ipfilter-v4.5

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⚠️ CAUTION: ⚠️
As I-BlockList seems to be migrating towards restricting blocklist downloads to registered users only (see bottom of this page), IP Filter now requires specifying a username and a PIN (via IBL_USER and IBL_PIN in ipfilter.conf) to use the I-BlockList feature. Note that registration with I-BlockList is free of charge. Unregistered users might experience errors due to I-BlockList redirecting downloads to a captcha page (see issue #8).

For now, the advice is as follows:
If ipfilter-v4.4 still works for you, keep using it. If you are experiencing issues, register with I-BlockList and migrate to ipfilter-v4.5.

Changes:

• Added support for downloading blocklists from I-BlockList as registered user (by supplying username and PIN via configuration items IBL_USER and IBL_PIN). Fixes issue #8
• Obfuscate I-BlockList username and PIN in console/log output (to prevent leaking sensitive information via logs and/or when posting script output on GitHub)

ipfilter-v4.4

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Changes:

• Updated GeoLite2 database download handling to account for breaking API
  change MaxMind will start enforcing on 05/01/24 (new download URL, basic
  authentication using account ID + license; see this link for details)
• Applied additional minor changes (script, README.md, CHANGELOG.md)

ipfilter-v4.3

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Changes:

• Added ipfilter.service and ipfilter.timer for system service setup (Linux with systemd only)
• Added instructions for system service setup to README.md
• Overhauled ipfilter.conf (comments only, no changes to configuration items)
• Split SCREENSHOT.png into SCREENSHOT1.png and SCREENSHOT2.png (GitHub only)
• Renamed Windows Runtime Environments.md to WINDOWS.md (KISS)
• Applied other minor changes to README.md (URLs, wording, formatting)

ipfilter-v4.2

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Changes:

• Applied minor changes to console and log file output
• Added comment regarding GeoLite2 license to configuration
• Added screenshot with sample output (GitHub only)
• Updated and restructured README.md

ipfilter-v4.1

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Changes:

• Obfuscated GeoLite2 license key in console/log output (to prevent leaking sensitive information via logs)
• Overhauled ipfilter.conf: enabled default settings, extended comments, various minor changes
• Overhauled README.md: added default configuration, added usage information, merged sections Download and Installation, various minor changes
• Updated instructions for Windows users in Windows Runtime Environments.md: simplified WSL installation, updated URLs, various minor changes
• Added CHANGELOG.md

ipfilter-v4.0

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Changes:

• Added verbose output feature (optional, configurable)
• Added logging feature (optional, configurable)
• Improved and simplified OS/platform detection and handling
• Improved configuration settings verification/normalization
• Applied various minor changes and improvements
• Refactored code and comments

Git-only changes:

• Added test suite script
• Added I-Blocklist scraper script
• Added hints document for Windows runtime environments
• Updated README.md

ipfilter-v3.1

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Changes:

• Fixed bug regarding overwriting existing compressed output files (issue #6)
• Added support for xz compression of output file

ipfilter-v3.0

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Changes:

• Added support for Cygwin, MSYS2 and Linux on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
• Improved/reworked notifications
• Uses realpath to determine actual folder and filename of script on all platforms except macOS; script now works as expected when being run via symlink
• Informs user and aborts if configuration file could not be read/located (related to issue #5)
• Implemented fix for issue #5; script now works as expected when being run from / on Git for Windows
• Applied additional minor changes (comments, code improvements, code formatting, console prints, command line arguments)
• Updated README.md

ipfilter-v2.1

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Changes:

• Changed some comments in script
• Changed some comments in config
• Updated README.md

ipfilter-v2.0

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Changes:

• Added support for compression of final output file (configuration item COMP_TYPE)
• Changed download utility priority: use curl as default, use wget as fallback (curl seems to be more common)
• Changed long options to short options whenever it helps cross-platform use (e.g. awk -F works on all platforms while awk --field-separator doesn't)
• Fixed selective extraction of *.csv files of GeoLite2 archive on Windows
• Applied additional minor changes (comments, code improvements, code formatting)