Blocking ip's...

[Oddysey]

geriatric;

Quote:I don't see a kill url list. I have the following:
AD--
domain
keys
keywordlist
list
pathlist
urlalias
bypass
allowcookies
mimefix
killimages.

I'd bet that AD-- is the one you want. If you right click the Proxo icon, choose Edit Blocklists, you'll almost certainly see AdList: URL Killfile.txt. That's the clue I'm using.

Quote:So I can use http://ipaddress/whatever, or http://www.place.com/whatever, but not just ipaddress and not just http://www.place.com?

In a HOSTS file, you'd have to use all possible permutations in order to be sure you've covered all your bets. In Proxo's filters (and by extensions, the contents of the list files too), can use regexp's to broaden the scope of what you want to block, per each line of text. Consider:

<span style='color:red'>WARNING! Programming lesson ahead! Please return your seats to their upright position, and fasten your seatbelts. At no time should you put your hands or feet ourside the browser until it stops. Thank you.</span>

In an ordinary case, we can include any prefix to a host's name with a simple [^/]++ set of characters, followed immediately by a period, and the site's basic name (OK, name and tld, if you wanna get technical). To block everything on that site, regardless of subdomains or whatever, simply append another slash, and an asterisk, and you're off to the races. In effect, you've killed all possibility of your browser ever reaching anything on that site. Here's what it looks like in real life:

[^/]++.some-dumb-site.tld/*

That's it. To cement the lesson, you should examine each of the list files for many examples of how to construct regexp's. The files are amply commented, so you should be able to figure them out without too much trouble, I'm sure. :P

<span style='color:red'>ALERT! Your programming lesson for today is now concluded. We return you now to your regularly scheduled life, already in progress. Thank you for flying Programs 'R' Us, the friendly electron shovers.</span>

John......

Marsha.....

John......

Marsha......

(repeat ad nauseum) ((Sorry, I couldn't resist. If you're truly an old fart like me, you'll know exactly where I'm coming from! ))

Quote:And, if I use a host file, and put 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1, will this make the host file run faster? I have used large ones in the past, strictly playing, and it was SLOW.

There should be no difference between the two number sets, but most folks seem to prefer the latter one, myself included.


Oddysey