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..::°Ø. INCLUSIONS / EXCLUSIONS .Ø°::..

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Making life a lot easier for taking care of blocked IP ranges is the BLM Exclusions Manager.

It will help you manage your personal blocklist entries and allow you to permanently unblock any IP address ranges or specific IPs you need to allow.

If you have ranges you want added that arent in the lists already , you can create your own personal inclusions list and set it up to automatically be added when you update your lists .


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Using Inclusions and Exclusions


The Blocklist Manager enables you to create a list of IP addresses and ranges that are based on the blacklists obtained from the Bluetack server. The main blacklists contain many general IP and IP ranges. These downloaded and merged lists becomes your main blocklist.

However, you may have specific needs and uses for your connection. For example, you might have certain sites that you visit often and want to allow. Maybe you have a certain address that you would like to always block whether it is in the main blacklist or not.

By using Inclusions and Exclusions, you can specifically maintain IP addresses or ranges to be imported and merged into the blocklist each time you obtain the latest blacklists.


Inclusion = Deny/Block
An inclusion is a rule that can be added to your blocklist to block a certain bad IP or bad IP range.

Exclusion = Permit/Allow
An exclusion is a rule that can be added to your blocklist to allow a certain IP or IP range.

The following settings will allow you to configure the BLM for using Inclusions and Exclusions ,

In BLM General Options :

- Uncheck 'Only import deny rules'

- Select 'Permit rules take priority over Deny rules'

- Uncheck 'merge adjacent rules' [if checked]

- Uncheck bypass personal sources integration [if checked]


These settings are important because if there is a range that we have included in a blacklist, and you want a single IP inside that range to be permitted (allowed), then you will want BLM to split the deny range into two ranges; permitting your IP exclusion.


Next : BLM Options -> Personal sources :

check either of the Exclusions / Inclusions boxes , or both depending on your choices , to enable the exclusions and/or inclusions lists.

- Click on the box with the three ...

- navigate to the Blocklist manager program files directory..

- select the exclusions.txt.

If there is no exclusions / inclusions file in your BLM program files directory , then you should create a blank text file and name it Exclusions.txt or Inclusions.txt

The file paths should look like this below [ depending on which drive your operating system is installed into , and location of the blocklist manager installation ] :

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C:\Program Files\Bluetack\Blocklist Manager\Exclusions.txt

C:\Program Files\Bluetack\Blocklist Manager\Inclusions.txt



For fast access to the exclusions/inclusions managers while the BLM is maximized on screen , press CTRL+E for the Exclusions manager or CTRL+I for the Inclusions manager.

Exclusions / Inclusions lists must be enabled in the personal sources options before you can begin to use the editors.

Alternately you can access the editors by going to file -> Exclusions manager / Inclusions Manager.


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Storing Inclusions and Exclusions
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Inclusions and Exclusions are stored in files named inclusions.txt and exclusions.txt in the BLM directory.

Although these files can be modified using a text editor like notepad, the BLM now offers an Inclusions and Exclusions Manager.


The format for inclusions and exclusions is the same.

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy , nnn , Any Comment Here


NOTE: The spaces are intentional. There must be a space before and after each separator in the rule. Space before and after the dash (-) and a space before and after each comma (,).

Example Rules:

Inclusions :
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123.123.100.000 - 123.123.255.255 , 000 , Test Deny Range

155.155.150.150 - 155.155.150.150 , 000 , Test Deny single IP address

Exclusions :
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250.255.000.222 - 250.255.001.096 , 200 , Test Permit Range

011.022.033.111 - 011.022.033.111 , 200 , Test Permit single IP address


Inclusions

If you find an IP address or range that you want to specifically block whether or not it is in a blacklist, you can add an inclusion. Inclusions are IP's and IP ranges that you want to add to the blocklist to make sure they always get blocked.

Use the Inclusions Manager to add or remove IP's and IP ranges that you want to deny.



Exclusions

If you find an IP address or range that you want to specifically allow whether or not it is in a blacklist, you can add an exclusion. Exclusions are IP's and IP ranges that you want to merge into the blocklist to make sure they are always allowed.



Use the Exclusions Manager to add or remove IP's and IP ranges that you want to permit.

Rules need to be in the following format so that they will be properly Excluded / Allowed / Permitted ....

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy , 200 , Any Comment Here (Exclusion)

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012.118.143.228 - 012.118.143.250 , 200 , Sample Exclusion Range
067.151.000.000 - 067.151.255.255 , 200 , Another Range
213.002.010.123 - 213.002.010.123 , 200 , A Single IP



The exclusions will split ranges in the Blocklist Manager for you, if there is a server that we missed then you can make custom list so that the IP address or IP range will never be blocked for you.


lots more info at:
Blocklist Manager Help File

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