On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 11:08:51 -0800
Ian Zimmerman <itz@???> wrote:

> > First, how do Devuan users filter and/or block unwanted ads?
> > On my system I use privoxy and UBlock and sometimes NoScript.
> > Are there better approaches?

> For me, Adblock Plus still works flawlessly (knocking on wood).

> One alternative you didn't mention is probably the oldest one: run your
> own DNS server, and blackhole the ad hosting domains. Can be time
> consuming though, as there are just so many of those @#*$.

> What I'm worried about now is sites that detect blocking and refuse to
> let you in. Example: forbes.com. But I guess the proxy solution would
> work around this, too.

I have, on the IPCop firewall box that protects the access to my LAN, a /etc/hosts files with over 200,000 lines like

127.0.0.1 zzztech.com

which send to /dev/null any request for the ip address of those ad-serving sites.

Cheers,

Ron.
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