I used the /etc/hosts trick for a while. I had problems with some sites. Even slashdot.org. If it tried to load a page with a (blocked) doubleclick ad in it it would bring up 404 and going back would try to load the ad again and send you to the 404 again. I would keep going back until slashdot gave me a different ad or I gave up and went to a different site. Lynx works fine though, so it's mostly a browser thing. I haven't tried it with mozilla or konqueror but I suppose I could sometime. Tim On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:38:00AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > Thomas T. Veldhouse said: > > I believe that blocking doubleclick can cause may sites to fail completely. > > (I'm not sure if that was a joke or not, but...) > > I use junkbuster and have seen it and similar blocking proxies recommended > many times. I've seen requests for ipchains rules to block doubleclick and > suggestions to use dummy entries in /etc/hosts or (for those who use them) > local DNS servers to reroute doubleclick.net to localhost. > > But I have never seen it suggested before that any of these things could > cause sites to stop working entirely, much less the names of any sites > adversely affected by them. (Except sites hosted on doubleclick itself, of > course.) > > If you're serious, what is your statement based on? Which sites are liable > to fail and why? > > -- > "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist > "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton > Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ > !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org