Just a stub for now, but I really should throw something in here, so you won't feel totally ripped-off when you come to look at this page...
Ah. Here's something I've been doing with my /etc/hosts file, to block advertising. Only works if you're behind a router, that router has an HTTP/HTML configuration interface, and you know its IP address.
127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 nix # Your hostname goes here; do NOT change # the above lines in *your* /etc/hosts file. 192.168.0.1 pagead.googlesyndication.com 192.168.0.1 pagead1.googlesyndication.com 192.168.0.1 pagead2.googlesyndication.com 192.168.0.1 pagead3.googlesyndication.com 192.168.0.1 pagead4.googlesyndication.com 192.168.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net #^^^^^^^^^^ router address; returns 404 pages instead of spam. # [some IPv6 stuff...] |
The funny thing is that my router normally demands HTTP authentication before it will show me anything, but doesn't require authentication for pages that don't exist [404 errors]. I'm not sure if this is a security issue or not, but it does cut down on the amount of advertising I see.
-- pAb