PeerBlock Forums - Feature Requests

Block TCP reset packets. All of them! (no replies)

Aaron.Walkhouse — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:05:43 -0500

No need to get fancy, like detecting if they are forged or only when configured P2P apps are running.
I just want all of those reset packets to disappear before the stack sees them and closes the connection.
With that in place ISPs like Comcast will have to find other, less illegal ways to interfere with our internets.

What about a button to rollback to previous set of lists?? (no replies)

Soap — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:09:01 -0500

That would be sweeet!!

Show program making request that was blocked. (1 reply)

fairce — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:10:51 -0500

It would be very helpful to have the name of the program/process that made the request that was blocked so that we can track it down and remove it.

ISP ID Blocks (no replies)

Matjes — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:09:08 -0500

were rly a good feature, when u could block some machine/user/whatever over his provider ID
to explain, i use peer block for a game server, which is nearly impossible to get
cheat safe. so i need a good method to block someone. ip is good for some ppl
who dont have dyn dns but when they have a changing ip u need to block
these too till some of both get tired :)

dont know. maybe its not possible cause cant find anything who makes something like this
but i think this feature when its possible could be good for peerblock

IP Block/Allow Suggestion(s) (1 reply)

DarC — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:02:57 -0500

This would need to be taken to Bluetack for approval but I think it would allow for more complete IP Lists and less false positives..

Of course have it set as an advanced mode for users so we don't end up with to many user submitted false positives by novice users.

Support Multi-Language (1 reply)

Erin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:42:22 -0500

I think PeerBlock is a great software.

So,I think that PeerBlock should support more language in the next version.

Just like Chinese.(Sorry,my English talking ability is very poor…=.=|)

Allow IP Class C subnet for 15min/1hour/perm (2 replies)

bmarone — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:46:19 -0500

When right-clicking on a blocked IP, it would be incredibly handy for options to include the entire class-C x.x.x.0/24 of the blocked IP address. Frequently a large range is added to a subscribed blocklist, but there are smaller ranges within that are legitimate. Allowing the whole class-C would save time adding each individual IP when dealing with a pool of servers for a website.

Allow Class C subnet for 15min/1hour/perm (no replies)

bmarone — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:24:39 -0500

Linux version (1 reply)

veggen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:52:23 -0500

I see that PeerBlocker is completely windows centric, and that's quite a shame since I'm sure a lot of Linux users would love to enjoy it's benefits.

Log files as CSV (no replies)

Wetwork — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:50:32 -0500

Please Please Please!!!! a CSV file would be so much easier to import to other programs

Slow Down The Scroll Speed (5 replies)

mlauzon — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:51:25 -0500

We should have the ability to slow down the scroll speed.

"Allow HTTP for N min" also available in main window (no replies)

JRF — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:11:04 -0500

Please consider to have "Allow HTTP for N min" *also* available in main window,

perhaps right-clicking over the actual "Allow HTTP" button .

Reason is that you must verify what are the IP's being blocked , in the main window ,

then you must go to the Tray Icon to "Allow for N min" . Cheers .

Allowing ordering of rules (4 replies)

jsbsmd — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:40:20 -0500

It would be nice to have the ability to order the rules similar to how a checkpoint firewall is able to.

For example:

I would like to allow all of Canada ip addresses and block antip2p addresses except Canadian ones. if the compiled/generated list were to put Canadian ip's first, and then the antip2p ip's next, the condition should be to allow the request and ignore subsequent entries.

Conversely, if i had the antip2p list first, then the Canada list second, it would block the request and ignore the other entries.

"Check Updates" on taskbar (2 replies)

59903 — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:36:10 -0500

It would be nice to add a "check updates" button on the "right-click" menu for the taskbar icon.

Local file that initiated blocked request support. (2 replies)

JAB Creations — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:05:40 -0500

I should would appreciate being able to know through PeerBlock the file that initiated a denied request.

So when looking at the list I might see "badfile.exe" trying to contact 123.255.255.0. On top of that if clicking on the file opened up a Windows Explorer window with the directory/folder open where the file is located that would simply be awesome.

Besides that I think PeerBlock is absolutely awesome!

allow it to act as a chaining proxy? (no replies)

hahaha — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:15:41 -0500

I'd like to use peerblock as a proxy for incomming requests and have it use a proxy for outgoing requests.

example

p2pclient ------localhost:8080 socks5 -------------- listen socks5 localhost:8080 peerblock outgoing:8050 ------- outgoing socks5 localhost:8050 to cloud proxy

This would be a nice feature eventhough it's not going to do anything for me if I'm useing a good anonomyous proxy I like to chain things together as much as I can. With this peerblock could be one of the cloud proxies.

