On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:39:49AM -0700, jc.sb wrote:
> It is easy on unix to create ad blocking for the web using
> /etc/hosts file to redirect certain domains to localhost.  
> For example,
> 127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net

In my personal opinion it is a somewhat broken approach, because
you are throwing a bunch of 404s or connection refused messages
to your browser. There are much more useful approaches, like using
Adblock for Mozilla/FireFox:

http://adblock.mozdev.org/

or an Opera ad blocker:

http://www.monroeworld.com/operafilter/index.php

-- Daniel

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