Hello David,
Tuesday, 20 February 2001, you wrote:
DI> --- Gavin McCord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> ...is a pain
>>
>> I've been trying to filter out the doubleclick
>> adverts,
>> though they seem to have some length to prevent you
>> doing
>> this.
>>
>> Adverts link to hostnames like ad.doubleclick.net or
>> m.doubleclick.net. Variations on these exist.
>>
>> Trying to filter using the hostname to block
>> outgoing
>> access can be done, though doubleclick names return
>> a different ip each time, so you'd have to run the
>> firewall
>> script every couple of seconds.
>>
>> The old ipchains howto listed some of doubleclick's
>> ports.
>> Unless I can find a list, I'll just have to build
>> one up from
>> the logs.
>>
DI> IIIRC you can be sneaky with things like Doubleclick
DI> using proxies, basically they just scan through any
DI> web page for add sized links to doubleclick and
DI> replace them with a local - static gif image. Don't
DI> kno much about it but i know there is such a thing.
DI> Spam-Guard and Ad-Block (Or similar names) spring to
DI> mind. Perhaps ad-filter. (???)
Check out www.squidguard.org
*quote* from blacklists page
The blacklist is now split into subsections (porn, agressive, drugs, hacking, ads, ...)
^^^
Looks like there is a blacklist category already there... AFAIK
squidguard does things by domain name, so you don't have to worry
about 'dynamic' IP's. I haven't used it, yet...
I'd be interested to hear if anyone is using it...
Mark mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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