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humbleus
Aug 06, 2013Aspirant
Transmission Blocklist. Will it carry over to other Add-Ons?
I'm using an iblocklist list setup in Transmission. Will these ip filters/blocks work with other Add-ons, or does Transmission filter only within the Add-on? I wish to use ruTorrent for the time be...
tarobun
Aug 13, 2013Tutor
humbleus wrote:
-edit: I would think if Transmission is open then it should block connections to the device and not just to the addon. Are you sure? If so, I could keep Transmission open while rTorrent is running.
Basically the blocklist is used by Transmission to determine if it wants to accept/connect to an IP.
rTorrent can use the same blocklist file (it is just a file), but must be programmed to accept/connect separately.
Having Transmission running won't prevent rTorrent from accepting/connecting to an IP.
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