Moblock (peerguardian linux alternative)

[ba5e]

when I click on the 'moblock simplegui' in accessories I get nothing! installed all relevant dependencies too. Any ideas?

[ba5e]

when I click on the 'moblock simplegui' in accessories I get nothing! installed all relevant dependencies too. Any ideas?

UPDATE: I get the followign running moblock-simplegui from the terminal

willmc@willbuntu:~$ moblock-simplegui
/usr/bin/moblock-simplegui:66:in `initialize': Failed to open file '/usr/share/pixmaps/moblock-gui.png': Permission denied (GLib::FileError)
from /usr/bin/moblock-simplegui:66

[c0ugar]

It looks like Moblocks blocks my local network traffic. Is there any way to allow traffic from the computers which are in my local network?

MoBlock like PeerGuardian, runs by default on all interfaces. I do not believe this can be configured to only run on the 'internet' interface. I believe it is developed that way in order to prevent computers on a LAN from contacting malicious sites, etc. It would defeat the purpose other wise.

[foxy123]

MoBlock like PeerGuardian, runs by default on all interfaces. I do not believe this can be configured to only run on the 'internet' interface. I believe it is developed that way in order to prevent computers on a LAN from contacting malicious sites, etc. It would defeat the purpose other wise.

so is there any solutiion to that? Any way to whitelist certain ips maybe?

[HBK]

UPDATE: I get the followign running moblock-simplegui from the terminal

willmc@willbuntu:~$ moblock-simplegui
/usr/bin/moblock-simplegui:66:in `initialize': Failed to open file '/usr/share/pixmaps/moblock-gui.png': Permission denied (GLib::FileError)
from /usr/bin/moblock-simplegui:66

You have to sudo it, otherwise it won't work .

Strangely, the GUI doesn't really help me... I can't find the options to update lists etc., isn't that coded yet or do we have a bug ?

Regards,
HBK

[pelle.k]

I was to code a complete GUI in ruby. Unfortunately i haven't got any time to spare so i just made a "tail" in a "trayable" GTK window. Nothing more, nothing less.
You can essentially have the same result if you use alltray on a terminal with "tail -f" on moblock.log.

If you want features then wait for mikji to complete "GNOME Blocklist". This is what he wrote earlier in this thread...

Hi folks,

I don't really post here that much (long time lurker), but I see you're looking for a moblock gui! Well, I've been working on one in gnome-python for the past few days, and it's about half done. I ran across this thread and thought I'd let you guys know about it so you don't duplicate work.

It'll have a dbus daemon, a notification applet and a preferences item. The first is mostly done, the second is trivial and I haven't gotten started on the last part.

I'll start a new thread when my sourceforge project is approved and I release something (a few days to a week).

Here are some screenshots; the first one is of the preference panel, and the second one is what you get when you click the notification icon.

Moblock shouldn't block LAN ip:s. If it does, it will show up in the log.

[ba5e]

This sounds great! thanks for the help, and well done pelle.k for the howto!

[foxy123]

Moblock shouldn't block LAN ip:s. If it does, it will show up in the log.

I wonder what is that:

Blocked IN: matica.hr,hits: 1,SRC: 192.168.1.3

192.168.1.3 is a local IP address for my other PC.

[harryhoudini66]

I decided to uninstall Moblock. When I shut down I see the process is running and being terminated. I am sure it is because it starts with Daemon. How do I remove it?

[harryhoudini66]

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