IP Filtering
Sometimes it happens that users send, intentionally or without knowing, corrupted data. This may prevent a file from completing properly or the file being totally corrupted.
eMule introduces a basic filtering of IP's. The IP-Ranges to filter are stored in a file named ipfilter.dat which is stored in eMule's install folder. This blacklist has the following format (same as cDonkey):
# Example of a "ipfilter.dat" file
#
# All entered IP ranges will be blocked in eMule for both Up- and Downloading
# Be extremely careful what you enter here. Wrong entries may totally block eMule from accessing the network
#
# Format:
# IP-Range , Access Level , Description
#
# Access Levels:
# =127 permitted
064.094.089.000 - 064.094.089.255 , 000 , Gator.com
This entry will block the IPs from 064.094.089.000 to 064.094.089.255, i.e. eMule will not connect to any IP out of this range, neither for uploading nor downloading data.
Warning:
The example above will block any connection to the specified IP-range. This may reduce the number of sources for downloads.
At the moment only one access levels are implemented. A value below 127 (default in Preferences -> Security) means that any connection-attempt is denied. Coming eMule-versions will expand this feature.
When a client/IP is filtered, it is logged in the debug-log.
Official eMule distributions will not contain a ipfilter.dat file. Do not use this feature unless you know what you do![/U]
Last update on: 2003-04-27 by Monk