At 10:38 23/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, I read the "manpage" and the help-file on ipchains,
>but I"m doing something wrong, I know. Whenever I try to
>create a "rule" for an IPchain, it says "Try `ipchains -h'
>or 'ipchains --help' for more information".
>I'm wanting to create a rule to block ALL traffic from a
>certain domain (doubleclick.net, to be honest! <G>)
>
>I know there are people who feel IP chains should NOT be
>used for this purpose, but I'm tired of banner ads slowing
>down my web surfing. They have gotten so
>bandwidth-intensive these days that they slow down the page
>loading. I mean, by the time you get a page loaded you may
>have had to view 8 or 10 banner ads! That's just TOO much
>for me! I refuse to let capitalism slow down my web
>surfing! :-)
> John
>
Try this:-
"ipchains -A input -i eth0 -s 208.211.225.89 -l -j deny "
(you may need to change the interface depending on what is
your external interface and the IP address is that of www.doubleclick.net)
But surely this will just give you timeouts and just slow the
surfing down even more ??
for what it was worth,
nick@nexnix
