[Peerguardian-announce] PeerGuardian for OS X, Down time, Blocklist.org

[Cory N. <ph...@gm...>]

Hello!

We introduced the first version of PeerGuardian for OS
X<http://phoenixlabs.org/pgosx/>yesterday, so I hope everyone with a
Mac will try it out and thank Phoenix
Labs' new OS X developer qNation for spending his time making it!

The Phoenix Labs website had a bit of down time due to a misunderstanding
with the bank but we've got it squared away now so it's nothing to worry
about.

A brand new Blocklist.org <http://blocklist.org> should be re-launching by
the end of this month which means we will be able to (with your help) revis=
e
the lists used in PeerGuardian much easier.  Due to the
Blocklist.orgservers being compromised in the past we will be doing a
full audit on the
lists before they go public.

For users of PeerGuardian Lite or third party P2P software, we now have a
small utility available on our website that will merge and optimize lists
for use in those applications.

The first Release Candidate of PeerGuardian 2 is heavy development with som=
e
significant improvements, but we aren't yet certain when it will be
available.  This will be the last release before the 2.0 final that will
allow new features so make sure to voice what you want at our
forums<http://forums.phoenixlabs.org/f6-peerguardian-2.html>
.

We have a little over five hundred members on our Frappr!
map<http://www.frappr.com/phoenixlabs>,
very cool!  Go make your mark if you haven't already done so.  We realize
this is a privacy conscious community, so please don't use your real name o=
r
exact location if it bothers you.

As always, we are happy to answer any questions in our
forums<http://forums.phoenixlabs.org/>or our IRC
channel <irc://irc.freenode.net/methlabs>.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and thanks to all our users for keeping
Phoenix Labs alive!

--
Cory Nelson
http://phoenixlabs.org
http://www.int64.org