Re: Banner server avoidence

[Michael Smith <rybolov@authtrans.com>]

Sure, /etc/hosts.  Add something like the following:
127.0.0.1        adserver.naughtybannerserver.com

Alternatively, you could block out ads using ipchains:
ipchains -A input -s adserver.naughtybannerserver.com -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j REJECT

Or, you could use junkbuster to filter the traffic.

--Mike


Lee Elliott wrote:

> What happens with this particular package is that there's a local file
> linking IP addreses to urls, that is checked before looking for it on
> the net, rather like a local DNS.  By linking ad/banner server urls to,
> say the local IP 127.0.0.1, the look-up fails and is abandoned with the
> result that you don't download anything from these servers i.e adverts
> etc :-)

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