe. You've merely been LUCKY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5parky Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 http://emulepawcio.sourceforge.net/nieuwe_site/Ipfilter_fakes/ipfilter.dat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Affini Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Switeck,Lucky for 2 years but ONLY when PeerSafe is running... purely speaking, statistically that is not likely. Azureus with PeerSafe ran, at least 3-4 days a week for years without an email. ONLY when P.S. was off, twice, did I get emails... and within a few days. I switched to uTorrent and the 2nd item I DL'd, on the first day of using uTorrent I got an email 2 days later about it.Definitely not a concidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Did you have any blocklist at all while running µTorrent?If there was none at all and you ran popular torrents for a day or more, I can understand you getting a Cease-and-Desist letter.Did you notice all the ips that PeerSafe blocked while you were running it?My opinion stands that if you regularly update your ipfilter.dat for µTorrent you're probably no less safe than with PeerSafe. However neither one is nearly as good of protection as an anonymous proxy...not that there's any of those which are truly anonymous anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 lol /me wonders how it changed from SafePeer to PeerSafe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Alderaan Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I've never ran a blocklist and got 1 infringement letter 2 years ago. Might be my ISP stopped bothering passing them on to me though because they are virtually worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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