on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 04:03:19AM -0400, Jason Boxman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Monday 10 September 2001 02:53 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:44:05AM -0400, Jason Boxman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote:
> > You're aware that JB does regexp blocking? A few well-placed
> > expressions, largely variations on /ad/, /Ad/, and /advert/, you can
> > do a lot of damage. I've a list of 50 patterns which keeps banners
> > to a minimum. Deselecting Java/Javascript, and de-animating GIFs,
> > helps a lot too.
>
> Yeah, but regexp was never really my thing. I'd spend five minutes
> playing with a rule and reloading the page until the ad died. Some
> places I go require JavaScript to be on. Never found much use for
> Java though.
A sample ruleset. I see fairly few banners.
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# Block all ports
:
# ...except 80, and some friends.
~:80
~:81
~:88
~:8000
~:8001
~:8009
~:8080
~:8081
~:8881
# Allow all from...
~freshmeat.net
~linux.com
~ora.com
~us.news1.yimg.com/
~us.news2.yimg.com/
# Apple's homepage
~a772.g.akamai.net
# VA GNU/Linux:
~a456.g.akamai.net
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Blocking
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*.*/adimages.go.com/
/*.*/ads.pl*.*
/*.*/ads/*.*
/Ads/
/ads/
/advert/
/adverts/
/banner/
/banners/
/members.fortunecity.com/lloyd_bowles/test/greetings.html
194.217.242.20
a32.g.a.yimg.com
a600.g.akamai.net
ad*.flycast.com
ad.*.*
ad.doubleclick.net
adforce.imgis.com
adremote.pathfinder.com
ads*.focalink.com
ads*.zdnet.com
ads.*
ads.*.*
ads.smartclicks.com
ads.tmcs.net/ads/
adserver.*.*
advertising.com
akamaitech.net
alumni.net/images/affiliate_button.gif
alumni.net/images/jobsnet2.gif
avenuea.com
bigbangmedia.com
burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/
button.geobutton.com
cgi.pathfinder.com/cgi-bin/time/ads
cnet.com/Ads
deja.com/gifs/promo/
doubleclick.net
ezboard.com/image/banner_eznews1.gif
ezboard.com/images/banners/
ezboard.com/images/banners/
findarticles.com/plainads/
gm.preferences.com
go.com/images/affiliate/
home.cnet.com/Ads/
i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/
image.pathfinder.com/sponsors*/
images.getrelevant.com
images.inclusion.net/builder/ad.*
images.slashdot.org/banner/
images.zdnet.com/adverts/
images2.nytimes.com/RealMedia/ads
linkexchange.com
netgravity3.economist.com/
realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/
service.bfast.com
sfgate.com/place-ads/
sonar.com
teknosurf*.com
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/b/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/c/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/d/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/e/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/f/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/j/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/k/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/l/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/m/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/n/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/o/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/q/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/r/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/s/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/t/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/u/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/v/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/w/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/x/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/y/
us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/z/
valueclick.com
view.avenuea.com
web2.deja.com/ads/
webmaster.moreover.com/c/
wnyc.org/new/images/bg_sub2.gif
www.ezboard.com/banners/
www.looksmart.com
yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/
www.qksrv.net/
ads.web.aol.com
java.yahoo.com/a/1-/flash/
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