A Proxy-auto-Config that blockes ads and spies

[sponge]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:05:38 +0200, "Giel" <NeverSP@Mthe.net> wrote:

>_________________________________________________ _
>Stop those lagging advertisements and spies, they're slowing up your
>internet!
>Use this simple ProxyAutoConfig script:
>http://nina.xs4all.nl/pac/no-ads_no-proxy.pac
>ps;this overrides other proxysettings, you will be surfing without
>one(direct).
>
>A dutch howto and help is here:
>http://nina.xs4all.nl/pac
>
>For nerds:
>I like the above pac-script extended !
>How 'bout uploading me a beter one here:
>http://nina.xs4all.nl/upnav.htm
>
>Like all cool services at giel's, this is free and continues as long
as it
>does not constipates my connections.

How 'bout being real cool and stop spamming this; you've already
spammed it twice before.

Anyway, what a POS site! Your Proxy Auto-Configuration script isn't
half as good as the one that comes with eDexter and that's over two
years old! Not to mention that a host-based proxy does not protect you
against malware that doesn't USE the proxy anyway...

And, rather than depend on other people to come up with tools and
content (for which you seem so willing to take some cool credit), come
up with some valid stuff on your own and come back. Perhaps you can
contribute here. Then I'd be happy to help.

Sponge
Sponge's Secure Solutions
www.geocities.com/yosponge
My new email: yosponge2 et yahoo dot com

[Giel]

okay, i;ll stop, but why so dawm negative? and who is edexter and how can i
find him ?



> How 'bout being real cool and stop spamming this; you've already
> spammed it twice before.
>
> Anyway, what a POS site! Your Proxy Auto-Configuration script isn't
> half as good as the one that comes with eDexter and that's over two
> years old! Not to mention that a host-based proxy does not protect you
> against malware that doesn't USE the proxy anyway...
>
> And, rather than depend on other people to come up with tools and
> content (for which you seem so willing to take some cool credit), come
> up with some valid stuff on your own and come back. Perhaps you can
> contribute here. Then I'd be happy to help.
>
> Sponge
> Sponge's Secure Solutions
> www.geocities.com/yosponge
> My new email: yosponge2 et yahoo dot com

[Giel]

Not only is the edexter PAC-script a laughing matter, it seems not so save
acording to this user:
http://asp.flaaten.dk/proxo/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1610

--
__________________________________________________
Speed up your internet by blocking AD's and spies !
Use this simple ProxyAutoConfig script:
http://nina.xs4all.nl/pac/no-ads_no-proxy.pac
ps;this overrides other proxysettings, you will be surfing without
one(direct).

A dutch howto and help is here:
http://nina.xs4all.nl/pac

For nerds:
I like the above pac-script extended !
How 'bout uploading me a beter one here:
http://nina.xs4all.nl/upnav.htm

Like all cool services at giel's, this is free and continues as long as it
does not constipates my connections.
"sponge" <yosponge@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8d76ec03.0310202013.35a85d39@posting.google.c om...
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:05:38 +0200, "Giel" <NeverSP@Mthe.net> wrote:
>
> >_________________________________________________ _
> >Stop those lagging advertisements and spies, they're slowing up your
> >internet!
> >Use this simple ProxyAutoConfig script:
> >http://nina.xs4all.nl/pac/no-ads_no-proxy.pac
> >ps;this overrides other proxysettings, you will be surfing without
> >one(direct).
> >
> >A dutch howto and help is here:
> >http://nina.xs4all.nl/pac
> >
> >For nerds:
> >I like the above pac-script extended !
> >How 'bout uploading me a beter one here:
> >http://nina.xs4all.nl/upnav.htm
> >
> >Like all cool services at giel's, this is free and continues as long
> as it
> >does not constipates my connections.
>
> How 'bout being real cool and stop spamming this; you've already
> spammed it twice before.
>
> Anyway, what a POS site! Your Proxy Auto-Configuration script isn't
> half as good as the one that comes with eDexter and that's over two
> years old! Not to mention that a host-based proxy does not protect you
> against malware that doesn't USE the proxy anyway...
>
> And, rather than depend on other people to come up with tools and
> content (for which you seem so willing to take some cool credit), come
> up with some valid stuff on your own and come back. Perhaps you can
> contribute here. Then I'd be happy to help.
>
> Sponge
> Sponge's Secure Solutions
> www.geocities.com/yosponge
> My new email: yosponge2 et yahoo dot com

[sponge]

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:15:42 +0100, "Giel" <NeverSP@Mthe.net> wrote:

>Not only is the edexter PAC-script a laughing matter, it seems not so
save
>acording to this user:
>http://asp.flaaten.dk/proxo/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1610

