What about something like pixelserv (written in perl[1] or C[2]) with something like hostsblock[3]?
It's a DNS solution, but the timeouts aren't a problem 1: http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/pixelserv.php 2: http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/pixelserv-compiled-to-run-on-router-wrt54g.30509/page-2 3: https://github.com/gaenserich/hostsblock On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Kurt H Maier <khm-suckl...@intma.in> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 02:08:01PM +0000, Nick wrote: >> Yeah, I agree with the general feeling that adblocking shouldn't be >> done in the browser. > > wtf? the ads are DISPLAYED in the browser. it's stupid to blackhole > dns and let requests time out rather than just not making the request in > the first place. >
