Ipfilter.dat file

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File

Name: ipfilter.dat

Location: ~/.aMule/

Description

The usefullness of this file is described in the IP Filter article.

Format

The format of the ipfilter.dat file is as follows:

IPs range , Access level , Description

Access level values lower than 127' are blocked IPs and values over 127 are allowed IPs.

IPs range values are described by an initial IP a dash and the ending IP of the range.

Example

000.000.000.000 - 000.255.255.255 , 000 , "This" Network [RFC1700, page 4]
169.254.0.0 - 169.254.0.255 , 000 , Link local
192.168.0.0 , 192.168.255.255 , Optionally block my LAN
127.0.0.0 , 127.255.255.255 , Optionally block localhost (Loopback)