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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Easiest way to block domains?
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 07:20:15
Message-Id: 0D982F36-665A-479B-BEBE-81A65BF055E1@antarean.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Easiest way to block domains? by Walter Dnes
1 On 29 August 2017 08:53:16 GMT+02:00, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 >On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 05:41:53AM +0000, J. Roeleveld wrote
3 >
4 >> Look into proxy servers.
5 >> I think privoxy should be able to do the trick.
6 >
7 > Looking at the /usr/portage/net-proxy directory, I see several proxy
8 >programs. I checked the privoxy man page at linux.die.net and it
9 >mentions that some features are not available under https. Is this a
10 >privoxy limit, or is it a limitation of proxies in general?
11 >
12 > Is "tinyproxy" noticeably simpler than privoxy? My main requirement
13 >is to block a list of domains. Is it possible for a proxy to edit a
14 >webpage on-the-fly, so that references to unwanted URLs are stripped
15 >out, and the browser doesn't waste time trying to download from a
16 >blocked adserver?
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18 Not sure about that. But did you check the main page? (www.privoxy.org)
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