So I guess I want a proxy with ip blocking that can use peerblock's ip lists

optional port exclusion (2 replies)

spinner — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:52:12 -0500

in my case, running a dns server its rly a horror to enable every blocked dns server which included in the vary blacklists. maybe you could build in an optional exclusion ( gui is not necessary, ini based would be enough ) for a costume port to whitelist for all the ranges in the blacklist.

Selective HTTP blocking (no replies)

badlou — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:59:01 -0500

I don't know if this is possible to implement, but it would be very helpful.

To be able to select which list(s) are enabled for HTTP blocking independent of blocking on other ports. For example, it would be nice to only block ad and malware IPs for HTTP and not block P2P IPs for HTTP, while still blocking them on other ports. That way you could still browse to say www.utorrent.com even though it is still being blocked as a part of the P2P blocklist for P2P apps, without having to constantly allow HTTP for temporary access to such sites, which leaves me albeit temporarily vulnerable to malware IPs via web traffic.

Sorry I have made this sound more convoluted than it is. The end result would be a greatly enhanced user experience of requiring less time spent going to the app to allow HTTP access.

Thanks for your consideration.

OCD Request (no replies)

Daily Activist — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:43:57 -0500

This is indespinsable software. Thank you for maintaining and updating it.

This is purely a request stemming from my obsessive compulsive tendencies. Feel free to ignore it, but please consider changing it. ;)

Please change the name and all mentions from PeerBlock to Peer Block.

Yeah, I know that's petty. It just drives me a little wackier every time I see it. ;)

Thanks, again, for your work.

Backup Option (1 reply)

mescottybeam — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:50:43 -0500

Would be nice if peerblock has a backup tool or option for the configuration. Now I need to install pb everytime when it crashes. Most annoying are the choice(s) of iplist(s) retrieval.

Thanks.

ssl support (no replies)

spinner — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:04:38 -0500

first off all. thanx for that little tool.

okay i tried to dl a cust filterlist from a friends webserver but here began the problems.

the url was locking like this :

|https://username:password@hissite.com/privat/filterlists/theonelist.txt|

peerblock can`t handle ssl and i don`t know if it can handle logins in the url.

it would be rly nice if you could build this in.

Include Application Name (appname.exe) in the main window (1 reply)

Nandakumar — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:03:06 -0500

Hi,

it would be great if you can add the application name (appname.exe) whose connection request is blocked. when you list down Time, Range, Source, Destination, Protocol and Action, you can also include the appname with this so that the end user would know which app is trying to connect to the forbidden IP.

hope this would be implemented.

Regards,
Nanda

Good Easy to implement Ideas (2 replies)

k1ngpeerblock — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:34:04 -0500

1) Ability to search an ip, range, etc in the logs
2) Ability to right click on the log of blocked ips to see which list is blocking that IP.
3) Allow/block button directly on the list manager for each list... so you don't have to double click on each one.
4) Separate tab to manage any individual ips which you personally allowed or blocked from the lists for whatever reason (ie: a firewalls advanced options)
5) Ability to see a more detailed description that auto updates from iblocklist so the list creator can modify it on the fly.
6) Username and Pass for Proxy

These are really great easy to implement ideas please consider them

Program source of request (1 reply)

sll — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:19:27 -0500

It would be helpful if the source program of requests initiated from my computer to blocked addresses could be identified. This would be very helpful for cleaning the computer of mal-ware.

Thanks, great program
-s

Process-Oriented Block (1 reply)

gaming04 — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:07:33 -0500

I have seen this feature in many similiar software. However, because PeerBlock has a completely unique feature, I would like to see this single feature added as I am quickly turning into a fan.

Here's what I want, specifically:
- I want to block every IP and manually choose which 'process' I want to exclude.

Although, PeerBlock is able to prevent any unauthorized connection into the computer, it lacks the ability to handle processes. I end up having to unblock every IP that is generated by an 'online video game.' It is an irritating job.

sort List Manager (no replies)

meier1 — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:07:26 -0500

hey,
i think its a good feature that we user can sort on List Manager like type or description.
it should easy to write this feature to find easier that what we search or only for overlook.
thanks

History Export - Add "Unique IP Addresses Only" Check Box? (no replies)

war59312 — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:17:40 -0500

Hello,

Can you please add a check box to the history export of "Unique IP Addresses Only" ?

