Synbiosorz Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hi guys, I'm pretty new to all these stuff so pardon me if it's been asked before. Is it possible to block a certain range of IPs? I'm asking because my ISP has been giving out personal information of anime downloaders to another company. It would take forever to explain the whole story so I'm just cutting straight to the point. 1. Is it possible to block a certain set of IPs?2. If yes, will it prevent anyone from my banned range from "seeing" me on the peers list if I block them?Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invy Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#What_is_ipfilter.dat.3F"What is ipfilter.dat?This is a simple text file that specifies IP ranges to block. The format is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - yyy.yyy.yyy.yyyYou can also use single IPs on a line (i.e. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). It ONLY supports blocks: it will ignore all text specified afterwards (such as what BLM and Tiny BLM does).Do not pad IPs with 0s to ensure that it will work (i.e., write 64.12.15.0 not 064.012.015.000), though it is reported to work anyway.Each new IP or IP range must be placed on a new line.Place it in %AppData%\uTorrent, and set ipfilter.enable to true in the Advanced.To reload ipfilter.dat without restarting µTorrent (1.7+ only), view the Peers tab, right click, and select "Reload IPFilter."" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbiosorz Posted August 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Thanks, now for my second question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 They will get your entry in their peerlist but they won't be able to connect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbiosorz Posted August 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Damn, I wanna be invisible to them. Looks like this won't work then. Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nos_slived Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 If it's your ISP doing it, blocking peers won't do any good, since your ISP has access to all traffic on your connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbiosorz Posted August 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 The way they work is, the company itself filter out local IPs from the peers in torrent, or whatever gay method their using, all torrent related.Then they get the personal information of the person who's using the particular IP of that time from the ISP and threaten a lawsuit. Of course, the ISP shouldn't be disclosing personal information but my country is messed up so...What I wanna do is be invisible to them, so they wouldn't be able to get my IP, let alone my personal information from the ISP.ISP is passive, they won't track and bother unless said company provides them with a IP in the first place, since said company is the one making money from all this and not the ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 The nature of BitTorrent trackers is to TRACK ips that connect to them ...and hand out ip lists to other ips that connect so they can find each other.You can't be 'invisible' and use BitTorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurahashi Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Synbiosorz, I still don't quite understand what's going on, but you can always filter out undesired IPs and IP(s) of the tracker(s) - going DHT/PEX mode only. There is quite real possibility that their bots get IPs from the trackers, so while you won't be connected to it - they won't see you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbiosorz Posted August 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Do tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurahashi Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 ? I think you've been told everything already.The IPs of the trackers you have to found by yourself, I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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