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Posted by db on 09/26/05 11:34
"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
news:3ppnd2FbgqmbU1@individual.net...
> db wrote:
>>
>> Hopefully it's a very easy package to put to work as all that's required
>> is the user place the following 3 files into their WinMX program folder
>> and restart WinMX (if it's currently running).
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>> Feedback appreciated.
>>
> What's your feeling about using bendmx in comparison to PG2?
I don't really know much about PG/PW as I haven't used them (at least for a
long while). I wouldn't knock them at all for their ability to block
successfully, and imagine they have some decent additional features (I
believe PG2 auto-updates, for instance).
My own 'issues' with them, if you can call it that, is that I think their
blocklists tend to cover many millions of addresses (last time I looked)
that I believe are probably totally unnecessary and I wouldn't be surprised,
if that is the case, that there was a degree of 'collateral damage' involved
because of that (blocks covering friendly addresses). Another point is that
the PG/PW lists, as far as I'm aware, are made to cover many different
clients/networks and also affect all applications on the user's PC. I like
the BendMX 'Winsock wrapper' method, personally, because it's transparent in
operation; probably uses a lot less resources; is active only when running
WinMX; is limited to blocking only a fairly small number of very specific
addresses which are highly likely to be 'hostile' (it's usually plainly
obvious); is, hopefully, very easy for a user to implement if they feel they
would like to use it; is open-source.
Don't get me wrong I wouldn't say "it is better" against other methods, it's
just another method of blocking anti-p2p companies that I feel has some
benefits over others.
I'd suggest that folks, if they do want to block, try different things for
themselves and make their own mind up as to what they like (as should always
be the case!).
P.S. I should also mention that as far as I'm aware, and probably only until
possibly very recently, applications like PG & PW never took care of some of
the worst media company fakers on the WPN; the dynamically addressed fakers.
For as far as I know PG & PW's blocklists still do not contain these
dynamics unless a user specifically adds a 'non-standard' list of IPs (such
as those being listed on http://www.winmxworld.com/, which is, in my quite
biased opinion, probably the best list I've ever seen outside of my own,
lmao (not saying I'm perfect at all, but at least they contain the
dynamics!)).
Just pro's an con's is all. Each to their own. ;)
What do I use here? Router & Kerio 2.1.5.
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