The only thing I like about yours has over eDexter's is the ability to
bypass it from the browser and its recency. Granted, the eDexter PAC
is a bit out of date, but it still works well. I've been tweaking mine
a bit, and others have posted ones here as well that are excellent. Of
course, the issue is mostly moot here because so many of us use
Proxomitron and non-IE browsers.
Both your and eDexter's PAC files really slow the browser down, much
more so than Proxo. Plus, Giel, you need to learn how proxies work and
what their limitations are: you'd know that local proxies are
completely useless against applications that do not use them. (FWIW,
that's a limitation in Proxomitron, too.) In other words, spyware that
connects directly to the net rather than via browser hijack won't be
stopped -- this is why HOSTS or DNSKong is the preferred method, and
why you don't see PAC used much. That's why I've been pitching these
and other methods and not PAC. So don't go making the claims that it's
a "spyware stopper", because it's not.
In as far as that link goes, thanks for it, but you really, really
need to take a course in firewalls and networking basics before
posting. The reason why the firewall will flag an attempt to contact
eDexter from outside is because eDexter acts as a virtual web server
to serve up pixel images to replace blocked ads. In other words, it
runs on port 80. So, if you get an incoming request to port 80 on your
machine (9 times out of 10 it's somebody running KaZaa), the firewall
will think it's meant for eDexter. It's a non-issue even if you don't
run a firewall since eDexter only accepts connections from localhost
and non-routable addresses, and even if it didn't there is no
appreciable vulnerability in the thing. You can see this behavior in
any programs that runs as a server.

Sponge
Sponge's Secure Solutions
www.geocities.com/yosponge
My new email: yosponge2 att yahoo dott com

[Giel]

Well, i don't think you are the one to tell me to get learning, however,
some of the negativaties you write are truth.
susch as other programs that don't use IE's connection, but browsers getting
slow????that can never be truth.
And as you may have noticed as you actually browsed my site (although im
still in the process of translating) i'm hosting a hosts-file bigger then
700MB, kept up-to-date using this newsgroop.
I never claimed it stopped all the spyware, i think even spybot cannot make
such claim.
but now you mention it, i will link spybot on the site aswell!

Anyway, i'm just a little troubled intresting people in this, and im afraid
people, allready a bit causious, will not be using it as you keep beeing so
negative about my "SPAM"-like way to announce it.


--
__________________________________________________
Speed up your internet by blocking AD's and spies !
Use this simple ProxyAutoConfig script:
http://nina.xs4all.nl/pac/no-ads_no-proxy.pac
ps;this overrides other proxysettings, you will be surfing without
one(direct).

A dutch howto and help is here:
http://nina.xs4all.nl/pac

For nerds:
I like the above pac-script extended !
How 'bout uploading me a beter one here:
http://nina.xs4all.nl/upnav.htm

Like all cool services at giel's, this is free and continues as long as it
does not constipates my connections.
"sponge" <yosponge@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8d76ec03.0310262040.7a913c48@posting.google.c om...
> On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:15:42 +0100, "Giel" <NeverSP@Mthe.net> wrote:
>
> >Not only is the edexter PAC-script a laughing matter, it seems not so
> save
> >acording to this user:
> >http://asp.flaaten.dk/proxo/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1610
>
> The only thing I like about yours has over eDexter's is the ability to
> bypass it from the browser and its recency. Granted, the eDexter PAC
> is a bit out of date, but it still works well. I've been tweaking mine
> a bit, and others have posted ones here as well that are excellent. Of
> course, the issue is mostly moot here because so many of us use
> Proxomitron and non-IE browsers.
> Both your and eDexter's PAC files really slow the browser down, much
> more so than Proxo. Plus, Giel, you need to learn how proxies work and
> what their limitations are: you'd know that local proxies are
> completely useless against applications that do not use them. (FWIW,
> that's a limitation in Proxomitron, too.) In other words, spyware that
> connects directly to the net rather than via browser hijack won't be
> stopped -- this is why HOSTS or DNSKong is the preferred method, and
> why you don't see PAC used much. That's why I've been pitching these
> and other methods and not PAC. So don't go making the claims that it's
> a "spyware stopper", because it's not.
> In as far as that link goes, thanks for it, but you really, really
> need to take a course in firewalls and networking basics before
> posting. The reason why the firewall will flag an attempt to contact
> eDexter from outside is because eDexter acts as a virtual web server
> to serve up pixel images to replace blocked ads. In other words, it
> runs on port 80. So, if you get an incoming request to port 80 on your
> machine (9 times out of 10 it's somebody running KaZaa), the firewall
> will think it's meant for eDexter. It's a non-issue even if you don't
> run a firewall since eDexter only accepts connections from localhost
> and non-routable addresses, and even if it didn't there is no
> appreciable vulnerability in the thing. You can see this behavior in
> any programs that runs as a server.
>
> Sponge
> Sponge's Secure Solutions
> www.geocities.com/yosponge
> My new email: yosponge2 att yahoo dott com

[Giel]

And BTW. this script must develop !
Therefore i'd like people to take a look at the script,
and any altered script can be uploaded using http://nina.xs4all.nl/upnav.htm
Within one hour it will be hosted at http://nina.xs4all.nl/pac/others (the
script only works when hosted on a webserver)