I would add NoScript to that list of Firefox extensions, it is a whitelist/blacklist for javascript. NoScript + AdBlock == the web is a little more sane again ;)
AdBlock+ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/ NoScript https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722/ Chances are good that some kind of embedded scripts are calling some of those extra connections. ---------- Matt M. LinuxKnight On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Daniel Pittman <[email protected]> wrote: > logical american <[email protected]> writes: > > > Does anyone know where a controlled connect internet browser can be > found? > > Nope. > > > I am now getting dozens and dozens of connections on my Mozilla Firefox > > browser and chasing some of them down seems to lead to my own IP company, > > but located transnationally. Once I saw 76 connections after I landed on > a > > web page. (I realize that web pages do contain multiple embedded URLs > but > > this is ridiculous). Even coming up on a search engine now seems to > bring > > up unrelated sites. > > > > Can socket connections be limited from another running program which > talks > > directly to the kernel? > > Yes, but I don't know of anything on Linux that acts as a suitable front > end; > over in OS-X land there are "Little Snitch" and a couple of similar tools. > > However, you might be able to address at least some of your issues with > some > combination (for Firefox; alternatives exist for other platforms) of > AdBlock+, > together with the EasyPrivacy list, and/or Ghostery. > > They both serve to stop a wide range of those extra services and/or > monitoring > tools from working on the page. (You might also want FlashBlock to avoid > that > adding more paths to fetching ... stuff. :) > > Regards, > Daniel > -- > ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ [email protected] ☎ +61 401 155 > 707 > ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
