advertisements - Blocking ads at the firewall level

06
2014-04
  • Scandalist

    Possible with the proper firewall rules or proxy setup? For example, when an ad loads, at the bottom you can usually see the domain it is loading itself from. I figure block the major ones in a proxy or firewall and problem solved.

    I'd rather see a "Page cannot be displayed" then a poorly crafted ad with no relevance to my internet habits.

    Maybe redirect to a 404 page with a nice set of tits or something.

    • Answers
  • lupincho

    Privoxy is a proxy that can be used to block ads.

    Using the hosts files as vasa1 suggested could also work, but in that case will need one entry for each ads1.example.com, ads2.example.com, ... ads123.example.com... , whereas with a proxy or browser plugin (e.g. Adblock Plus) you can typically do things like ads*.example.com. To some extend this applies to blocking on a firewall level where you will need to find IP addresses or blocks of the ad servers (assuming that it is a real firewall, not application firewall; some application firewall have a content inspection and can filter out ads).


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    Hi I made a new build for my application. But I am getting an error when i am trying to open rox from that application, like firewall blocked some features of the program and after i clicked on do not show this message it is goes on freeze. When i check my earlier production version i am not getting any error like this and it is working fine.

    Please help me. I am getting the same error when i tried to run application through the tool.


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  • Chris Ballance

    There is an easy way to test if the firewall is blocking you. Try connecting to the host and in question via Telnet

    i.e.

    telnet hostname.com 80
telnet hostname.com 1433

    If you do not get an error and it takes you to a blank screen or returns output, you do not have a firewall issue

  • Nifle

    You have to allow the application to bypass your firewall every time it changes.

    If the application changes in any way the firewall sees it as a new application.