Re: Building a better blockfile (was Re: Web banner blocker)
>on Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:40:32PM +0100, Ross Burton
(ross.burton@mail.com=
>) wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> I'm looking for a good web cache/banner remove program for Debian
>> unstable. Previously I've used Squid + Sleezeball, but Sleezeball
>> hasn't been updated since November 1999. :-(
>>=20
>> Can anyone recommend a good banner blocker? I don't want entire pages
>> blocked so SquidGuard is an overkill, but the banner adverts removed.
>
>Is anyone familiar with a program that allows per-user, multi-client,
>blockfile settings?
>
>Junkbuster is quite effective, but only reads from a global (systemwide)
>blockfile.
>
>The banner blockers built into Mozilla, Galeon, Konqueror, et al, are
>useful, but only apply to that specific client.
>
>I'm looking for a middle ground, either a modificaton to Junkbuster that
>honors user-specific blockfiles (say ~/.junkbuster/blockfile, etc.), or
>a common API or specification format that multiple browsers will honor.
>
>Thoughts?
How about this...
Junkbuster runs on a port and uses a config file. With this knowledge, you
could set up a junkbuster config file for every user that needs a special
blocklist (~/.junkbuster/blockfile). From here, you start an instance of
junkbuster for user that has a unique blocklist. Perhaps using the user ID
added to 10000 for the port to run junkbuster on would help in maintenance.
So, I have a blockfile, ~scott/.junkbuster/blockfile, and I have a
junkbuster daemon setup to run on port 11000 (10000 + my user id of 1000).
Then, you have a blockfile, ~karsten/.junkbuster/blockfile, and a
junkbuster daemon setup to run on port 11001 (10000 + your user id of
1001). Repeat for other users.
I haven't tried this; but, I think it would work;)
HTH,
Scott
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