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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Killer360 on April 25, 2007, 07:25:47 PM

Title: PG2.
Post by: Killer360 on April 25, 2007, 07:25:47 PM
This popped up on my PG2 list... is this normal or rare?

(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3156/pg22zb5.jpg)
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: iago on April 25, 2007, 08:27:18 PM
As far as I can see, port TCP/4456 isn't used for any special service, nor is the remote port. I have no idea why you'd see that from anybody.
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: Sidoh on April 25, 2007, 09:04:59 PM
Haha, CIA.  You're fucked!
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: iago on April 25, 2007, 09:10:08 PM
I find it really weird how DoD (department of defense), Sygate (a db company), Savvis, and another place all decided to connect on UDP/41145 at the same time. I call broken program.
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: rabbit on April 25, 2007, 09:13:25 PM
Actually, it looks like HE connected to everything except two of the Peak Web Hosting things.
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: iago on April 25, 2007, 09:19:53 PM
I was thinking that too, but the ports seem to make more sense backwards. Could just be that I'm crazy, though. :)
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: Killer360 on April 25, 2007, 10:49:35 PM
Quote from: Sidoh on April 25, 2007, 09:04:59 PM
Haha, CIA.  You're fucked!

Nope. That's why they made PG2.  :P
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: Sidoh on April 25, 2007, 11:02:04 PM
Quote from: Killer360 on April 25, 2007, 10:49:35 PM
Nope. That's why they made PG2.  :P

I was kidding...
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: Blaze on April 25, 2007, 11:06:56 PM
What exactly does PG2 do?
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: deadly7 on April 25, 2007, 11:28:50 PM
Quote from: Blaze on April 25, 2007, 11:06:56 PM
What exactly does PG2 do?
I'm guessing it scans any network traffic and resolves the DNS and tells you who you're connected to.
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: Sidoh on April 25, 2007, 11:35:19 PM
Quote from: deadly7 on April 25, 2007, 11:28:50 PM
I'm guessing it scans any network traffic and resolves the DNS and tells you who you're connected to.

I don't think it interfaces with DNS.  It just checks the range that IP addresses fall under.
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: Killer360 on April 26, 2007, 08:44:53 AM
Quote from: Blaze on April 25, 2007, 11:06:56 PM
What exactly does PG2 do?

It doesn't send/receive packets to IP's on the block list.


For example, the other day I was trying to load a bot and wondered why it wasn't connecting -- PG2 was blocking Blizzard IP's.
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: Hitmen on April 26, 2007, 02:37:53 PM
Quote from: WikipediaAs of April 24, 2007 the default "Level 1" list stated as being to block anti-p2p organizations alone blocks 739,154,389 IP Addresses. As of January 2007 there are approximately 2,407,000,000 IP addresses allocated to the Internet. Therefore this list blocks an entire 30.5% of the Internet as supposed anti-P2P.

I doubt the usefulness of this program.  :-\
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: Killer360 on April 26, 2007, 05:13:56 PM
Quote from: Hitmen on April 26, 2007, 02:37:53 PM
Quote from: WikipediaAs of April 24, 2007 the default "Level 1" list stated as being to block anti-p2p organizations alone blocks 739,154,389 IP Addresses. As of January 2007 there are approximately 2,407,000,000 IP addresses allocated to the Internet. Therefore this list blocks an entire 30.5% of the Internet as supposed anti-P2P.

I doubt the usefulness of this program.  :-\

Meh, it does it's best. It's better than nothing.
Title: Re: PG2.
Post by: iago on April 26, 2007, 06:02:03 PM
Actually, it's probably worse than nothing.

I don't know about those anti-P2P people, but when most people set up a honeypot or honeynet, they typically do it from IPs that aren't easily traceable to themselves.

So in other words, you're blocking 30% of the Internet, and likely missing the people you're trying to protect yourself from. So all it does is slow you down. So, like I said, it's probably worse than nothing.