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Agent007:
hi!

Am using RedHat 7.3. Is there a way to block certain images from certain
websites? Using the firewall perhaps? OR is there a 3rd party tool which
would do the trick? I think something like a string match would need to be
used right?

thanks,
007

Master of Reality:
Mozilla can block images from certain servers.

you can use iptables to block certain servers from interacting with your computer (like doubleclick.net)

mobrien_12:
In Mozilla, right click on the image and choose to block images from this server.  IT blocks the server where the image comes from, not the web page.  I do this to get rid of the X10 Ads.  No other ads have proven annoying enough for me to do this.

voidmain:
Actually, if it is ads you wish to block, I block 99% of them automatically with the use of the Squid proxy server on my Linux firewall. You'll also need to add the "adzap" redirector to your Squid configuration:

http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/adzap/index.html

I have a cron job set up to run weekly to get the updated list of ads to zap (you could also add your own if you are really froggy but I find it is not necessary). This will block all ads on any machine you are on behind your firewall (assuming you have your browsers configured to use your proxy). For the annoying tag line images I use the Mozilla trick of right clicking and blocking the server that the images come from. This forum is tag-line image free for me I am happy to report.

Master of Reality:
so would it really piss you off if i changed the server that hosted my sig images everyday??

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