Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:38:25 -0500 (EST) From: Scott Nolde <scott@smnolde.com> To: chip <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: C J Michaels <cjm2@earthling.net>, 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: <20011228213403.X96241-100000@bsd.smnolde.com> In-Reply-To: <200112280628603.SM02384@there>
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smacked into the keyboard previously by chip: >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? Google is your friend! http://www.google.com/search?q=junkbuster+blockfile&num=10 I found my filterfile for junkbuster at: http://www.neilvandyke.org/junkbuster-blockfile/ I've added only a few things to it, and it make loading weather.com much less of a pain. I've also just noticed a patch to filter the javascript popups: http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~skx/junk/ - Scott > >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----- >> >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: >> > > >> > >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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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