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ProtoWall: Xp/Windows 2000 driver based Blocker

ReconRedneck	Date: February 7, 2004 @ 9:18 PM If you haven't heard yet ProtoWall version 1.42(Xp/2000/server2003 support) is now out. This is the first driver based Ip blockers out, with its own automatic Banned Ip updater that connects with the PeerGuardian/Bluetack database every 12 hours for a new list.. This is the real deal, people. Very resource efficient. with millions of Ip's blocked and with heavy downloading my cpu usage is less than 3%... Get it now, for ___FREE___ AT: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php? (Look for it in the ProtoWall section). Help files are there also... ReconRedneck
ReconRedneck	Date: February 7, 2004 @ 9:27 PM Another message from Recon: Me again. If you want to expand your blocklist to include blacklists (Government,Institutions{colleges},IANA,LACNIC,ect.)go to: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php? (look under Blocklist manager) and grab a free copy of "BlueTack Blocklist Manager, version 2.41c". This is the most extensive IP blocking manager ever created that links with sources (Global) and Ip's are pooled and recorded into the PgIPdata base. Blocklist Manager collects,sorts (overlapping resolved),converts and inserts a new blocklist into "ProtoWall" by using export! CHECK THIS OUT! YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT WHAT THIS APP DOES! Cheers, Reconredneck
ReconRedneck	Date: February 7, 2004 @ 9:31 PM Heres a list of p2p related blocks by Protowall/Blocklist manager: Alliance Against Counterfeiting And Piracy ACCS: Association of Copyright for Computer Software (just japan related?) Antipiratbyrån APG AntiPiratGruppen Attest Systems Inc, also Copyright Compliance Audible Magic AEIA : The Australian Entertainment Industry Association AIMIA : Australasian Interactive Multimedia Industry Assoc. ARIA : Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd ASCAP The Australian Copyright Council Bay TSP BigChampagne LLC BMI BPI (British Phonographic Institute) BREIN British Musicians Union Broadchart Limited (owns netpd) BSA- Business Software Alliance Buma Stemra & Cedar (Netherlands) The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Ass Cinea (owned by dolby) Copyright Assembly Copyright Compliance see Attest Systems Inc. CRIA- The Canadian Recording Industry Association Copy Protection Technology Working Group (CPTWG) Cyvelliance The Entertainment And Leisure Software Publishers Assoc. (ELSPA) ESA- Entertainment Software Ass (formerly IDSA-Interactive Digital Software Ass) FACT- Federation Against Corporate Theft FAST- Federation Against Software Theft GEMA-German society for musical performing rights Grayzone International Federation of the Phonographic Industry International Federation Of Producers Of Phonograms And Videograms (swedish) Internet Enforcement Group (IEG) IIPA - the International Intellectual Property Alliance IO Group dba Titan Media Inc (porn company going after file sharers) I.M.R.O : Irish Music Rights Organization IRMA - the International Recording Media Association Landwell (legal arm of pricewaterhousecoopers) Macrovision MarkMonitor, EmarkMonitor MCPS : Music Copywright Protection Society Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) Media Defender Inc Media Enforcer LLC (owned by baytsp now) MediaForce Media Sentry MediaSignature MIPI (Music Industry Piracy Investigations) part of aria Music Industry Piracy Investigation (MIPI) MPA : Music Publishers Association of US MPAA - Motion Picture Association of America major movie companies listed NameProtect NAMM : U.S Music Trades Organization NARM : National Association of Recording Mechandisers Netarc Inc (just japan related?) NetPD News Corporation New York Software Industry Association NMPA : National Music Publishers' Association, Inc Nuke Pirates OnSystems, Inc. (media defender) Overpeer Performing Rights Society The Publishers Assoc. Ranger Online Inc Retspan RIAA - Recording Industry Ass of America (major music labels are listed as well) SAMIA (South Australian Music Industry Association) SAZAS - Society for protection intellectual property (slovenian) SESAC SIIA - Software Information Industry Association SOCAN SPARS : Society of Professional Audio Recording Services Vidius Web Sheriff West Australian Music Industry Association WIPO - World Intellectual Property Association
ReconRedneck	Date: February 7, 2004 @ 9:43 PM What does ProtoWall look like? Look here: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/pwhelp/
ReconRedneck	Date: February 7, 2004 @ 9:45 PM What does The Blocklist Manager look like? here: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/blmhelp/
musicpicks	Date: February 7, 2004 @ 11:36 PM I am missing the point in it, is it supposed to block people from spying on you downloading or is it supposed to block people from spying on your computer as to what it has on its hard drive? If they are spying on what you are downloading, then how do they know you know the true content of the file before the download is finished? If they are spying on what is on your hard drive, how do they know that it was downloaded material versus being purchased then ripped to your computer?
ReconRedneck	Date: February 8, 2004 @ 5:30 AM Simply put... Protowall stops them before they have the chance of spying/browsing your files... and they could care less is you purchased it and then rip'd it, its still considered distribution in there eyes...
mtekk	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 5:50 PM one problem is that this type of 'protection' is often referred to as a 'very thin condom' in which is easy to get around, or use against the network.
pog	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 8:00 PM what does it have that peerguardian doesn't ??
RyanS	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 11:23 PM Bluetack forums." id="85555">It's suppose to support nearly all protocols, according to the website. But since it installs at the driver level as it describes, I'd like to test this on a test machine first. BTW, you need to be registered to view the information & post on the Bluetack forums.
