From: mike 

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 19:50:29 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>"mike"  wrote in message
>news:ddc0q2dh5me60fr4ba80hn6l2a73i30l4f{at}4ax.com...
>
>> I use privoxy for that.  It runs on a server in the basement, and
>> performs that function for every computer in the house.  Anytime a new
>> ad source appears, I tell privoxy to block it, and then it is blocked
>> for all the computers, not just the one I happen to be on.
>
>I like it!
>
>Doesn't running all your machines thru a proxy break some browser functions
>(besides ads)? A lot of the ISP stuff I do runs over http or https and
>breaks when I try to do it thru a proxy.

I don't have problems with the proxy over https for the account stuff I do.
 There are some sites where I have told privoxy to pass them through
untouched.

Also, I put a checkbox on Opera's toolbar to turn the proxy on and off. As
I tune privoxy, I find that I am turning it off less and less. Attached is
a screenshot of the top right corner of my Opera window, showing the check
boxes in their normal browsing configuration.

btw, the privoxy server runs through a squid http cache before it hits the
internet.  So I also have a http cache for all the PCs in the house as
well.

  /m

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