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Nobby:
Hi

I have been recommended this site by member here, i am looking for the following modification to be made:

Peer Gaurdian Lite to be modified to allow it to check a website for an updated blocklist, this check would need to be carried out every 2 hours, if there are no new updates to the blocklist available it will simply check again in 2 hours and so on etc. I'm not sure how best to confirm if it has the latest blocklist, perhaps a date in the np file? Or in the title?

I am aware the more complex Peer Gaurdian 2 does have an auto update function, i beleive it currently checks for updates every 24 hours, perhaps the code for this could be lifted, modded and added to PG Lite?

Source for both can be found here:

http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/      - for PG2

http://phoenixlabs.org/pglite/   - for Lite


Im not sure how easy this would be to do, as my understanding of such things is extremely limited.

Any help recieved would well appreiciated


Many many thanks

Nobby

brotherS:
That would only be possible by hacking the program, which would not be a Coding Snack anymore. (And probably illegal too.)

But why do you want that at all? Paranoid? ;)

Also, please keep in mind that you don't pay for their bandwith (it's a free program). Checking every 2 hours instead of every 24 hours might bring their server down.

app103:
Peer Guardian and PeerGuardian Lyte are both open source C++ programs, (Visual Studio) in case you needed to know.

The mod Nobby wants is for a specific group of users of the program. A rather large group with at least 1 million users.

PGLyte currently doesn't contain any type of automatic updating features and this is needed. Not only is it needed, but it needs to check for updates more frequently than the regular PG program does, and to a different location than the full version does (as to not hammer the servers of the poor dudes that host that list).

Nobby's group plans on posting and maintaining their own list for use with the program and update it much more frequestly...several times a day if necessary.

Nobby has told me that if this request is filled, that he will include a link to this site on whatever page he posts a download link on, and urge users of the modified version to make donations in appreciation, as well as making a donation himself.

brotherS:
The mod Nobby wants is for a specific group of users of the program. A rather large group with at least 1 million users.

PGLyte currently doesn't contain any type of automatic updating features and this is needed. Not only is it needed, but it needs to check for updates more frequently than the regular PG program does, and to a different location than the full version does (as to not hammer the servers of the poor dudes that host that list).
-app103 (June 21, 2006, 06:45 AM)
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Yes, but then that modded PGLite would have to allow ONLY that other list to be updated more frequently. And - as history told me - that limit won't be there for long as soon as modding has been started...

Regarding "this is needed": millions of people think beer should be free for everyone, but that won't (and shouldn't) happen either ;)

P.S.: Now please all say together: Lite! (as in http://phoenixlabs.org/pglite/ ) :D

Nobby:
Hey guys, any coders fancy taking a shot at this project????

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