Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In the mid 1990s, I used my web-browser (Opera) in conjunction with
> Windows 3.1 and WebWasher as (what I now believe to be) a proxy server.
> And WebWasher did a reasonably good job of getting rid of unwanted
> advertisements.
>
> At that time, Linux was just a speck on the horizon. Since then Linux
> has become a significant presence and a Linux version of the latest
> release of WebWasher now (reportedly) exists.
>
> Could it be used in tandem with WWWOFFLE? "DontGet" works well, but
> needs constant updating; WebWasher might save the effort needed to
> maintain an updated "DontGet" list.
>
> The URL for WebWasher is http://www.webwasher.com/. The product is
> "free for non-commercial use".
WebWasher works like privoxy in that it too is a proxy that modifies
the web pages as they pass through it. This is also what WWWOFFLE can
do with the DontGet and ModifyHTML sections of the configuration file,
but WWWOFFLE can also cache the pages.
The WWWOFFLE FAQ describes the choices to be made in the order that
WWWOFFLE and privoxy are placed between the browser and internet. The
same considerations will apply to WebWasher as well.
In the most common configuration you will place WebWasher between
WWWOFFLE and the internet. This means that you will need to change
the wwwoffle.conf file to have WebWasher as its proxy and configure
WebWasher to have your normal proxy (if you use one). No change will
be needed to your browser configuration since that is already
configured to use WWWOFFLE.
--
Andrew.
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Andrew M. Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
WWWOFFLE users page:
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/version-2.7/user.html
