PeerGuardian 2 Public Beta released !!!

[blackwings]

yup, thats right, methlabs has finally released PG 2 Public Beta. Even if it's called Beta, it works excellent, so far no troubles :D Which is understandble because they are great developers + they have made extensive testing of PG2 with their beta testers.

There are 2 versions, one version for XP/win2000/win2003 users and other version for windows 98/ME users.

You can download PG 2 Public Beta here(there are also more info + screenshots) =
Click here to get to the PG 2 dl site

For the moment, the server that PG2 use for auto update of blocklist, so dl the blocklist mannually here =
Methlabs blocklist

[DEEP-GOA]

Originally posted by blackwings
yup, thats right, methlabs has finally released PG 2 Public Beta. Even if it's called Beta, it works excellent, so far no troubles :D Which is understandble because they are great developers + they have made extensive testing of PG2 with their beta testers.

There are 2 versions, one version for XP/win2000/win2003 users and other version for windows 98/ME users.

You can download PG 2 Public Beta here(there are also more info + screenshots) =
Click here to get to the PG 2 dl site

For the moment, the server that PG2 use for auto update of blocklist, so dl the blocklist mannually here =
Methlabs blocklist

ha, many thx 4 the info.. good news

[blackwings]

The server for update of blocklist is up now, so update through PG2 should work now.

For those that doesn't know, this is what PG2 can do =
* 0-1% CPU usage & ,1,3-2 MB in memory
* Block bad IP's in all protocols
* Multiply blocklist loaded
* A alllow list for trusted site
* A function to temporary allow connection from a IP in the   blocklist
* Has a auto&manual update function
* setting for how often PG2 should check for update of the blocklist.
* Show the name of the connection that is blocked, the direction of  this connection.
* A blocklist manager
* a option that makes it even take less CPU/Memory (but that isn't needed when it only takes 0-1% CPU and 1.3-2MB in memory)

Later on, PG 2 will also get a plugin system that can give PG2 lots of new function.

[DEEP-GOA]

PeerGuardian 2 vs. Protowall
wanna c which one is "better".. performance it`s 4 sure the piece of capital importance .. let`s check  8)

[bastya_elvtars]

Yes, PG is a really great piece of software... but i recommend protowall as it filters the highest level possible in windows (installs as network service), giving no chance to malware - and protowal 2.0 beta does not hog your computer at all as well. it has a major disadvantage though: it filters http.

[blackwings]

Originally posted by bastya_elvtars
Yes, PG is a really great piece of software... but i recommend protowall as it filters the highest level possible in windows (installs as network service), giving no chance to malware - and protowal 2.0 beta does not hog your computer at all as well. it has a major disadvantage though: it filters http.

ehm, PG 2 works in kernel level ;)

lol. protowall. ya I heard about that in protowall you can't allow ips on port 80 and 443 :P But in PG 2 there is a easy enable/disalbe HTTP block for port 80 and 443 (PG Lite does also have it.)

And a driver/service can never be faster then something that works on the kernel level.

[bastya_elvtars]

Yeah, drivers are between BIOS and kernel... as windows has micro-kernel architecture -  so indeed. Please do not mix *nix and Win32 next time.

[blackwings]

Originally posted by bastya_elvtars
Yeah, drivers are between BIOS and kernel... as windows has micro-kernel architecture -  so indeed. Please do not mix *nix and Win32 next time.

who was talking about *nix

[bastya_elvtars]

Kernel level netcard access is high in *nix but not in windows. Thats why.

[DEEP-GOA]

Anyone have now experience with the new PG?

[bastya_elvtars]

New blocklist manager released, works faster and optimized in many ways.

- Get Here -

If you had a previous version, you have to uninstall (mixes things up.)

[The_Fox]

PeerGuardian 2 is a great piece of software, the only problems I've encountered with the latest version are these:

a) it blocks Yahoo messanger with the p2p blocklist (you need to pernamently unblock its range, if you want to use it)

b) it tends to crash on New Download Available pop-up window

[DEEP-GOA]

Originally posted by bastya_elvtars
New blocklist manager released, works faster and optimized in many ways.

- Get Here -

If you had a previous version, you have to uninstall (mixes things up.)

thanks for the message,, works fine here  :]

[bastya_elvtars]

Als Blizzard are on blacklist, so I have to disable when playing starcraft. ;)

[blackwings]

Whoo!!, PG 2 beta 5 released, really nice
new things (in short) =

• Much improved GUI
• Great improvment of Log history and the listmanager
• Few small new features
• Some bug fixes

Download beta 5 here =
DL PG2 HERE

Full changelog here (between beta 4 and 5, check previous entries for older changelog) =
Full Changelog  

Screenshot of GUI =
(except for the "plugins" and "about" tabs and also not the colored circels in the upper right and instead of "Stay on Top" button it is "Clear Log" button)

[Dessamator]

Originally posted by bastya_elvtars
Als Blizzard are on blacklist, so I have to disable when playing starcraft. ;)

hmm, u play starcraft, hehe, interesting me 2, :D

[bastya_elvtars]

Originally posted by The_Fox b) it tends to crash on New Download Available pop-up window

Yes, definitely. Also when updating.

[blackwings]

Originally posted by bastya_elvtars

Originally posted by The_Fox b) it tends to crash on New Download Available pop-up window

Yes, definitely. Also when updating.

that is fixed in beta 5 ;)

[Bobby1999]

The mirror you've selected, mesh.dl.sourceforge.net does not currently have the file you requested. (This is an error on our part which will be fixed).

You are requesting file: /peerguardian/pg2-050412-nt.exe
Please select a mirror





That goes for all scources:(

[blackwings]

Originally posted by Bobby1999
The mirror you've selected, mesh.dl.sourceforge.net does not currently have the file you requested. (This is an error on our part which will be fixed).

You are requesting file: /peerguardian/pg2-050412-nt.exe
Please select a mirror





That goes for all scources:(

does none of the PG2 sourceforge mirrors work for you?(, wierd, I dont have that problem.  

[Psycho_Chihuahua]

NT: http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/peerguardian/pg2-050412-nt.exe

98: http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/peerguardian/pg2-050412-9x.exe