"GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India"linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: Next LUG meet: 12 Oct 2003 around 4 pm - VJTI Computer Centre ------------------------------------------------------------- On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, linuxdev wrote:
Also there's a superb ad filter - bfilter - for linux.
To block ads, simply redirect all ad servers dns to > localhost: http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html
thats an highly inefficient solution at best. Besides if i change my setup or lose the built up list its all gone. Heuristic scanners such as these are perfect for on-the-fly removal of ads. At absolutely no pain or modification to any damn file. The program itself hardly has any overhead and doesn't introduce any kind of latency in browsing. I've used tons of these ad removers including the hosts file approach, bfilter takes the cake. Even the mighty proxomitron for windows ain't good enough.
And if that ain't enough u can add the sneaky ones to the program's conf.
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Sometime Today, linuxdev assembled some asciibets to say:
thats an highly inefficient solution at best. Besides if i change my
Actually, it's more efficient than a heuristic scanner. Your host still needs to do a host name lookup - this way it's faster, since it gets a response from your own hosts.conf file. also, there's no processing done (except for the fact that your webserver gets hit a lot).
setup or lose the built up list its all gone. Heuristic scanners such
I've found that I don't need to change the list that I got from the site. I haven't seen an advt in all the months that I've used it.
as these are perfect for on-the-fly removal of ads. At absolutely no
On-the-fly -> too much processing required.
pain or modification to any damn file. The program itself hardly has
You have to install it don't you? It's easier to do cat newhosts >> /etc/hosts.conf
any overhead and doesn't introduce any kind of latency in browsing.
it does. there's overhead in starting a new process, and in running that. the hosts method doesn't have that issue.
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