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Moore

Mar 14 2004, 01:00 PM

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The Blocklist Manager:
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Bluetack Personal Blocklist Manager:

Blocklist Manager is an application which downloads blocklists from various sources and updates applications such as
Kazaa Lite K++, PeerGuardian, eMule, Gnucleus and Morpheus, Outpost /Blockpost plugin V 1+2 and of course ProtoWall ..

The Online Help file can be found here:
http://bluetack.co.uk/blmhelp

Support for the app can be found here
You must be registered at the forum for support.
http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php...hp?showforum=53

The current version is: 2.41e

Download it here > :
http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php...p?showtopic=856

For firewall rules , BLM needs only remote HTTP / port 80 - outbound access in my firewall, and a few whois rules to access the Arin/Apnic/Ripe whois servers on remote port 43..

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features:
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Check Sources:
This will download the latest lists that are hosted on Bluetack.co.uk. These lists are optional and contain different ranges that are in the main Peerguardian database.

Some of these include the following:
Government ip ranges
Edu ip ranges
Mil ip ranges

Get Blacklists:
This will download the current Blacklists that are selected in the options screen.

Import List:
This will allow you to import for a file on your machine,adjust the drop down menu to select the format that the list is in

Convert:
This will allow you to convert the ip ranges over to other formats in order to import the ranges into firewall's

Whois:
This will open The Whois Project, auto-selects the right whois database / quick whois lookups

It features its own app for looking up ip addressess with the whois project
The whois project was made as a team up from The Faimous One and Seraphielx
to stop the confusion of haveing to know what IP Addesss is listed on what whois server
it will look up the IP for you.

subnet calculator and plenty of other things to help..

It is quickly becomeing a Swiss army knife in network security with all the tools that have been added to it such as:
Angry IP Scanner
Smartwho Is
AnalogX Simple Server
Aldo's Hosts manager
and more to come

The Converter will convert blocklists and security rules from one format to another.

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A list of supported formats at this time are:
Peerguardian
Bearshare
Blockpost version 1 and version 2
Emule/cdonkey
GnucDNA
Generic IP ranges
Individual Ips from a range
Generic ip list
Shareaza XML
Sygate (with out the range splits)
ZoneAlarm XML
Single IP htaccess
Trusty format
Blackice Defender
Snort
Flowpoint
Protowall

More formats will be added later on,for now check the online blocklist converter to access the others at

http://bluetack.co.uk/convert.html

Moore

Mar 14 2004, 01:34 PM

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OPTIONS - SOURCES:
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these are the available BLM options to choose from , most people should start with the Antip2p.txt list , and add lists to that from the other choices if you want , i suggest just using the lists available form the bluetack server .

To enable or disable your choice of source , simply double click or select and press enable / disable..

using all lists may simply increase the number of duplicates that will be removed anyway, experiment with your own lists but remember to keep a backup of your original lists in case u create a IP list with an invalid ip address range, [this will cause problems if you try to use it] , so then you can simply replace it with your good back up , and work on finding and fixing the problem..

Moore

Mar 14 2004, 01:40 PM

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CONVERSION:
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once your list has been downloaded, press the convert button in the center of the BLM main screen.

choose your desired output format, here i chose Protowall , and converted the PG online list in a couple of seconds..

Moore

Mar 14 2004, 02:02 PM

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APPLICATION IP LIST EXPORT LOCATIONS
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The following applications are currently supported for exporting your ip list into for updates, use the EXPORT tab on the top panel of the BLM to choose which applications to export to , or just export to them all ..

to set up the export feature , simply search for the location of the appropriate folder and save it ,
then when youre converting , save your conversion to this location , overwriting your old copy , or back that up and replace it with the new one..

Moore

Mar 14 2004, 02:09 PM

one of my favourite functions of the BLM is the quick whois utility - press CTRL + W , when the BLM is open to pop it up or just press the whois tab in the main BLM interface.

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It also features its own app for looking up ip addressess with the whois project
The whois project was made as a team up from The Faimous One and Seraphielx
to stop the confusion of haveing to know what IP Addesss is listed on what whois server
it will look up the IP for you.

Moore

Mar 19 2004, 02:53 AM

update soon

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