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Date:      Fri, 28 Dec 2001 06:29:52 -0800
From:      chip <chip@wiegand.org>
To:        Scott Nolde <scott@smnolde.com>, C J Michaels <cjm2@earthling.net>
Cc:        Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, FBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Block WWW advertizing banners & auto spawn web pages using ipfilter or ipfw
Message-ID:  <200112280628603.SM02384@there>
In-Reply-To: <20011227223318.X195-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>
References:  <20011227223318.X195-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>

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On Thursday 27 December 2001 07:38 pm, Scott Nolde wrote:
> smacked into the keyboard previously by C J Michaels:
>  >Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 22:32:33 -0500
>  >From: C J Michaels <cjm2@earthling.net>
>  >To: Scott Nolde <scott@smnolde.com>,
>  >     Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
>  >Cc: FBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
>  >Subject: RE: Block WWW advertizing banners & auto spawn web pages using
>  >    ipfilter or ipfw
>  >
>  >I use adzap for squid and it works like a charm, it blocks about 80% of
>  > ad banners and it does a decent job of squelching popups.  It doesn't
>  > actually remove them, but the windows pop-up empty and dont' spawn
>  > further popups.
>  >
>  >It's even in the ports collection now (/usr/ports/www/adzap/)
>  >
>  >--Chris
>
> Thanks for the info.  I found a very detailed filter file for junkbuster
> which catches about 98% of the ads from sites in the US.  I've been very
> pleased.

I've been quietly following this thread and am interested in this too. Could 
you share with us what filter file it is that you found? Or where you found 
it?

Thanks,
Chip
www.wiegand.org

> I got interested in junkbuster while trying to determine which proxy
> server to use to bypass the office's proxy... OpenSSH + ${proxy_of_choice}
> makes a great combination.  Incorporating an ad filter to the web proxy
> cuts down enormously on bandwidth.
>
>  >-----Original Message-----
>  >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>  >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Scott Nolde
>  >Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 3:37 PM
>  >To: Joe & Fhe Barbish
>  >Cc: FBSD Questions
>  >Subject: Re: Block WWW advertizing banners & auto spawn web pages using
>  >ipfilter or ipfw
>  >
>  >smacked into the keyboard previously by 
owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG:
>  > >Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 23:10:07 -0500
>  > >From: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
>  > >To: FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
>  > >Subject: Block WWW advertizing banners & auto spawn web pages using
>  > >    ipfilter or ipfw
>  > >
>  > >Is there a way using firewalls to identify www advertising Banners &
>  > > the auto spawning of wed pages so they can be blocked?
>  >
>  >Junkbuster works like a charm and is easily configurable.  If you've got
>  > a bunch of users I'd recommend squid for speed.
>  >
>  >I highly recommend junkbuster for your home/personal use.
>
> Scott Nolde
> GPG Key 0xD869AB48
>
>
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