July 30, 2009 by sharky
One of the biggest problems with using an IPFilter to block bad IPs in a BitTorent client or other P2P software is remembering to update it. An IPFilter is only as good as the provider, and how often the list is updated by both you and the supplier of the list. Blocklists & ipfilter.dat files don’t update themselves automatically - but here’s a cool new utility that now makes it possible with just one mouse-click! Introducing IPFilter Updater - a tiny script that you can use to update a blocklist for virtually any torrent client.
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At last - SqNight (Scene Quality N) is out of beta and recruiting new members. Barely two weeks old, this new music tracker is one of the most visually stunning torrent sites we’ve ever come across. But don’t let this aesthetically pleasing beauty fool you - there’s actually some torrents underneath the hood of this one (1,500 and counting). Here’s how to get invited to this hot new ratio-free music tracker. 
We’ve all been here before: attempted to login to a private tracker account, only to get that dreadful "Login Failed! This account has been disabled" message. Drats, what went wrong this time? It’s highly unlikely that tracker staff will have sent you a PM explaining the situation - after all, you can’t log in to check. No email will be coming, either. Here’s a compilation of the top ten most common reasons why you got banned from a private tracker, and how to avoid it from happening to you.
It’s that time again for PtN to recruit new members! After some recent downtime, PtN has returned true to form. A recent message at PtN suggests the external invite application will run for roughly 48 more hours before closing up for an undetermined amount of time. Now’s your chance to get into this great community movie tracker.
As one of the more knowledgeable computer users among most of the people I know, I’ve had a lot of people ask me how to download things from the Internet, or how to use BitTorrent. After explaining to them what torrents are, how to install µTorrent, how to find and download .torrent files, etc. - well, the whole process can be a bit much for some people. Especially for those just starting out.
Here at FSF, we’ve got the fast track to a cornucopia of brand-new private trackers. Some are still in beta, just waiting for the right time to open up to the masses. One such site that we’ve kept a lid on is SnB - a brand-new "general" tracker using What.cd’s Gazelle codebase. Now officially open, SnB is currently recruiting new members through IRC, email 