MickeyBreezy	Date: February 10, 2004 @ 11:40 PM so reacon, ur sayin if u purchase a song or file or whatever, they can still count is as distibution when ur dollar went 2 it? thats fucked up.
Svensta	Date: February 11, 2004 @ 8:27 AM Yes Sno. If you buy the album, and then rip it to mp3 on your local drive they don't care, but the moment you offer it in a shared folder on a p2p app, you are guilty and will be prosecuted. In theory, of course.
Thaspian	Date: February 11, 2004 @ 7:31 PM Ugh. Those blocklists SUCK.
RyanS	Date: February 11, 2004 @ 8:31 PM I'm sure that was a sample blocklist. It's definatly not feasable to post the entire list here. Plus since it changes nearly everyday, would be come outdated in 2 minutes
ReconRedneck	Date: February 13, 2004 @ 3:17 AM ProtoWall + Blocklist manager are effective in Blocking! ProtoWall does its job. I can say that in all truthfullness. I see dozen's of blocks.. Not just RIAA and its cronies, but also the Fake filers, like overpeer and Performance Systems International. I challenge you to install ProtoWall and Blocklist manager (enabling all blocklists in options) and then go and download a top 10 music Mp3 and you will see the fakes are neutralized! This works on Emule/Kazaa/Abyss/Gnucleus/Morpheus and many others.. Bluetack is actively creating new blocklists and has a team of IP hunters on all networks. Go check out whats happening with ProtoWall/Block Mgr at: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/index.php?act=idx
RyanS	Date: February 18, 2004 @ 8:14 AM Until this piece of software gets better, I will not use it anymore. Caused great problems with the internal network, mailny speed, and caused my internet to lag. Great idea to the software, just needs bugs removed before it will be truly functionable.
OneUnderAttack	Date: February 20, 2004 @ 11:16 PM ha ha I laugh at you Microsoft programs. just kidding I am a victim of Windows in one case. only one of my computers is using windows all the others are running Linux, Lindows, and Gentoo. Check out my band http://oneunderattack.dmusic.com/ or http://oneunderattack.mattisoncv.net/
luapwr	Date: March 30, 2004 @ 1:05 PM Sorry if I sound like a pessimist but doesn't this sound a bit too good?? I wouldn't be surprised if this is really a trojan produced by someone affiliated with the RIAA to monitor your activity. Think about it..
seraphielx	Date: April 22, 2004 @ 4:45 PM I wouldn't be surprised if this is really a trojan produced by someone affiliated with the RIAA to monitor your activity. Think about it.. way to paranoid bro Protowall has nothing to do with the riaa as im the one whois now codeing it for a bit.And im sure that john newton and codewarrior can vouch for me on that Along with the blocklist manager if its in one of the lists its not getting in your box.
seraphielx	Date: April 22, 2004 @ 4:45 PM oh and ryans running a realtek network card by chance?
pog	Date: April 22, 2004 @ 5:56 PM I am running protowall, and blocklist manager.... a really interesting thing happened to me yesterday. I signed up for an account with mp3.com.au yesterday, and I was running shareaza in the background, connected to shareaza network, g2 and e-mule.... errrrm... researching, yeah, that's it ... I was researching... anyhooo withing about 30 seconds of getting an account with mp3.com.au, protowall started going nuts at me, blocking packets from a Sony account in korea or somewhere... it went on for quite some time, and eventually, my internet stopped working altogether. So if the program blocks them, yet they still managed to make my internet stop working .. what the hell are we supposed to do ??? I've uninstalled shareaza cos I'm sick of it happening, and gone back to downloading DMusic, which I preferred over the comercial bullshit anyways. DOWN WITH CAPITALISTIC MIND CONTROL !!!!
mad-sailor	Date: May 21, 2004 @ 1:58 PM Well, I use protowall as well. The only real "problems" I have seen is with the things you have to do to get a network running off of one machine (so if you have a few computers connecting thru one computer, not thru a router). But, once you go thru the process, it rocks. I haven't had a problem with it, and while using the DC++ network, I upload it to many people. The blocklist manager is great, too. You can set it up to block all IPs except for a "white list" if that is what you want to do. You can also add a custom list to add some IPs that you might find questionable. Right now, I am blocking about 49.2% of all the IPs in the world. I think that you should be okay with updating the list about once a day. However, one big protection is to watch who you are uploading to. If you use the DC++ network as I do, you can see who is downloading from you and get their file list. If you don't see anything that they could get sued for, just run netstat and find their IP, and add it to the block list. Hopefully, that isn't a bunch of non-legigible techno talk that nobody else can understand.
wet1	Date: August 29, 2004 @ 5:00 AM At one time I ran Peer Guardian. While Peer Guardian does part of the job, if you don't have extra memory for it, it will increase your cpu usage a good bit. It does have the single advantage of being easy to install. I have since changed to Protowall. While it is harder to install, it is a better blocker. It covers far more than Peer Guardain does and does so with less cpu usage. If you intend to try either of these products, be warned. Unscruplous folks have taken the open source code and installed spyware within. Do not get either from any place other than the home page web site. Do stay away from download.com to get these products for this reason. If you find that your surfing is slowed down or you can not get into certain sites after installing these products, there is a reason. It blocks attempts of spyware among other things. If you disable it go to a site that it blocks, know that there is spyware waiting at the door when you enter. Many sites set it up so that you can not their site without exposing your computer to spyware. Most sites are not worth that to me. I have found a way to speed up surfing. It involves using the host file and redirecting the data that the site wants back to the host computer. The host thinks it has sent the info; it did, back to itself, not to the site. The spyware thinks the info is on the way and opens up the site.

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