Look up "squirm" at freshmeat. Its a redirector you use with the squid
proxy (a simple perl script is also included in the squid docs which
worked on 7.1, failed on 7.2, dont know why!). Basicly replaces a web
page/graphic/whatever coming in with a replacement of your choice based
on a regex. Pick a 4 pixel gif to replace the adds and they load very
fast. ipchains is not a good choice as some pages do not work/have
limited fuctionality if you just block the add - "profusion" was one
that did that when I tested. Advantages are a very noticeable speedup
on low bandwidth connections, saves downloaded bytes (can be a lot at
30k or so a graphic) and advertisers will hate you! Most adds come from
only a few major players (doubleclick being the most prominent) so it is
very effective.
On mdk 7.2 you will also need the gnu rx package for regex's.
BillK
"chronos ." wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Had a question,you know all these little adds at the bottom of the screen we see
>anywhere we go on the internet ? Is there a way to block them ? Like for instance get
>the ip address and apply an ipchain rule to block that specific ip address ? Would
>that work or is this just pissing into the wind ?
> Thank you, Chronos.
>
