On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Chris Brenton wrote:
> I found a slick way to get around this problem. On your internal DNS,
> simply setup an authoritative record for the doubleclick.net domain.
> Then add a single "A" record that points "ad.doubleclick.net" at a local
> Web server.
>
> The results are pretty cool. Local users receiving the above redirection
> will be sent to this Web server. No more info getting forward to
> DoubleClick. The bonus is that the client's are unable to pull down ads,
> thus resulting in reduced bandwidth utilization on your Internet link.
> Its amazing how much faster the Dilbert homepage downloads when you
> filter out all the ads. ;)
A better solution is to use an ad-blocker, such as Junkbuster:
http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/
Junkbuster really makes the web a lot faster. Lots of options too, such as
only allowing cookies for the sites you trust.
A single linux box can clean up the web for a lot of users with this software.
-psi
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