Re: [dev] [surf] adblocking

From: Bryan Bennett <bbenne10_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:31:57 -0500

What about something like pixelserv (written in perl[1] or C[2]) with
something like hostsblock[3]?

It's a DNS solution, but the timeouts aren't a problem

1: http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/pixelserv.php
2: http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/pixelserv-compiled-to-run-on-router-wrt54g.30509/page-2
3: https://github.com/gaenserich/hostsblock

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Kurt H Maier <khm-suckless_AT_intma.in> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 02:08:01PM +0000, Nick wrote:
>> Yeah, I agree with the general feeling that adblocking shouldn't be
>> done in the browser.
>
> wtf? the ads are DISPLAYED in the browser. it's stupid to blackhole
> dns and let requests time out rather than just not making the request in
> the first place.
>
Received on Tue Nov 20 2012 - 16:31:57 CET