On Wednesday 10 January 2001 05:24 pm, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> 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.
Since all the packets are entering the machine on port 80 then I don't quite
see why Ipchains wouldn't be a good solution. As long as you're blocking
specific host/domains such as doubleclick I would think ipchains would be an
ideal solution for this. yes?
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Mark
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