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***JJoe*** · (This post was last modified: Aug. 01, 2012 06:51 AM by JJoe.)

The Proxomitron is a filtering local proxy. It can intercept and modify some of the code that browsers use to render web pages.

This is done "on the fly". Some of the page's code is caught, filtered, released to the browser, more is caught, filtered, etc. The Proxomitron does not catch all the data, render the page, change it, and then release it.

Quote:Some of the filters are self-explanatory by their title, while a few others like - "link de-obfuscator, onload unloader" are not.

Are you sure? Wink

Some sites may hide or "obfuscate" a link's purpose. "link de-obfuscator" tries to stop this.
"onload unloader" attempts to disable the onload command in a page's Body tag, <body onload="load(SomethingBad)">.

And thus the true rub, knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Headers...

However,

Quote:I'm concern about online security and especially privacy.

, you'll want to learn some HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Headers... anyway and the Proxomitron can help with that.

Quote:If anyone can offer suggestions in how they learned, it would be most welcomed.

I had a printed copy of some Proxomitron help files. Carried it with me and read it over and over. When really stuck, Scott R Lemmon would answer mail. Eventually http://www.proxomitron.info/45/help/Contacts.html and more.

HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Headers... are more complicated now but curiosity, study, and the Proxomitron. The Proxomitron can allow me to see what happens if.

Quote:When I visit foxnews.com, under "Features and Faces" there's no images for the video,

Works for me after adding

Code:

ads.foxnews.com/

www.foxnews.com/static/all/html/ad-ifr.html

global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/js/ag.jquery.js

to the "Bypass List.txt"

AND

Code:

[Patterns]

Name = "Test"

Active = TRUE

URL = "$TYPE(htm)"

Bounds = "<script*</script>"

Limit = 256

Match = "*src="http://ads.foxnews.com/js/ad.js$STOP()&\1"

Replace = "\1"

to the top of web page filters.

Those images appear to require scripts from
ads.foxnews.com/
www.foxnews.com/static/all/html/ad-ifr.html
global.fncstatic.com/static/v/all/js/ag.jquery.js

The first two are blocked by the URL-Killer header filter and the web page filters. After all the addresses use the string "ad".
The last is broken by the web page filters.
The filter and list entries protect the files from being filtered.

http://www.proxomitron.info/45/help/Contents.html
http://prxbx.com/oldforums/index.php
http://www.gecco.dk/oldforum/index.php

HTH
Have fun