On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:37:36 +1200 Donald Gordon <don@dis.org.nz> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:27:49 +1200 Michael Adams <mbadams@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > > > From another list (it's new to me so its gotta be new to others, i hope) > > > > ==================== > > There's a simple solution to cutting down on adverts from known sites while browsing. This will not block everything concerning adverts, but it will block everything from these advert sites. > > > > Edit your /etc/hosts file as root, and add lines like: > > > > 127.0.0.1 doubleclick.com > > ick. Then your name resolver will return incorrect results. And it > won't affect squid (which uses it's own DNS resolver anyway) or anything > using a proxy. > Squid? Proxy? I am sitting behind my near vanilla Mandrake desktop install. I know i ain't a sysadmins bum, but this sounds easy and effective to me! Please explain what the name resolver issue means to me? > If you have to block ads, use something like the junkbuster proxy or > squid and jesred (which can do much more, like redirecting MSIE's > default use of MSN search to Google :-) Yes, i like that redirect idea, although i run moz or konq. I aren't connecting my 98se to the net period. It is ok for testing my html on IE though. > donald > -- Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, email nzlug-request@linux.net.nz with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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