Easy MoBlock for linux

xiaomhome · July 19th, 2007, 02:41 AM

All you need is untar, ./configure, make. There is no need of make install, after make command just copy the binary located in /where/you/untared/src anywhere. In order to use it you'll need root privileges, because the program will need iptables and acess to /.
(Im already working on a installer)

MoBlock Description: It replaced peerguardian linux, its used to block ads and p2p.

Important: All the credits goes to peerguardian developers / moblock, all my program does is configure moblock scripts and arrange its folder.
You can find all moblock files / scripts here /usr/sbin/MoBlock and your lists / block logs here /etc/MoBlock.

If you want to add more lists, download them here: B.I.S.S. Forums Downloads
After downloading, untar and add them in this file: /etc/MoBlock/Guarding.p2p

(THIS IS NOT NEEDED ANYMORE IN THE BETA VERSIONS SINCE YOU CAN CHANGE THE LISTS YOU WANT TO USE)

I tryed to keep my code very simple, so even if you are a beginner at programming you'll be able to read / modify it to fit your needs.

What will you need:
Iptables; netfilter/iptables project homepage - The netfilter.org project
wxWidget 2.8.3 or better; wxWidgets
wget; GNU Wget
coreutils; Coreutils - GNU core utilities
kernel 2.6.9 or better ( 2.6.18 or better recommended) (if you built your own kernel it may require additional configuration); The Linux Kernel Archives
gcc 3.4.2 or better; GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
make; GNU Make - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
unzip, zip; Info-ZIP Home Page

Dont worry most of this ( if not all ) can be downloaded / installed with your distro package management tools.

IMPORTANT: MOBLOCK WONT WORK WITH 2.6.23 OR NEWER KERNELS
Im looking for a solution for it, in the meantime avoid using moblock with those kernels.

Bug report can be found here: https://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?f...&group_id=2509

Testing MoBlock:
-Start EasyBlock Interface, download / update your lists and start MoBlock
-Open a console window
-Type in the console window "tail -f /etc/MoBlock/MoBlock.log" to watch what is going on with MoBlock - What is it blocking, internal errors, etc..
-Open another console window or a new console tab
-In the second console type "ping www.riaa.com" or "ping terra.com.br" (make sure you have the AD lists selected) --- Or open your browser and enter this link: RIAA or www.terra.com.br;
-Just watch them getting blocked in the MoBlock log file in your first open console, if its not blocking anything or it just throwed an error read it carefully to see what are you missing.
-If you cant find a solution for your problem post the problem.

It should work on any distro, just give it a try.
Any feedbacks or suggestions are welcome.

Remember using MoBlock is not 100% safe, nothing is safe.
Use it at your own risks.

UPDATE
Moving project to sourceforge...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/easyblockinterf/

You can find a unstable beta version there, the new version is working somewhat faster using more native code rather than bash commands. (I'm still replacing the native linux programs with native code functions, this should speed up things and give me more control on what is happening.)

My main problems now:
- Lack of time - Im only working on this on the weekends
- Bluetack files are getting new mirrors, so I have to keep refreshing the code to keep up with the links in the right place.
- MoBlock hasnt released a version with a fix for the 2.6.23 kernel bug, Im going to fix it myself, but I'll need someone that knows shell scripting very well (it doesnt matter if its bash or sh, but sh should be better).

Unixlord · July 19th, 2007, 03:16 AM

Just downloaded it. I'm looking forward to dissecting the source code.

opieum · July 24th, 2007, 04:29 AM

My hats off to you on this awesome app. You may want to post this on Phoenixlabs and Ubuntu Forums as well. I see no reason why it would not work on any other distro.

xiaomhome · July 24th, 2007, 05:40 AM

Hi opieum,
Im happy to see you liked my application, if you want to tell other people about this go ahead, but if someone really got interested in this kind of program they would have already found it. I would not feel confortable in any other forum, because of my incomplete or informal english.

Yes it should work in any other distro, i think the main problem is getting dependencies up and running to compile the program.

Unixlord · July 24th, 2007, 12:36 PM

Well I've found a bunch of minor spelling/grammer mistakes in the mouseover texts. I haven't had time for a proper look at the code but form what I've seen it's very clean and just dying to be tweaked. Are you interested in expanding the program to be a complete config tool?

Mac Daddy · July 24th, 2007, 12:41 PM

Any editing you guys need help with as far as spelling and grammar let me know if I can help

xiaomhome · July 24th, 2007, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unixlord

Well I've found a bunch of minor spelling/grammer mistakes in the mouseover texts. I haven't had time for a proper look at the code but form what I've seen it's very clean and just dying to be tweaked. Are you interested in expanding the program to be a complete config tool?

Yes, I would like to expand the program, but i think there is no need of tweaking more the code, although i can reduce it for the next version. The last thing i want is make it more complicated with threads, so im avoiding it. I was thinking in adding a log viewer, but since there are no multiple threads user would have to click a refresh button to see the lastest events in the log file, what do you think about it?
Thanks for you Unixlord and Mac Daddy for the answers.

Edit: One question, How to ensure that the user is running the app as root?

Unixlord · July 25th, 2007, 01:19 AM

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How to ensure that the user is running the app as root?

I'm not sure what you mean by ensure. Do you mean to stop the user from running as anything other than root or just making things easier?
Well this can be looked at from a number of angles. If the app is going to remain as source a simple readfirst.txt can warn the user to run as root. If you create an app launcher it's as simple as adding "gksu" to the head of the command. I'm not sure I've answered your question but I was thinking along the lines: A simple installation script that compiles the source and generates a launcher with an icon that asks for the root password (Since the app is about user friendliness because it's a gui to do what you would normally do via text).

**Regeneration** · July 25th, 2007, 02:45 AM

Well done. This thread has been sticked, and I will have a word with some guys in other sites, maybe they will like it too. You can host it here via the attachment tab, Rapidshare sucks.

xiaomhome · July 25th, 2007, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unixlord

I'm not sure what you mean by ensure. Do you mean to stop the user from running as anything other than root or just making things easier?
Well this can be looked at from a number of angles. If the app is going to remain as source a simple readfirst.txt can warn the user to run as root. If you create an app launcher it's as simple as adding "gksu" to the head of the command. I'm not sure I've answered your question but I was thinking along the lines: A simple installation script that compiles the source and generates a launcher with an icon that asks for the root password (Since the app is about user friendliness because it's a gui to do what you would normally do via text).

Friendliness thats the point, sure I could do that but sadly I dont know how to edit the makefile(Im used to Windows when programming - Maybe i should make an installaler for it instead?). Sorry for my misinformation - and yes the application MUST be run as root since it will need acess to iptables and /usr/sbin + /etc folders right to write.

Edit: Sorry i didnt see your reply Regeneration: Thank you, it would be great. Ill attach it here soon.
Edit2: I cant attach files with bz2 extension, so i renamed it .zip.
Edit3: New beta im testing, works on opensuse and gentoo