Re: ZoneLabs Privacy Insertion - What Is It?

From: sponge (yosponge_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/14/04 

Date: 13 Jan 2004 20:20:22 -0800

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:17:05 -0700, *** <rhughes33@cableone.net>
wrote:

>I solved the problem. It wasn't the web page per se, but the primary
>web site. When I turned everything off related to ad privacy, the
>pictures came right through. When I blocked banner ads and pop-ups,
>the www.qsl.net site wouldn't let the pics download. Everything is
>fine now.
>
>***

FYI, this is how most ad-filtering proxies work: They strip out
strings of data they consider "bad" -- strings that match predefined
patterns in their database. ZA just replaces it with that banner to
let you know what and why it was filtered. Most other ad and
scum-filtering proxies like Proxomitron, Web Washer, etc. don't bother
inserting anything.

I'll wager the pic source on that page matched a filter rule in ZA's
Privacy section, or, coincidentally, looked advertisement-ish. I don't
know ZAP well, but doesn't it allow you to modify filters or to create
exceptions? You can then access this site without blocking blocking
real pop-ups and ads.

Sponge
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