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ofolion
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_ 		12. November 2006 @ 07:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've been using PG2 now for ages and i was wonder when i watched it update...why does it need to block educational ips? if i watch it when it blocks its usually a university or college somewhere in the world...what thread do these pose to you? is it safe to turn the educational block off?

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TomMelee
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_ 		12. November 2006 @ 16:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yea, you can turn it off. Doesn't hurt anything to leave it on, but it's not necessary. The more ports ip's you're blocking, the better your protection is (theoretically), but it's up to you.

~Melee

edit: just know that one reason (I think) it's available is because lots of skript kiddies go to college and take advantage of the big fat pipe to do lots of things like portscans and whanot.
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ofolion
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_ 		13. November 2006 @ 06:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hmm thats a good reason, but you say "doesn't hurt anything to leave it on" but donut most universities like you say have fast connections, wouldn't downloads be faster with it on?
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TomMelee
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_ 		13. November 2006 @ 13:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Theoretically, but then most universities don't allow direct access to p2p.

At least not ones in the US.

~Melee
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The BT Bible 1.2, no longer hosted on rapidshare!:
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Static? Dynamic? What's wrong with your torrent? Tweaks? Fixes? Troubleshoots? All that and more...
http://www.plucky.org
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