KDE’s powerhouse torrent application, KTorrent comes with a formidable set of plugins including an IP filter. Here’s how to get it working.
Launch KTorrent. Head to Settings > Configure KTorrent. Look for the Plugins options in the side bar. Under Plugins, select the IPFilterPlugin. A new set of options should appear in the side bar called IP Filter.
You should find the option to Use PeerGuardian filter already selected and a url filled in the IP filter file area. Under that, the status will inform you that it’s not loaded. There’s a Download/Convert button, but that won’t work either, giving you a cryptic error message about no IP’s found in level1.txt.
Here’s what the problem is: the splist.zip file hosted at bluetack.co.uk is no longer hotlinkable. Which means, the url doesn’t work. You need to manually get this file from here and use the file browser to load it. Now, the Download/Convert button should work properly and the status message will inform you that the plugin is Loaded and running. Congratulations, you are in P2P heaven. 
You can uncheck the automatic update option since you may delete the splist.zip file from your hard disk. Otherwise, KTorrent will periodically check the location to see if there is an updated list available.
A proper workaround is to find an up to date list of blacklisted IP’s that KTorrent users can happily hotlink to and have it updated automatically. But for now, you’ll need to manually update the splist.zip file from the link above and load it into KTorrent. Does anyone know of a viable option to manually updating the file every few days?
EDIT: The KDE tooth fairy answered and this problem is no more. If you’re running the latest version (at the time of writing, it’s 4.3.4), KTorrent would have this URL as the default location of the IP filter file: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/level1.gz. If it doesn’t, then just enter this URL and hit Download/Convert. Now, you can also enable the Automatic Update and sync every day/week/month or whatever you prefer.
December 6, 2009 at 21:24 |
Howdy could someone tell me their thoughts on a acceptable download torrent service. What paid service would you recommend?
December 12, 2009 at 9:09 |
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! You just made a complicated sounding process easy, done as you said and the results are great. Merry Xmas dude!
December 14, 2009 at 9:52 |
Thanks, but things are even simpler now. Just use this URL: http://www.bluetack.co.uk/config/level1.gz and you can have KTorrent automatically update it for you. If you are running the latest version, it should already be doing that. The post has been updated to that effect.