Sponge: Question regarding Proximitron

[test]

First, thank you for providing such a valuable resource! It is very
much appreciated. I have recommended you site to many. I have a
question regarding proximitron. If a firewall such as Outpost is set
to block ads, active X, and certain content, and certain cookies, is
proximitron redundant or still recommended? TIA

[test]

sponge wrote:
>
> On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 08:38:04 -0400, test <test@120.0.0.1> wrote:
>
> >First, thank you for providing such a valuable resource! It is very
> >much appreciated. I have recommended you site to many. I have a
> >question regarding proximitron. If a firewall such as Outpost is set
> >to block ads, active X, and certain content, and certain cookies, is
> >proximitron redundant or still recommended? TIA
>
> You're welcome. Glad to help.
>
> I'd keep Proxomitron. For one, I don't think Outpost has the ability
> to filter secured (SSL) connections, which Proxo does. (I STRONGLY
> recommend setting it up to do this if you haven't yet!) Also, while
> Outpost has some good script-blocking mechanisms, but they are by no
> means complete. When I checked out version 1 in March (1.2, I think),
> it seemed like it only either outright allowed or outright denied the
> running of JavaScript, Java, ActiveX, or VBScript. Although that's
> great for ActiveX and VBScript, do that with JavaScript and you'll
> find a lot of the Internet will suddently become inaccessible. Putting
> it another way, it does very little content-filtering. Outpost does
> eliminate the need for DNSKong, provided you add in any missing
> entries from a current DNSKong blocklist. It's worth pointing out that
> DNSKong (and HOSTS) uses a completely different method than Proxo:
> they filter potential maliciousness by totally blocking access to the
> offending sites, whereas Proxo filters out potential maliciousness
> embedded in websites which are otherwise desirable to visit.
>

Thanks so much Sponge. I appreciate it and will take your advice.

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