HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker

[uljanow]

On the other hand, I still think that it would be great to be able to minimize IPblock to system notification area. Is there a way to do it?

Clicking on hide in the context menu of the IPblock icon in the system tray minimizes the GUI.

[kiprit]

Clicking on hide in the context menu of the IPblock icon in the system tray minimizes the GUI.

I think this is my problem, IPblock never appears in my system tray...

[uljanow]

This feature requires the latest openjdk-6-jre or sun-java6-jre which are in Intrepid. Alternatively disabling compiz should make it appear in the system tray.

[mistypotato]

This looks like something I've been wanting

Not wanting to be a party pooper but I'm very new to Linux and I've heard a few precautionary words of wisdom from the admins here.....

so.....

How can we know this program doesn't have a malicious backend attached ?

Just curious and again, a totally linux noobie question

[uljanow]

How can we know this program doesn't have a malicious backend attached ?

Just curious and again, a totally linux noobie question

By reading the source code which is freely available on iplist.sf.net .

[mistypotato]

ah....

simple and elegant.
why isn't everyone using Linux instead of Windows.

thx

[uljanow]

A new version is out!

Changes:
* release (0.25)
* fixed gzip error message
* moved icon to /usr/share/pixmaps/
* removed "-u root" parameter in desktop file
* added gentoo init script
* fixed linux mint menu starter issue
* fixed OpenSuse 11.1 rpm-lint errors
* fixed format of range names in logfile
* added if-up script (Debian)
* fixed GUI problem in Arch Linux
* whitelisted ranges allow incoming traffic (default setting)
* added -p option to restart iplist only (used by ipblock.cron)
* removed update IP ranges in allow.p2p due to default http whitelist

[kiprit]

This feature requires the latest openjdk-6-jre or sun-java6-jre which are in Intrepid. Alternatively disabling compiz should make it appear in the system tray.

Since I do have the jre stuff the reason should be compiz related. But I would prefer having compiz than having IPblock at sys tray.
Thanks for the suggestions anyway!

Besides the tray icon issue i do really like IPblock and think it is a life saver!

[Griz054]

I can't get the keys to authenticate the package.

griz@griz-laptop:~$ gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv 39456311108B243F
gpg: requesting key 108B243F from hkp server wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect to host
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0

Any suggestions?

[uljanow]

You could save the pub key to a file and import it through System->Administration->Software Sources->Authentication->Import Key-file.