Re: [SLUG] webwasher

From: Levi Bard (levi@bard.sytes.net)
Date: Sat Dec 28 2002 - 23:56:13 EST


On 28 Dec 2002 21:57:59 -0500
Doug Koobs <dkoobs@dkoobs.com> wrote:

> Hey, WebWasher is pretty cool! I used Popup Stopper in Windows, but
> hadn't found anything for Linux... However, I'm not really sure how to
> configure it. In /etc/wwasher, there's a file called start.conf, that
> just states the password, and the port for the local proxy... Anyone
> know what other parameters I can add to this file, or where the rest of
> the configuration is? I couldn't find any documentation... Thanks!
> >
> > On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:08 pm, you wrote:
> > > Anyone else use the webwasher daemon for linux. It's been working so well
> > > for over 6 months as a web proxy filtering web a*d*vertisements and killing
> > > javascript popups that I have forgotten the admin password. Anyone know
> > > where it is and how to reset it?
> > >
> > > --Patrick
>

The browsers Galeon( http://galeon.sf.net ) and Opera( http://www.opera.com ) (and maybe others) have options builtin that allow you to turn popups on and off at will, as well. Galeon is free (speech & beer), and Opera is free (beer).

Levi



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