Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-21 Thread BeartoothHOS
On Fri, 20 May 2011 11:39:02 -0700, JD wrote: [] > I have tried to use privoxy along with tor and along with the firefox > add-on torbutton. It has not provided me with the type of security I was > looking for: namely being constantly barraged by the javascripts from > web sites that sc

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-20 Thread g
On 05/20/2011 06:20 PM, BeartoothHOS wrote: > On Tue, 17 May 2011 05:55:22 +, g wrote: <> >> you could send a link when you recommend something. > None is needed -- "yum install privoxy xinetd" has worked for all > releases of Fedora so far. (Privoxy required xinetd when I first got it; > I

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-20 Thread JD
On 05/20/11 11:20, BeartoothHOS wrote: > On Tue, 17 May 2011 05:55:22 +, g wrote: > >> On 05/17/2011 05:44 AM, Jason Turning wrote: >>> You might take a look at Privoxy. I run that on my Fedora laptop, >>> Mandriva desktop and even my XP work computer. >> privoxy does not show in search at; >>

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-20 Thread BeartoothHOS
On Tue, 17 May 2011 05:55:22 +, g wrote: > On 05/17/2011 05:44 AM, Jason Turning wrote: >> You might take a look at Privoxy. I run that on my Fedora laptop, >> Mandriva desktop and even my XP work computer. > > privoxy does not show in search at; > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-18 Thread Alan Cox
> Can you please point us to an elaboration of > just what this sandbox is? Where is it located > as far as storage is concerned? The java execution environment for web applets only allows them to access certain resources within the browser and connecting back to the host that served the java obje

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-17 Thread g
On 05/17/2011 03:22 PM, JD wrote: > On 05/17/11 07:59, g wrote: <> >> interesting. but that still does not answer about 'privoxy' as ' synergy' >> is not found in search from firefox add-on page. :) > It is a package outside firefox's add-ons. thank you. frank murphy filled in the details. --

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-17 Thread g
On 05/17/2011 03:01 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 17/05/11 15:59, g wrote: >> On 05/17/2011 06:06 AM, JD wrote: >>> On 05/16/11 22:55, g wrote: you could send a link when you recommend something. > > www.provoxy.net thank you, frank. > yum install privoxy so, it is a fedora and yum install

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-17 Thread JD
On 05/17/11 07:59, g wrote: > On 05/17/2011 06:06 AM, JD wrote: >> On 05/16/11 22:55, g wrote: >>> you could send a link when you recommend something. >>> >> privoxy and tor work in synergy to give you >> a way to hide you true IP or proxy it altogether. > interesting. but that still does not answe

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-17 Thread JD
On 05/17/11 02:28, Alan Cox wrote: >> I was hoping for an implementation of java >> that would indeed enforce the sandbox principle >> and prevent all websites from sending scripts that >> try to jump out of the sandbox. > The standard java and javascript in the web browser enforces the sandbox > (

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-17 Thread Frank Murphy
On 17/05/11 15:59, g wrote: > On 05/17/2011 06:06 AM, JD wrote: >> On 05/16/11 22:55, g wrote: > >>> you could send a link when you recommend something. >>> www.provoxy.net yum install privoxy -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of Fedora -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorapro

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-17 Thread g
On 05/17/2011 06:06 AM, JD wrote: > On 05/16/11 22:55, g wrote: >> you could send a link when you recommend something. >> > privoxy and tor work in synergy to give you > a way to hide you true IP or proxy it altogether. interesting. but that still does not answer about 'privoxy' as ' synergy' is

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-17 Thread Alan Cox
> I was hoping for an implementation of java > that would indeed enforce the sandbox principle > and prevent all websites from sending scripts that > try to jump out of the sandbox. The standard java and javascript in the web browser enforces the sandbox (barring bugs that then get fixed in errata

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-16 Thread JD
On 05/16/11 22:55, g wrote: > On 05/17/2011 05:44 AM, Jason Turning wrote: >> You might take a look at Privoxy. I run that on my Fedora laptop, Mandriva >> desktop and even my XP work computer. > privoxy does not show in search at; > >https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ > > > you could se

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-16 Thread g
On 05/17/2011 05:44 AM, Jason Turning wrote: > You might take a look at Privoxy. I run that on my Fedora laptop, Mandriva > desktop and even my XP work computer. privoxy does not show in search at; https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ you could send a link when you recommend something.

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-16 Thread Jason Turning
You might take a look at Privoxy. I run that on my Fedora laptop, Mandriva desktop and even my XP work computer. Jason On 05/16/2011 12:29 PM, JD wrote: > Hi All, > Repeatedly now, for several months, > my adblock plus add-on is getting automagically > and without my doing, disabled!!! > I have

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-16 Thread g
On 05/17/2011 04:57 AM, JD wrote: <> > It makes watching youtube vids impossible and youtube is one > invasive site. true. but with my 'options' settings, i have little problems watching youtube videos, or the invasive sites. if you like, i would be glad to make snapshots of my settings and send

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-16 Thread JD
On 05/16/11 21:47, g wrote: > On 05/16/2011 07:29 PM, JD wrote: > <> > >> Is there an alternative implementation of java that >> will prevent java and javascript websites from touching >> out files and directories? > java is java. unless it is ms java. :) > > > along with being a linux bigot, i am

Re: Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-16 Thread g
On 05/16/2011 07:29 PM, JD wrote: <> > Is there an alternative implementation of java that > will prevent java and javascript websites from touching > out files and directories? java is java. unless it is ms java. :) along with being a linux bigot, i am an advocate of mozilla. i started with

Adblock Plus add-on for FireFox

2011-05-16 Thread JD
Hi All, Repeatedly now, for several months, my adblock plus add-on is getting automagically and without my doing, disabled!!! I have had to re-install it several times. I am wondering if this is being done by java scripts being pushed by websites like google and yahoo and possibly others? I tried