This would create the export txt file as a sorted list of unique IP Addresses, and only the IP Addresses.

At the moment I having to do this manually by hand via:

"sort.exe" -t . -k 1,1n -k 2,2n -k 3,3n -k 4,4n "UnSortedList.txt" | "uniq.exe" > "SortedList.txt"

Basically I have just been coping the IP Addresses right off the main screen into UnSortedList.txt and then run the command above so it creates the sorted list for me.

But of course I'm only getting a very small subset of addresses this way.

So only way to get an accurate list of Blocked IP Addresses is if PeerBlock creates the list for me.

Example UnSortedList.txt:

202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
219.140.192.83
210.245.49.62
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
190.80.145.131
97.65.61.8
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
72.130.19.90
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
61.57.226.162
62.196.44.1
65.121.152.3
69.171.163.108
72.130.19.90
97.65.61.8
166.87.169.92
178.37.64.181
193.55.52.1
194.79.21.134
194.126.113.140
195.230.2.82
199.76.169.153
200.157.128.2
202.106.74.224
202.222.156.51
203.176.133.150
207.98.184.11
207.98.195.158
209.180.215.229
212.36.208.17
212.214.78.161
213.120.141.254
216.8.195.249
219.84.215.199
219.84.215.204
219.84.218.192
219.85.177.131
219.85.180.18
219.85.190.100
219.140.156.154
220.191.239.156
222.88.119.95
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
207.204.161.20
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224
220.191.239.156
202.106.74.224
202.106.74.224

Example SortedList.txt:

61.57.226.162
62.196.44.1
65.121.152.3
69.171.163.108
72.130.19.90
97.65.61.8
166.87.169.92
178.37.64.181
190.80.145.131
193.55.52.1
194.79.21.134
194.126.113.140
195.230.2.82
199.76.169.153
200.157.128.2
202.106.74.224
202.222.156.51
203.176.133.150
207.98.184.11
207.98.195.158
207.204.161.20
209.180.215.229
210.245.49.62
212.36.208.17
212.214.78.161
213.120.141.254
216.8.195.249
219.84.215.199
219.84.215.204
219.84.218.192
219.85.177.131
219.85.180.18
219.85.190.100
219.140.156.154
219.140.192.83
220.191.239.156
222.88.119.95

Thanks,

Will

F.R.: Regenerate List Cache button (5 replies)

RnP-PS — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:42:26 -0500

Hi there, would it be possible to add a regenerate cache list button, for when I update my spammers list that I maintain.

This is because the spammers don't get the hint that they are blocked and constantly try to access the servers, and whilst I can get the cache to regenerate by unticking the list in the list manager and closing the list manager box followed by reopening the list manager and re-ticking the box, it would be nice to just regenerate via a single click somewhere.

Can not Edit default lists! (1 reply)

Trin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:00:10 -0500

Noticed one thing that I thought would be basic. One can not edit the default lists, i.e. add to it. One can view it all day but one can't edit it at all. You edit (edit/change/view) etc. the other lists but not the default lists.

question and idea (2 replies)

qty — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:57:10 -0500

Hi Guys
Thanks for all your great work. However, I do have a few queries.

Question 1: Does the block IP permanently feature on the right click context menu block for all ports if http is allowed? eg., if DINSA (Ministry of Defence IP: 38.117.98.202) is permanently blocked in the permanently block IP option (in the permanent blocked list: permblock.p2b), it only shows as being blocked when http is blocked (allow http off). It appears, and I do say appears, that it is not blocked when http is allowed, well at least it is not showing up as blocked. Does a permanently block mean across all port ranges? Is it possible to clarify this issue please? I would like your input on this one.
If there is an issue here, may be a permanent block could be an option to block on all ports, just http ports or both????? Frankly on DINSA, I would like the ability block their arses on all port ranges!! Moreover, this would go for Dept of Defence (DofD) Information Centre: 216.34.181.96 as well... :)

Question 2: What http ports are blocked? eg., 80, 3128, 8080, 443?. Certainly I have seen port 80 and 443 blocked when allow http is off, but are there any others? May we could have an option if they are the only ones to be be blocked, and I am assuming that is the case (as it may well not be) to have an option to block others as specified by the user? Again would like any input on this one.

Thanks in advance

r320 is quite stable

Cheers
Qty