PeerBlock
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PeerBlock under Windows 7 | |
| Developer(s) | Mark Bulas – Lead Developer night_stalker_z – Developer A. Jesse Harper – Installer XhmikosR – Installer |
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| Initial release | 27 September 2009 |
| Stable release | 1.0 (release 181) / September 27, 2009 |
| Preview release | 1.0 (release 223) / November 21, 2009 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Available in | English |
| Development status | Active |
| Type | Firewalls |
| License | GPL or zlib/libpng license |
| Website | www.peerblock.com |
PeerBlock is a free open source application which is a fork of PeerGuardian.[1] PeerBlock is capable of blocking incoming and outgoing connections based on IP block lists. Besides subscribing to pre-made blocklists from external sources which may be updated via a list manager, PeerBlock is also capable of blocking custom ranges, depending upon user preferences.[2]
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Development
PeerBlock 1.0 is based on the same code as PeerGuardian 2 RC1 Test3 Vista version.[1] It adds support for Windows Vista and Windows 7, including the 64-bit editions.
PeerBlock is under active development by a small team of developers led by Mark Bulas.[3] Hosting, as well as the signed driver, is funded by donations from the public. Future donations are intended to contribute to future signed drivers, hosting and to possibly rent a VPS server on which the team should be able to build a "real" online-update feature for future releases of PeerBlock.
Phoenix Labs, the developer of PeerGuardian (project now ended), encourage current PeerGuardian users to migrate to PeerBlock.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b What is PeerBlock's relationship with the old PeerGuardian program?
- ^ What is PeerBlock?
- ^ About us
- ^ PeerBlock 1.0 Released
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