From: Emlyn (onetel) (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Tue Jul 04 2000 - 23:19:31 MDT
RE: Web bugsWould you do this using VBScript or JavaScript or something of that ilk? I've got personal webserver running, I imagine I could set up ASP stuff to do the same thing. You'd have to translate all the links in a page into links back to your filter code, to make sure that nothing could get through the net. Sounds quite good actually.
Emlyn
----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Reeves
To: 'extropians@extropy.com'
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 6:09 PM
Subject: RE: Web bugs
Ooops, just realised you cant put script into style sheets. Instead you'd have to set up a frame page which then loaded up the site you wanted to look at. The frame page would contain the script to check the page before it is loaded into the browser. Sounds like a lot of work, but then again, it might be quite handy to have your own personal security filter in place. Thoughts already for screening out banner ads, pop up windows etc...
Looks like I've talked myself into a new project. :)
Let you know if I make any progress.
-----Original Message-----
From: Emlyn (onetel) [mailto:emlyn@one.net.au]
Sent: 04 July 2000 05:07
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Web bugs
I don't know anything about style sheets; care to expand on this? Sounds like a simple and effective screening technique.
Emlyn
----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Reeves
To: 'extropians@extropy.com'
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 11:38 PM
Subject: RE: Web bugs
Why not just use a personal style sheet. Put a script on it that looks for webbugs and changes the html so that they are ignored by the browser.
Should be easy enough to do in IE (might try it if I get a minute), dunno if Netscape supports this kind of thing though
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-----Original Message-----
From: Emlyn (onetel) [mailto:emlyn@one.net.au]
Sent: 03 July 2000 07:55
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Web bugs
It should be possible to put together software which at least alerts the
user of the presence of webbugs; scans HTML of the website, kicks up a stink
if it sees 1x1 gifs which are from a different server to other content (esp
the page itself), esp if it sees doubleclick's (or other big ad agencies)
server refered to. By then it is too late of course, unless you can put a
filter between your browser and the net, which can strip out that kind of
crap before the browser gets hold of the page and goes asking for gif. Is
that possible?
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