From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 16:09:58 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69D8516A418 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:09:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C8BA13C442 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:09:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBCG9uuJ021617; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:09:56 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id lBCG9uKG021614; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:09:56 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:09:56 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Erich Dollansky In-Reply-To: <475F9648.804@pacific.net.sg> Message-ID: <20071212085939.F21510@wonkity.com> References: <475E0190.7030909@pacific.net.sg> <475EC215.8060004@dial.pipex.com> <475F4209.8080507@pacific.net.sg> <200712120920.46626.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <475F9648.804@pacific.net.sg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:09:56 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: performance impact of large /etc/hosts files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:09:58 -0000 On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > If you still see unwanted content, just add a line and it will be gone during > your next visit. Like AdBlockPlus, only more work. > The beauty is, Internet feels still faster then before. Like AdblockPlus. > It has one advantage over all those ad removal tools. It filters what I do > not like. It has nothing to do with censorship, it just gets rid of all the > crap hanging around on every corner of a web page trying to sell you anti > virus software or larger dicks. Like AdblockPlus. What is the one advantage? There are some differences: AdblockPlus removes the ads and lets the browser use the space, rather than showing broken pages. And you can customize blocked sites differently for different users. And you can easily disable it. And it doesn't impact the whole system, just the browser. And you can block on regexes, so you don't need hundreds of entries to block the big ad farms. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA