Jens wrote:> I was wondering if Shorewall could be used to filter websites .... > Specifically, there are a number of web sites I frequent that require > Macromedia software but I do not want to install this software. As a result, > I am faced with manually closing up to 10 Macromedia windows whenever I visit > these sites. > If anybody is doing filtering such as this (or filtering for pop up ads) I > would like to hear how you have implemented this.The right way to do this is in your proxy server (assuming you use squid). I use adzap <http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/adzap>; some other common ones are SquidGuard and JunkBuster (can''t remember their sites - search freshmeat.net for them). Paul http://paulgear.webhop.net
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 11:53 am, Paul Gear wrote:> Jens wrote: > > I was wondering if Shorewall could be used to filter websites .... > > Specifically, there are a number of web sites I frequent that require > > Macromedia software but I do not want to install this software. As a > > result, I am faced with manually closing up to 10 Macromedia windows > > whenever I visit these sites. > > If anybody is doing filtering such as this (or filtering for pop up ads) > > I would like to hear how you have implemented this. > > The right way to do this is in your proxy server (assuming you use squid). > I use adzap <http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/adzap>; some other common ones are > SquidGuard and JunkBuster (can''t remember their sites - search > freshmeat.net for them).While Shorewall can be used as this type of filter, I agree with Paul -- your proxy server is a much better place to enforce policies about what web sites local users are permitted to connect to. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall -- iptables made easy teastep@shorewall.net \ http://www.shorewall.net
J> I was wondering if Shorewall could be used to filter websites .... J> Specifically, there are a number of web sites I frequent that require J> Macromedia software but I do not want to install this software. As a result, J> I am faced with manually closing up to 10 Macromedia windows whenever I visit J> these sites. The easiest (;-)) thing to do is to add to your local /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 www.macromedia.com Regards, Nerijus