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Bug#295782: marked as done (ITP: bfilter -- Simple web filtering proxy with heuristic ad detection algorithm.)

Your message dated Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:09:51 +0200
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and subject line closing old ITP bug
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


* Package name    : bfilter
  Version         : x.y.z
  Upstream Author : Name <somebody@example.org>
* URL             : http://bfilter.sourceforge.net/
* License         : GPL
  Description     : Simple web filtering proxy with heuristic ad detection algorithm.

c/p from bfilter homepage:

 BFilter is a filtering web proxy. It was originally intended for removing
banner ads only, but at some point it has been extended to remove popups and
webbugs. It can't be used as a general purpose filtering proxy because it
was never intended this way. For example you can't just block an arbitary
object, you can only hint the ad detector in its decision making.
The main advantage BFilter has over the similar tools is its heuristic ad
detection algorithm. The traditional blocklist-based approach is also
implemented, but it's mostly used for dealing with false positives. Unlike
other tools that require constant updates of their blocklists, BFilter
manages to remove over 90% of ads even with an empty blocklist!
The javascript generated ads are not a problem for BFilter, as it has a
javascript engine to combat them.
BFilter is expected work with any browser that supports proxies (nearly any
browser does), and can forward requests to another HTTP proxy.
BFilter is written in C++ and is distributed under the GNU GPL. 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-nitro4
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to hr_HR.UTF-8)

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Source: bfilter
Source-Version: 1.0.2-3

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Thomas Huriaux

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