On Saturday 11 October 2003 05:54 pm, Heather/Femme wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:03:28 +0100
>
> Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Saturday 11 Oct 2003 9:32 pm, Heather/Femme wrote:
> > > in windows i used zonealarm pro.
> > >
> > > in linux what can i do?  sides stopping popups, i got used to
> > > surfing w/out those damn annoying ads right in my face.
> > >
> > > i hate it.
> > >
> > > Femme
> >
> > Privoxy
> > www.privoxy.org
> > RPM is in contrib. Just set your browser proxy settings to port 8118
> > By default privoxy will block pop ups, and block adverts.
> > When privoxy is running http://p.p/  takes you to privoxy online
> > configuration to customise it per site.
> >
> > derek
>
> do i need anything special? or it just runs locally?

It is a local proxy server, like Squid only it has settings to block unwanted 
stuff on the web like ads, cookies, flash animation, etc.

-- 
Bryan Phinney
Software Test Engineer


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