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==Firstly, are Block Lists worth the trouble?== | ==Firstly, are Block Lists worth the trouble?== | ||
This is a highly informative article written by a professional in the IT Security industry, | This is a highly informative article written by a professional in the IT Security industry. Unfortunately, the full article is no longer available. | ||
This is a small part of the start of his article, just to get you going: | This is a small part of the start of his article, just to get you going: | ||
IP Block Lists Myths Misconceptions | IP Block Lists Myths Misconceptions | ||
Written by Moore | Written by Moore | ||
Table of contents | Table of contents | ||
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discussing the use of a blocklist. | discussing the use of a blocklist. | ||
Taken from | Taken from: <nowiki>http://blocklistpro.com/guides/ip-block-lists-myths-misconceptions/all-pages.html</nowiki> (No longer available) | ||
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==Finding a Block List== | ==Finding a Block List== | ||
The most time consuming problem was finding a block list for Deluge to import. | |||
If you want to use a Block list with Deluge, | If you want to use a Block list with Deluge, open the Preferences panel, where you will find a Plugins option, a long way down the list on the left hand side; select it, then in the Plugins pane select (tick) the built in Block list plugin. | ||
One source for a block list is the one that eMule uses. It can be found [http://hostex.de/1316700423 here]. | |||
The added bonus is that you can use eMule block list in other torrent clients. | The added bonus is that you can use eMule block list in other torrent clients. It has also been tested in qbittorrent. | ||
Another option for a block list can be found at [http://john.bitsurge.net/public/biglist.p2p.gz]. | |||
==Block List installation== | |||
===The Quick Way=== | |||
====For Deluge==== | ====For Deluge==== | ||
Here is the installation path for the unzipped contents after unzipping the file & calling it ''ipfilter.dat'' : | Here is the installation path for the unzipped contents after unzipping the file & calling it ''ipfilter.dat'' : | ||
~/.config/deluge/plugins/ipfilter.dat | ~/.config/deluge/plugins/ipfilter.dat | ||
====For qBittorrent==== | ====For qBittorrent==== | ||
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~/.config/qBittorrent/ipfilter.dat | ~/.config/qBittorrent/ipfilter.dat | ||
===The Slower Way for Deluge=== | ===The Slower Way for Deluge=== | ||
The Deluge blocklist plugin can be found at [https://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Plugins/Blocklist]. | |||
Which means, whilst still in the Plugins pane of the Deluge Preferences, select the Install Plugin button & then navigate with the file requester to where you have the eMule ipfilter.dat & then type the path to it in the location field (it opens up once you start navigating in the file requester), using the following format: | Which means, whilst still in the Plugins pane of the Deluge Preferences, select the Install Plugin button & then navigate with the file requester to where you have the eMule ipfilter.dat & then type the path to it in the location field (it opens up once you start navigating in the file requester), using the following format: | ||
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After that it may be a good idea to restart Deluge to initialise the block list. | After that it may be a good idea to restart Deluge to initialise the block list. | ||
=See also= | |||
[https://forum.manjaro.org/t/wiki-block-lists-for-deluge-qbittorrent/17650 Forum page for comments on this article] | |||
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