Re: filtering out ads
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:33:21PM -0400, Owen G. Emry wrote:
> Interested in hearing different strategies for blocking ads. Presently I
> use a mixture of input-chain firewall rules and redirection in my
> /etc/hosts file.
>
> Since I'm running DNS for my LAN, is there a way to set it up to block ads?
>
> Also, there's one ad system I haven't figured out how to block: I've seen
> many ads that have URLs "ads.admonitor.net" but nslookup claims this is a
> nonexiststant host/network, so I can't add it to my firewalling rules. Any
> ideas?
Check out junkbuster:
Package: junkbuster
Version: 2.0-7.1
Priority: optional
Section: web
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), dpkg (>=1.4.1.17)
Suggests: www-browser
Architecture: i386
Filename: dists/stable/main/binary-i386/web/junkbuster_2.0-7.1.deb
Size: 86966
MD5sum: 32154c5802ede1ba033d6217c38f2a9d
Description: The Internet Junkbuster!
Junkbuster is an instrumentable proxy that filters the HTTP stream between
web servers and browsers. It can prevent ads and other unwanted junk from
appearing in your web browser.
installed-size: 237
I've installed it, but not yet adjusted the configuration.
HTH.
--
David Karlin
dkarlin@coloradomtn.edu
Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Reply to: