2 Junkbuster Frequently Asked Questions
4 By: Junkbuster Developers
6 $Id: faq.sgml,v 1.19 2002/03/21 17:01:54 hal9 Exp $
8 The FAQ document gives users and developers alike answers to
9 frequently asked questions about the Internet Junkbuster. Internet
10 Junkbuster is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
11 protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies,
12 controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
13 obnoxious Internet Junk. Junkbuster has a very flexible configuration
14 and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Internet
15 Junkbuster has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
18 You can find the latest version of the document at
19 [1]http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/faq/. Please see the Contact section
20 in the [2]user-manual if you want to contact the developers.
21 _________________________________________________________________
24 1. [3]Frequently Asked Questions
26 1.1. [4]General Information
28 1.1.1. [5]What is this new version of Junkbuster?
29 1.1.2. [6]How does it differ from the old Junkbuster?
30 1.1.3. [7]What are some of the new features?
31 1.1.4. [8]What is a "proxy"? How does Junkbuster work?
32 1.1.5. [9]My browser does the same things as Junkbuster.
33 Why should I use Junkbuster at all?
35 1.1.6. [10]Is there is a license or fee? What about a
36 warranty? Registration?
40 1.2.1. [12]Can I install the new Junkbuster over the old
43 1.2.2. [13]I just installed Junkbuster. Is there anything
44 special I have to do now?
46 1.2.3. [14]What is the proxy address of Junkbuster?
47 1.2.4. [15]I just installed Junkbuster, and nothing is
48 happening. All the ads are there. What's wrong?
50 1.3. [16]Configuration
52 1.3.1. [17]Can I use my old config files?
53 1.3.2. [18]What is an "actions" file?
54 1.3.3. [19]The "actions"concept confuses me. Please list
55 some of these "actions".
57 1.3.4. [20]How are actions files configured? What is the
58 easiest way to do this?
60 1.3.5. [21]What are the differences between
61 ijb-intermediate.action, ijb-basic.action, etc.?
63 1.3.6. [22]Why can I change the configuration with a
64 browser? Does that not raise security issues?
66 1.3.7. [23]How can I set up Junkbuster to act as a proxy
69 1.3.8. [24]Instead of ads, now I get a Junkbuster logo [or
70 checkerboard]. I don't want to see anything.
72 1.3.9. [25]Why would anybody want to see the logo or
75 1.3.10. [26]I see large red banners on some pages that say
76 "Blocked". How do I get rid of this?
80 1.4.1. [28]How much does Junkbuster slow my browsing down?
81 This has to add extra time to browsing.
83 1.4.2. [29]I noticed considerable delays in page requests
84 compared to the old IJB. What's wrong?
86 1.4.3. [30]What is the "http://i.j.b/"?
87 1.4.4. [31]I would like to help you, what do I do?
88 1.4.5. [32]Do you still maintain the blocklists?
89 1.4.6. [33]How can I submit new ads?
90 1.4.7. [34]How can I hide my IP address?
91 1.4.8. [35]Can Junkbuster guarantee I am anonymous?
92 1.4.9. [36]Might some things break because header
93 information is being altered?
95 1.4.10. [37]Can Junkbuster act as a "caching" proxy to
96 speed up web browsing?
98 1.4.11. [38]What about as a firewall? Can Junkbuster
101 1.4.12. [39]The Junkbuster logo that replaces ads is very
102 blocky and ugly looking. Can't a better font be
105 1.4.13. [40]I have large empty spaces now where ads used to
106 be. Why does Junkbuster leave these large gaps?
108 1.4.14. [41]How can Junkbuster filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?
109 1.4.15. [42]Junkbuster runs as a "server". How secure is
110 it? Do I need to take any special precautions?
112 1.4.16. [43]What is a "re_filterfile"?
114 1.5. [44]Troubleshooting
116 1.5.1. [45]I just upgraded and am getting "connection
117 refused" with every web page?
119 1.5.2. [46]I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
120 still getting through. How?
122 1.5.3. [47]One of my favorite sites does not work with
123 Junkbuster. What can I do?
125 1.5.4. [48]What time is it?
127 2. [49]Contact the developers
128 3. [50]Copyright and History
131 1. Frequently Asked Questions
133 1.1. General Information
135 1.1.1. What is this new version of Junkbuster?
137 The original Internet Junkbuster (tm) is a coyrighted product of
138 [52]Junkbusters Corporation. Development of this effort stopped some
139 time ago as of version 2.0.2. Stefan Walherr started the ijbswa
140 project on [53]Sourceforge to rekindle development. Other developers
141 subsequently joined with Stefan, and have since added many new
142 features, refinements and enhancements.
144 The new Junkbuster started with the same code base, but has changed
145 significantly at this point.
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148 1.1.2. How does it differ from the old Junkbuster?
150 All the old features remain. The new Junkbuster still blocks ads and
151 banners, still manages cookies, and still helps protect your privacy.
152 But, these are all enhanced, and many new features have been added,
153 all in the same vein.
155 The configuration has changed significantly as well. This is something
156 that users will notice right off the bat. The "blocklist" file does
157 not exist any more. This is replaced by "actions" files, such as
158 ijb.actions. This is where most of the per site configuration is now.
159 _________________________________________________________________
161 1.1.3. What are some of the new features?
163 * Integrated browser based configuration and control utility
164 ([54]http://i.j.b). Browser-based tracing of rule and filter
166 * Blocking of annoying pop-up browser windows.
167 * HTTP/1.1 compliant (most, but not all 1.1 features are supported).
168 * Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the
169 configuration files, and generally a more sophisticated and
170 flexible configuration syntax over previous versions.
172 * Web page content filtering (removes banners based on size,
173 invisible "web-bugs", JavaScript, pop-ups, status bar abuse, etc.)
174 * Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
175 * Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
176 * Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
177 * User-customizable HTML templates (e.g. 404 error page).
178 * Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies).
179 * Builds from source on most UNIX-like systems. Packages available
180 for: Linux (RedHat, SuSE, or Debian), Windows, Sun Solaris, Mac
181 OSX, OS/2, HP-UX 11 and AmigaOS.
182 * In addition, the configuration is much more powerful and versatile
184 _________________________________________________________________
186 1.1.4. What is a "proxy"? How does Junkbuster work?
188 When you connect to a web site with Junkbuster, you are really
189 connecting to your locally running version of Junkbuster. Junkbuster
190 intercepts your requests for the web page, and relays that to the
191 "real" web site. The web site sends the HTTP data stream back to
192 Junkbuster, where Junkbuster can work its magic before it relays this
193 data back to your web browser.
195 Since Junkbuster sits between you and the WWW, it is in a position to
196 intercept and completely manage all web traffic and HTTP content
197 before it gets to your browser. Junkbuster uses various programming
198 methods to do this, all of which is under your control via the various
199 configuration files and options.
201 There are many kinds of proxies. Junkbuster best fits the "filtering
203 _________________________________________________________________
205 1.1.5. My browser does the same things as Junkbuster. Why should I use
208 Modern browsers do indeed have some of the same functionality as
209 Junkbuster. Maybe this is adequate for you. But Junkbuster is much
210 more verstatile and powerful, and can do a number of things that
213 In addition, a proxy is good choice if you use multiple browsers, or
214 have a LAN with multiple computers. This way all the configuration is
215 in one place, and you don't have to maintain a similar configuration
216 for possibly many browsers.
217 _________________________________________________________________
219 1.1.6. Is there is a license or fee? What about a warranty? Registration?
221 Junkbuster is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It
222 is free to use, copy, modify or distribute as you wish under the terms
223 of this license. See [55]http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html for
226 There is no warranty of any kind, expressed, implied or otherwise.
227 That is something that would cost real money ;-) There is no
228 registration either. Junkbuster really is free in every respect!
229 _________________________________________________________________
233 1.2.1. Can I install the new Junkbuster over the old one?
235 We recommend you uninstall the old Junkbuster first to minimize
236 conflicts and confusion. You may want to save your old configuration
237 files for future reference. The configuration is substantially
240 See the [56]user-manual for platform specific installation
241 instructions. [FIXME: This is meant for after the name change for
243 _________________________________________________________________
245 1.2.2. I just installed Junkbuster. Is there anything special I have to do
248 All browsers must be told to use Junkbuster as a proxy by specifying
249 the correct proxy address and port number in the appropriate
250 configuration area for the browser. See below.
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253 1.2.3. What is the proxy address of Junkbuster?
255 If you set up the Junkbuster to run on the computer you browse from
256 (rather than your ISP's server or some networked computer on a LAN),
257 the proxy will be on "localhost" (which is the special name used by
258 every computer on the Internet to refer to itself) and the port will
259 be 8118 (unless you have told the Internet Junkbuster to run on a
260 different port with the listen-address config option).
262 When configuring your browser's proxy settings you typically enter the
263 word "localhost" in the boxes next to "HTTP" and "Secure" (HTTPS) and
264 then the number "8118" for "port". This tells your browser to send all
265 web requests to "Junkbuster" instead of directly to the Interenet.
267 Junkbuster can also be used to proxy for a Local Area Network. In this
268 case, your would enter either the IP address of the LAN host where
269 Junkbuster is running, or the equivalent hostname. Port assignment
270 would be same as above.
272 Junkbuster does not currently handle protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM,
273 IRC, ICQ, or other Internet protocols.
274 _________________________________________________________________
276 1.2.4. I just installed Junkbuster, and nothing is happening. All the ads
277 are there. What's wrong?
279 Did you configure your browser to use Junkbuster as a proxy? It does
280 not sound like it. See above. You might also try flushing the
281 browser's caches to force a full re-reading of pages. You can verify
282 that Junkbuster is running, and your browser is correctly configured
283 by entering the special URL: [57]http://i.j.b/. This should give you a
284 banner that says "This is the Internet JUNKBUSTER" and access to
285 Junkbuster's internal configuration. If you see this, then you are
286 good to go. If not, the browser or Junkbuster are not set up
288 _________________________________________________________________
292 1.3.1. Can I use my old config files?
294 There are major changes to Junkbuster configuration from version 2.0.x
295 to 2.9.x and later. The older files will not work at all. If this is
296 the case, you will need to re-enter your old data into the new
297 configuration structure. This is probably also a good recommendation
298 even if upgrading from 2.9.x to 3.x since there were many minor
299 changes along the way.
300 _________________________________________________________________
302 1.3.2. What is an "actions" file?
304 "actions" files are where various actions that Junkbuster might take,
305 are configured. Typically, you would define a set of default actions
306 that apply to all URLs, then add exceptions to these defaults.
308 Actions can be defined on a per site basis, or for groups of sites.
309 Actions can also be grouped together and then applied to one or more
310 sites. There are many possible actions that might apply to any given
311 site. As an example, if we are blocking cookies as one of our default
312 actions, but need to accept cookies from a given site, we would define
313 this in our "actions" file.
315 Junkbuster comes with several default actions files, with varying
316 degrees of filtering and blocking, as starting points for your own
317 configuration (see below).
318 _________________________________________________________________
320 1.3.3. The "actions"concept confuses me. Please list some of these
323 These are all explained in the [58]user-manual. Please refer to that.
324 _________________________________________________________________
326 1.3.4. How are actions files configured? What is the easiest way to do this?
328 The easiest way to do this, is to access Junkbuster with your web
329 browser at [59]http://i.j.b/, and then select "[60]Edit the actions
330 list" from the selection list. You can also do this by editing the
331 appropriate file with a text editor.
333 Please see the [61]user-manual for a detailed explanation of these and
334 other configuration files, and their various options and syntax.
335 _________________________________________________________________
337 1.3.5. What are the differences between ijb-intermediate.action,
338 ijb-basic.action, etc.?
340 Configuring the Internet Junkbuster is not easy. To help you get
341 started, we provide you with three different default configurations.
342 The following table shows you, which features are enabled in each
345 Table 1. Default Configurations
346 Feature ijb.action ijb-basic.action ijb-intermediate.action
350 de-animate GIFs ? x x x
351 referer forging ? x x x
352 jon's +no-cookies-keep (i.e. session cookies only) ? x x x
353 no-popup windows ? x x
357 content-modification ? x
361 _________________________________________________________________
363 1.3.6. Why can I change the configuration with a browser? Does that not
364 raise security issues?
366 What I don't understand, is how I can browser edit the config file as
367 a regular user, while the whole /etc/junkbuster hierarchy belongs to
368 the user "junkbuster", with only 644 perms.
370 When you use the browser-based editor, JunkBuster itself is writing to
371 the config files. Because JunkBuster is running as the user
372 "junkbuster", it can update the config files.
374 If you don't like this, setting "enable-edit-actions 0" in the config
375 file will disable the browser-based editor. If you're that paranoid,
376 you should also consider setting "enable-remote-toggle 0" to prevent
377 browser-based enabling/disabling of JunkBuster.
379 Note that normally only local users can connect to JunkBuster, so this
380 is not (normally) a security problem.
381 _________________________________________________________________
383 1.3.7. How can I set up Junkbuster to act as a proxy for my LAN?
385 By default, Junkbuster only responds to requests from localhost. To
386 have it act as a server for a network, this needs to be changed in the
387 main config file where the Junkbuster configuration is located. In
388 that file is a "listen-address" option. It may be commented out with a
389 "#" symbol. Make sure it is uncommented, and assign it the address of
390 the LAN gateway interface, and port number to use:
392 listen-address 192.168.1.1:8118
394 Save the file, and restart Junkbuster. Configure all browsers on the
395 network then to use this address and port number.
396 _________________________________________________________________
398 1.3.8. Instead of ads, now I get a Junkbuster logo [or checkerboard]. I
399 don't want to see anything.
401 This is a configuration option for images that Junkbuster is stopping.
402 You have the choice of the Junkbuster logo, a checkerboard pattern
403 (this scales better), a transparent 1x1 GIF image, or a custom URL or
406 If you want to see nothing, then change the "+image-blocker" action to
407 "+image-blocker{blank}". This can be done from the "Edit Actions List"
408 selection at [62]http://i.j.b/. Or by hand editing the appropriate
409 actions file. This will only effect what is defined as "images"
411 _________________________________________________________________
413 1.3.9. Why would anybody want to see the logo or checkerboard?
415 This can be helpful for troubleshooting problems. It might also be
416 good for anyone new to Junkbuster so that they can see if their
417 favorite pages are displaying correctly, and Junkbuster is not
418 inadvertantly removing something important.
419 _________________________________________________________________
421 1.3.10. I see large red banners on some pages that say "Blocked". How do I
424 These are URLs that match something in one of Junkbuster's block
425 actions (+block). It is meant to be a warning so that you know
426 something has been blocked and an easy way for you to see why. These
427 are handled differently than what has been defined as "images" (e.g.
428 ad banners). If you want them to be treated as if they were images, so
429 that they can be invisible, then move the offending URL from the
430 "+block" section to the "+imageblock" section of your actions file.
431 Alternately, you could modify the "block" HTML template that is used
432 by Junkbuster to display this, and make it something more to your
434 _________________________________________________________________
438 1.4.1. How much does Junkbuster slow my browsing down? This has to add extra
441 It should not slow you down any in real terms, and may actually help
442 speed things up since ads, banners and other junk are not being
443 displayed. The actual processing time required by Junkbuster itself
444 for each page, is relatively small in the overall scheme of things,
445 and happens very quickly. This is typically more than offset by time
446 saved not downloading and rendering ad images.
448 "Filtering" via the re_filterfile mechanism may cause a perceived
449 slowdown, since the entire page is buffered before displaying. See
451 _________________________________________________________________
453 1.4.2. I noticed considerable delays in page requests compared to the old
456 Using the default filtering configuration, I noticed considerable
457 delays in page requests compared to the old IJB. Loading pages with
458 large contents seemed to take forever, then suddenly delivering all
461 The whole content must be loaded in order to filter, and nothing is is
462 sent to the browser during this time. The loading time does not really
463 change in real numbers, but the feeling is different, because most
464 browsers are able to start rendering incomplete content, giving the
465 user a feeling of "it works".
467 To modify the content of a page (i.e. make frames resizeable again,
468 etc.) and not just replace ads, the Internet Junkbuster needs to
469 download the entire page first, do its content magic and then send the
471 _________________________________________________________________
473 1.4.3. What is the "http://i.j.b/"?
475 Since JunkBuster sits between your web browser and the Internet, it
476 can be programmed to handle certain pages specially.
478 With recent versions of JunkBuster (version 2.9.x), you can get some
479 information about JunkBuster and change some settings by going to
480 http://i.j.b/ or, equivalently, http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/
481 (Note that i.j.b is far easier to type but may not work in some
484 These pages are *not* forwarded to a server on the internet - instead
485 they are handled by a special web server which is built in to
488 If you are not running JunkBuster, then http://i.j.b/ will fail, and
489 http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/ will return a web page telling
490 you you're not running JunkBuster.
492 If you have version 2.0.2, then the equivalent is
493 http://example.com/show-proxy-args (but you get far less information,
494 and you should really consider upgrading to 2.9.x).
495 _________________________________________________________________
497 1.4.4. I would like to help you, what do I do?
499 Well, helping the team is always a good idea. We welcome new
500 developers, RPM gurus or documentation makers. Simply get an account
501 on sourceforge.net and mail your id to the developer mailing list.
502 Once we have added you to the team, you'll have write access to the
503 CVS repository, and together we'll find a suitable task for you.
504 _________________________________________________________________
506 1.4.5. Do you still maintain the blocklists?
508 No. The format of the blocklists has changed significantly in the
509 versions 2.9.x. Once we have released the new version, there will
510 again be blocklists that you can update automatically.
511 _________________________________________________________________
513 1.4.6. How can I submit new ads?
515 As of now, please discontinue to submit new ad blocking infos. Once we
516 have released the new version, there will again be a form on the
517 website, which you can use to contribute new ads.
518 _________________________________________________________________
520 1.4.7. How can I hide my IP address?
522 You cannot hide your IP address with Junkbuster or any other software,
523 since the server needs to know your IP address to send the answer to
526 Fortunately there are many publicly usable anonymous proxies out
527 there, which solve the problem by providing a further level of
528 indirection between you and the web server, shared by many people and
529 thus letting your requests "drown" in white noise of unrelated
530 requests as far as user tracking is concerned.
532 Most of them will, however, log your IP address and make it available
533 to the authorities in case you abuse that anonymity for criminal
534 purposes. In fact you can't even rule out that some of them only exist
535 to *collect* information on (those suspicious) people with a more than
536 average preference for privacy.
538 You can find a list of anonymous public proxies at [63]multiproxy.org
539 and many more through Google.
540 _________________________________________________________________
542 1.4.8. Can Junkbuster guarantee I am anonymous?
544 No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are greatly improved, but
545 unless you are an expert on Internet security it would be safest to
546 assume that everything you do on the Web can be traced back to you.
548 Junkbuster can remove various information about you, and allows you
549 more freedom to decide which sites you can trust. But it's still
550 possible that web sites can find out who you are. Here's one way this
553 A few browsers disclose the user's email address in certain
554 situations, such as when transferring a file by FTP. Junkbuster does
555 not filter FTP. If you need this feature, or are concerned about the
556 mail handler of your browser disclosing your email address, you might
557 consider products such as NSClean.
559 Browsers available only as binaries could use non-standard headers to
560 give out any information they can have access to: see the
561 manufacturer's license agreement. It's impossible to anticipate and
562 prevent every breach of privacy that might occur. The professionally
563 paranoid prefer browsers available as source code, because
564 anticipating their behavior is easier. Trust the source, Luke!
565 _________________________________________________________________
567 1.4.9. Might some things break because header information is being altered?
569 Definitely. More and more sites use HTTP header content to decide what
570 to display and how to display it. There is many ways that this can be
571 handled, so having hard and fast rules, is tricky.
573 "USER AGENT" in particular is often used in this way to identify the
574 browser, and adjust content accordingly. Changing this now is not
575 recommended, since so many sites do look for this. You may get
576 undesirable results by changing this.
578 For instance, different browsers use different encodings of Russian
579 and Czech characters, certain web servers convert pages on-the-fly
580 according to the User Agent header. Giving a "User Agent" with the
581 wrong operating system or browser manufacturer causes some sites in
582 these languages to be garbled; Surfers to Eastern European sites
583 should change it to something closer. And then some page access
584 counters work by looking at the "REFERER" header; they may fail or
585 break if unavailable. The weather maps of Intellicast have been
586 blocked by their server when no "REFERER" or cookie is provided, is
587 another example. There are many, many other ways things can go wrong
588 when trying to fool a web server.
590 If you have problems with a site, you will have to adjust your
591 configuration accordingly. Cookies are probably the most likely
592 adjustment that may be required, but by no means the only one.
593 _________________________________________________________________
595 1.4.10. Can Junkbuster act as a "caching" proxy to speed up web browsing?
597 No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
598 [64]Squid for this. And, yes, before you ask, Junkbuster can co-exist
599 with other kinds of proxies like "Squid".
600 _________________________________________________________________
602 1.4.11. What about as a firewall? Can Junkbuster protect me?
604 Not in the way you mean, or in the way a true firewall can, or a proxy
605 that has this specific capability. Junkbuster can help protect your
606 privacy, but not really protect you from intrusion attempts.
607 _________________________________________________________________
609 1.4.12. The Junkbuster logo that replaces ads is very blocky and ugly
610 looking. Can't a better font be used?
612 This is not a font problem. The logo is an image that is created by
613 Junkbuster on the fly. So as to not waste memory, the image is rather
614 small. The blockiness comes when the image is scaled to fill a largish
615 area. There is not much to be done about this, other than to use one
616 of the other "imageblock" directives: pattern, blank, or a URL of your
618 _________________________________________________________________
620 1.4.13. I have large empty spaces now where ads used to be. Why does
621 Junkbuster leave these large gaps?
623 It would be easy enough to just eliminate this space altogether,
624 rather than fill it with blank space. But, this would create problems
625 with many pages that use the overall size of the ad to help organize
626 the page layout and position the various components of the page where
627 they were intended to be. It is best left this way.
628 _________________________________________________________________
630 1.4.14. How can Junkbuster filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?
632 This is a limitation since HTTPS transactions are encrypted SSL
633 sessions between your browser and the secure site, and are meant to be
634 reliably secure and private. This means that all cookies and HTTP
635 header information are also encrypted from the time they leave your
636 browser, to the site, and vice versa. Junkbuster does not try to
637 unencrypt this information, so it just passes through as is.
638 Junkbuster can still catch images and ads that are embedded in the SSL
640 _________________________________________________________________
642 1.4.15. Junkbuster runs as a "server". How secure is it? Do I need to take
643 any special precautions?
645 There are no known exploits that might effect Junkbuster. On Unix-like
646 systems, Junkbuster can run as a non-privileged user, which is how we
647 recommend it be run. Also, by default Junkbuster only listens to
648 requests from "localhost". It is not itself directly exposed to the
649 Internet in this configuration. If you want to have Junkbuster serve
650 as a LAN proxy, this will have to be opened up to allow for LAN
651 requests. In this case, we'd recommend you specify only the LAN
652 gateway address, e.g. 192.168.1.1 in the main Junkbuster config file.
653 All LAN hosts can then use this as their proxy address in the browser
654 proxy configuration. In this way, Junkbuster will not listen on any
655 external ports. Of course, a firewall is always good too. Better safe
657 _________________________________________________________________
659 1.4.16. What is a "re_filterfile"?
661 The "re_filterfile" is used to "filter" any page content. By
662 "filtering" we mean it can modify, remove, or change anything on the
663 page, including HTML tags, and JavaScript. Regular expressions are
664 used to accomplish this. This is potentially a very powerful feature,
665 but requires some expertise.
667 If you are familiar with regular expressions, and HTML, you can look
668 at the provided re_filterfile with a text editor and see some of
669 things it can be used for.
671 Presently, there is no GUI editor option for this part of the
673 _________________________________________________________________
677 1.5.1. I just upgraded and am getting "connection refused" with every web
680 Either Junkbuster is not running, or your browser is configured for a
681 different port than what Junkbuster is using.
683 The old Junkbuster used port 8000 by default. This has been changed to
684 port 8118 now, due to a conflict with NAS (Network Audio Service),
685 which uses port 8000. If you haven't, you need to change your browser
686 to the new port number, or alternately change Junkbuster's
687 "listen-address" setting in the config file used to start Junkbuster.
688 _________________________________________________________________
690 1.5.2. I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is still getting
693 If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will
694 probably be held in the browser's cache for some time, so it will be
695 displayed without the need for any request to the server, and
696 Junkbuster will not be in the picture. The best thing to do is try
697 flusing the browser's caches. And then try again.
699 If this doesn't help, you probably have an error in the rule you
700 applied. Try pasting the full URL of the offending ad into
701 [65]http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info and see if any
702 actions match your new rule.
703 _________________________________________________________________
705 1.5.3. One of my favorite sites does not work with Junkbuster. What can I
708 First verify that it is indeed a Junkbuster problem, by disabling
709 Junkbuster filtering and blocking. Go to [66]http://i.j.b/ and click
710 on "Toggle Junkbuster On or Off", then disable it. Now try that page
713 If still a problem, go to "Show which actions apply to a URL and why"
714 from [67]http://i.j.b/ and paste the full URL of the page in question
715 into the prompt. See which actions are being applied to the URL. Now,
716 armed with this information, go to "Edit the actions list". Here you
717 should see various sections that have various "Junkbuster" features
718 disabled for specific sites. Disabled "actions" will have a "-" (minus
719 sign) in front of them. Add your problem page URL to one of these
720 sections that looks like it is disabling the feature that is causing
721 the problem. Re-try the page. There might be some trial and error
722 involved. This is discussed in a little more detail in the
723 [68]user-manual appendix.
725 Alternately, if you are comfortable with a text editor, you can
726 accomplish the same thing by editing the appropriate "actions" file.
727 _________________________________________________________________
729 1.5.4. What time is it?
732 _________________________________________________________________
734 2. Contact the developers
736 Please see the user manual for information on how to contact the
738 _________________________________________________________________
740 3. Copyright and History
742 Please see the user manual for information on Copyright and History.
743 _________________________________________________________________
747 Please see the user manual for information on references.
751 1. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/faq/
752 2. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/contact.html
753 3. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#QUESTIONS
754 4. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#GENERAL
755 5. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#NEWJB
756 6. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#DIFFERS
757 7. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#FEATURES
758 8. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#PROXYMORON
759 9. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#BROWSERS2
760 10. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#LICENSE
761 11. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#INSTALLATION
762 12. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#NEWINSTALL
763 13. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN111
764 14. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#LOCALHOST
765 15. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN133
766 16. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#CONFIGURATION
767 17. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#NEWCONFIG
768 18. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN148
769 19. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#ACTIONSS
770 20. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN166
771 21. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#CONFIGFILES
772 22. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#BROWSECONFIG
773 23. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN278
774 24. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN289
775 25. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN300
776 26. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN305
777 27. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#MISC
778 28. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN318
779 29. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#LOADINGTIMES
780 30. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#CONFIGURL
781 31. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#JOINTEAM
782 32. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#BLOCKLIST
783 33. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#NEWADS
784 34. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#IP
785 35. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN353
786 36. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN363
787 37. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN373
788 38. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN380
789 39. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN384
790 40. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN391
791 41. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN394
792 42. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN400
793 43. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN411
794 44. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN422
795 45. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN424
796 46. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN436
797 47. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN442
798 48. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#AEN459
799 49. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#CONTACT
800 50. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#COPYRIGHT
801 51. file://localhost/home/swa/sf/current-org/doc/source/tmp.html#SEEALSO
802 52. http://www.junkbusters.com/
803 53. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/
805 55. http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
806 56. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/
808 58. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE
810 60. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/edit-actions
811 61. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE
813 63. http://www.multiproxy.org/anon_list.htm
814 64. http://www.squid-cache.org/
815 65. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info
818 68. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/appenix.html#ACTIONSANAT