Do you maintain a IP block list?

Do you maintain a list of IPs to block?

Note: Hosts file/ DNSKONG and the like which block sites based on domain name are not the same thing.

I'm not certain of IEspyad which puts stuff in the restricted zone, but I kind of remembering seeing a few entries though I suspect blocking by domain names + wildcards is the major method.

There are certainly merits to using a IP block list, on top of a hosts file, but in the past I never borthered because it was not really easy to do. But I discovered blockmanager recently and it made maintaining IP block lists easy, and you could do it with various apps.

 

I went to one of them kidney docs, he said if IP don't block it!!

 

I've just downloaded PeerGuardian 2 beta. Added my own ip list as well as the ones supplied and am currently pblocking a huge number of IP addresses.

Jimbob

 

yes, I got a lot of IP's blocked, I have a huge host in spyblocker and protowall when I'm feeling good

 

I've got hardware here capable of supporting it but I don't really have an issue I'm aware of that would require it.

 

The IP Bloclists in my opinion are only really necessary if you are going be filesharing and want some privacy from prying eyes, or if for some reason, large corporate companies or government agencies are interested in something you have to hide.

Jimbob

 

Hosts file is based on domain name? But I believe that it still works if you put IP addresses there. I guess the difference is that hosts file blocks the requests from the computer (browser) to those IPs, it blocks outward requests. The block list blocks both outwards traffic to or inwards traffic from listed IPs.

I have a firewall to block the unsolicited traffic, and I do not use P2P. I do not use a block list, but I maintain the hosts file.

 

Yep!


Protowall/BLM

 

I used to when I used to use emule, but not anymore. Heh, I don't know if it ever helped or not.

 

For those of you who don't know of it. There is a program called Blocklist Manager, abreviated as BLM

More info and download found here

The program basically allows you to download IP block lists from multiple sources and merge the lists using one program, then convert them to the format needed by your chosen application, may it be suitable firewall, IPBlocker or P2P filehsaring client.

Jimbob

 

The hosts file is consulted during dns lookups. Eg when you type www.wilderssecurity.com, it consults the host files to see what the actual ip address of that is.

Putting ip addresses in there makes no sense.

Putting ip addresses in the IE restricted zone may work though.

 

I have been using it into adblock with agnitum, putting all those sites in the restricted zones...that is basically one of the reasons I am sticking with agnitum...that and the fact that it suites my needs fully

but protowall would be good if you want to block those sites completely.

Inf.

 

By adblock, do you mean the FireFox plugin?

Jimbob

 

excuse me, I ment blockpost but I was discussing adblock on another forum

sorry...

 

Squidguard with blacklist control (on my linux gateway of course). I don't maintain the blacklist, though, it's all updated automatically.