on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 07:29:05PM -0400, Jason Boxman (jasonb@edseek.com) wrote:
> On Monday 10 September 2001 06:13 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > Some, but relatively few. My own policy is:
> >
> > - I don't like animated ads: handled with animation settings in Galeon.
> > - I don't like Java/Javascript ads: disable both.
> > - I don't like ad demographics aggregatorss: handled with both DNS
> > and junkbuster.
>
> Yeah, I'd like to add major advertises to an iptables ruleset, but I am
> uncertain how to obtain all IP addresses owned by an organization.
This is why DNS blackholing is easier. Adding an authoritative
reference for a domain grabs all references to it. Similarly, a
suitably formed expression should work similarly, e.g.:
*.doubleclick.com
*.doubleclick.net
<...>
> > What other webwasher type proxies are there out there? I have a strong
> > preference for free software.
>
> I wish I knew, but someone else following this rather large thread
> might have some suggestions. I'm curious myself. (Just occurred to
> me that WebWasher could track my surfing habbits and such -- I haven't
> monitored for that. Scary thought.)
Is Webwasher a local proxy or a remote one? I'd thought the former,
sounds not.
As far as tracking your surfing, I'm chatting with a guy who's pointed
me to a site that gets direct logs from ISPs, on claim was they had
about 35% of the market in their service area. Ties full demographics
(they've got your ISP) with traffic patterns. Lesson: you can't trust
anyone to see both ends of your connection.
The company involved is: http://www.hitwise.com.au/methodology/
Cheers.
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