Jeff Waugh wrote:

> All you need to do is add extra entries to your hosts file, eg.
> 
> 127.0.0.1    ads.doubleclick.net
> 127.0.0.1    ads.fairfax.com.au
> 
> etc.
> 
> You may find that Netscape spits chips for some of these. Normally
> it should come up with a broken image link, but sometimes it shows
> you a full 404 page (which is a pain, but you can usually press
> Back and Stop to make the original page display correctly).
> 
> Remember - don't block the ads on sites you truly wish to support
> (eg. Slashdot, Freshmeat, etc.)!

For those of you running Apache/mod_perl on your
machines, it would be relatively simple to
create an ip-based  virtual host on, say, 127.0.0.2,
and attach an Apache::Registry script that gracefully
dishes up a little "banner suppressed" image file
in these cases.

Cheers,
Rick W

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