I've been doing the same thing, and obviously it does prevent most of the ad
graphics from downloading. But does it also stop the profiling from
happening?
If the browser itself sends the URL to Doubleclick, then this solution would
seem to work. But if the web server you're going to sends the URL instead,
this this won't work. Chris (Brenton), would verify which of the above
actually happens?
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From: Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 7:06 PM
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Subject: Re: How much info are you leaking?
Jeff Bachtel wrote:
>
> The idea of a sort of ORBS is interesting (and may have merit). If,
> for instance, ads.doubleclick.net.relays.worbs.net returns a valid ip
> (loopback), then have your proxy server transparently handle traffic
> to that site. However, and automated ORBS would be fairly difficult to
> implement, as verification of information relaying is not as easy as
> it is for open relays of email.
I have ads.doubleclick.net (and many other similar sites) in my host file
as 127.0.0.1. Not only does it keep my computer from giving them free
information, it also seems to make alta vista searches much faster since
it doesn't have to wait for responses from doubleclick.net.
Eric Johnson
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