Up-to-date nipfilter and pipfilter

[johnnyg]

Deluge is once again keeping an up-to-date mirror of bluetack's nipfilter and pipfilter.

nipfilter: http://www.deluge-torrent.org/blocklist ... ter.dat.gz
pipfilter: http://www.deluge-torrent.org/blocklist ... ter.dat.gz

[johnnyg]

There was a problem with the script which synchronises our copies and as a result the blocklists weren't being updated.
This has now been rectified
I would recommend forcing an update to ensure that you are using the latest version.

[funnel]

On 2011-12-25, Bluetack made a blog post and forum post discussing "massive upgrades" to its website:

The old download links for our files are no longer valid, as the old downloads system has been completely replaced. Only BlockList Pro members have access to the [new] downloads areas. Please Sign Up to create your free account. Members will soon have access to some of our special new services, which include our new 'direct distribution' system.

The old nipfilter/pipfilter files, according to the site, haven't been updated since 2010-03-29. I visited the new downloads area on 2012-01-05 and saw one section for the blocklists (level1, level2, etc.) and another section for the IP filters (nipfilter, pipfilter, spfilter, pspfilter). There were 44 available blocklists and 0 available filters, with a "Coming Soon" note on the filter section. The day after, the filter section disappeared. They've said themselves that the blocklists are updated automatically each day while the old IP filters were updated manually and only about once per week. I haven't found any info on their plans for maintaining the new filters, if they will be at all.

• IP filters FAQ
• P2P IP blocklist guide - more comparisons of lists
• Old blocklist FAQ

Here's hoping the "Coming Soon" was genuine and they're just doing maintenance.