> It appears as if in some locations Comcast's proxies are intercepting > advertising scripts (google/doubleclick) and replacing them with their own > JS that substitutes their own contracted ads. I am looking for a way to > detect this on a test page to determine how wide spread the practice is. > > I would be greatly appreciative if that person would contact me directly > either by email or phone.
I'm not that person, but I have some suggestions. First, my understanding is that this only happens for users of Comcast public access hotspots, not for subscribed users: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/why-comcasts-javascript-ad-injections-threaten-security-net-neutrality/ Second, if you use TLS (SSL) exclusively, you should be able to prevent this. Google/Doubleclick support this, and I really think it's the way of the future. We recommend exclusive TLS use for all of our customers. Not specifically just for this problem, but because it limits exposure generally and because it may positively affect SEO in the near future: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html Third, there's an IEEE paper that provides some sample code for handling this problem. I haven't read it myself, and it's not a free paper, but it may be worth the money to you: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6032221&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D6032221 Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software 1-202-527-9569 http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor- authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:360182 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
