Should i run peerguardian in 2021?
by veeall from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5G3AH)
Hi!
I was installing a winxp into a mid2007 Macmini, and while checking for firewall applications for it, found info about Peerblock. Digging into it, i found there's a linux application also - peerguardian, but all info seemed to be quite old. My question is: is 'peerguardian' still relevant in 2021? I'm not torrenting, is it still good idea to use it for privacy reasons?
I see it blocks quite a lot of traffic while running, bogons and others, even blocks duckduckgo and linuxquestions. Is the software still relevant today, or did i stumbled into ancient deprecated security practices?
Thanks in-advance to anybody clarifying this a little.
Edit: i also have 'hostsblock' from SBo installed. I would like to minimize unauthorized net traffic from my computer while browsing.
I was installing a winxp into a mid2007 Macmini, and while checking for firewall applications for it, found info about Peerblock. Digging into it, i found there's a linux application also - peerguardian, but all info seemed to be quite old. My question is: is 'peerguardian' still relevant in 2021? I'm not torrenting, is it still good idea to use it for privacy reasons?
I see it blocks quite a lot of traffic while running, bogons and others, even blocks duckduckgo and linuxquestions. Is the software still relevant today, or did i stumbled into ancient deprecated security practices?
Thanks in-advance to anybody clarifying this a little.
Edit: i also have 'hostsblock' from SBo installed. I would like to minimize unauthorized net traffic from my computer while browsing.