Check out the junkbuster proxy server at www.junkbuster.com. It is free and
available as source and binary rpms. Works perfect here.
Best Regards,
Reiner.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 15:44
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Blocking Web Ads
>
>
> Hello All:
>
> I am a heavy Web browser, and I would like to configure my system so that http
>references to certain sites go unanswered.
> (Did someone say doubleclick?)
>
> I am running RH6.2 with a 2.2.18 kernel. My connection to the net is via dial up
>and I use IPCHAINS.
>
> At the moment I am running a local caching DNS server and my /etc/hosts file
>translates the names of the domains I want
> to block to a range of IP addresses in the private/reserved range. I then use an
>IPCHAINS rule which DENYs any attempt
> to connect to anything in that IP range. I went this route instead of individual
>IPCHAINS rules since there would be far
> too many of them, as the number of offending sites seems to increase everyday.
>
> This works well enough, but I am wondering if there are any better ideas out there.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Michael
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