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<title>Junkbuster Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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<author>
<sect2 id="general"><title>General Information</title>
-<sect3 id="newjb"><title>What is this new <application>Junkbuster</application>?</title>
+<sect3 id="newjb"><title>What is this new
version of <application>Junkbuster</application>?</title>
<para>
- The original <application>Junkbuster</application> was a product of
- Junkbusters Corporation (tm). Development of this effort stopped
- as of version 2.0.2. Stefan Walherr started the ijbswa project on
- <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</ulink> to
- rekindle development. Other developers subsequently joined with
- Stefan, and have since added many new features and enhancements.
+ The original <application>Internet Junkbuster</application> (tm) is a
+ coyrighted product of <ulink url="http://www.junkbusters.com">Junkbusters
+ Corporation</ulink>. Development of this effort stopped some time ago as of
+ version 2.0.2. Stefan Walherr started the ijbswa project on <ulink
+ url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</ulink> to rekindle
+ development. Other developers subsequently joined with Stefan, and have
+ since added many new features, refinements and enhancements.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The new <application>Junkbuster</application> started with the same
+ code base, but has changed significantly at this point.
+ </para>
+
</sect3>
<sect3 id="differs"><title>How does it differ from the old <application>Junkbuster?</application></title>
<para>
All the old features remain. The new <application>Junkbuster</application>
still blocks ads and banners, still manages cookies, and protects
- privacy. But, these are all enhanced, and many new features have been
+ your privacy. But, these are all enhanced, and many new features have been
added, all in the same vein.
</para>
<para>
- The configuration has changed significantly. This is something that users
- will notice right off the bat. The <quote>blocklist</quote> file does
- not exist any more. This is replaced by <quote>actions</quote>
- files, such as <filename>ijb.actions</filename>. This is where most of
- the per site configuration is now.
+ The configuration has changed significantly as well. This is something that
+ users will notice right off the bat. The <quote>blocklist</quote> file does
+ not exist any more. This is replaced by <quote>actions</quote> files, such
+ as <filename>ijb.actions</filename>. This is where most of the per site
+ configuration is now.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect3>
-<sect3 id="proxymoron"><title>How does <application>Junkbuster</application>
- work? What is a <quote>proxy</quote>?</title>
+<sect3 id="proxymoron"><title>What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does
+<application>Junkbuster</application> work? </title>
<para>
When you connect to a web site with <application>Junkbuster</application>,
you are really connecting to your locally running version of
HTTP content before it gets to your browser.
<application>Junkbuster</application> uses various programming methods to do
this, all of which is under your control via the various configuration
- files.
+ files and options.
</para>
</sect3>
<para>
<application>Junkbuster</application> is licensed under the
GNU General Public License (GPL). It is free to use, copy,
- modify or distribute as you wish.
- </para>
+ modify or distribute as you wish under the terms of this license.
+ See <ulink
+ url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</ulink>
+ for specifics.
+ </para>
<para>
- There is no warranty of any kind, expressed, implied or otherwise. That is something
- that would cost real money ;-) There is no registration either.
+ There is no warranty of any kind, expressed, implied or otherwise. That is
+ something that would cost real money ;-) There is no registration either.
<application>Junkbuster</application> really is <emphasis>free</emphasis>
in every respect!
<sect3>
<title id="sitebreak">Might some things break because header information is
-changed?</title>
+being altered?</title>
<para>
Definitely. More and more sites use HTTP header content to decide what to
operating system or browser manufacturer causes some sites in these languages
to be garbled; Surfers to Eastern European sites should change it to
something closer. Some page access counters work by looking at the
- <quote>REFERER</quote> header; they may fail or break if deprived. The
+ <quote>REFERER</quote> header; they may fail or break if unavailable. The
weather maps of Intellicast have been blocked by their server when no
<quote>REFERER</quote> or cookie is provided, is another example. There
are many, many other ways things can go wrong when trying to fool a
</sect3>
+
<sect3>
-<title id="caching">Can Junkbuster act as a <quote>caching</quote> proxy?</title>
+<title id="caching">Can Junkbuster act as a <quote>caching</quote> proxy to
+speed up web browsing?</title>
<para>
No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
<ulink url="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid</ulink> for this. And, yes,
</para>
</sect3>
+
+<sect3>
+<title id="logo">The Junkbuster logo that replaces ads is very blocky
+looking. Can't a better font be used?</title>
+
+<para>
+ This is not a font problem. The logo is an image that is created by
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> on the fly. So as not waste
+ memory, the image is rather small. The blockiness comes when the
+ image is scaled to fill a largish area. There is not much to be done
+ about this, other than to use one of the other
+ <quote>imageblocker</quote> directives: <emphasis>pattern</emphasis>,
+ <emphasis>blank</emphasis>, or a URL of your chosing.
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+
+<sect3>
+<title id="wasted">I have large empty spaces now where ads used to be.
+Why does Junkbuster leave these large gaps?</title>
+<para>
+ It would be easy enough to just eliminate this space altogether, rather than
+ fill it with blank space. But, this would create problems with many pages
+ that use the overall size of the ad to help organize the page layout and
+ hold the various components of the page where they were intended to be. It is
+ best left this way.
+
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
+<!--
+<sect3>
+<title id="blank">Now I see the ugly Junkbuster logo (or checkboard pattern) in
+place of ads. How can I get rid of this? I don't want to see anything.</title>
+<para>
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+-->
</sect2>
Either <application>Junkbuster</application> is not running, or your
browser is configured for a different port than what
<application>Junkbuster</application> is using.
-
</para>
<para>
with NAS (Network Audio Service), which uses port 8000. If you haven't,
you need to change your browser to the new port number, or alternately
change <application>Junkbuster's</application> <quote>listen-address</quote>
- setting in the default <filename>config</filename> file.
-
+ setting in the <filename>config</filename> file used to start
+ <application>Junkbuster</application>.
</para>
</sect3>
<title id="flushit">I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</title>
<para>
- If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it
- will probably be held in cache for some time, so it will be displayed without
- the need for any request to the server. The best thing to do is try
- flusing the browser's caches.
+ If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will probably be
+ held in the browser's cache for some time, so it will be displayed without
+ the need for any request to the server. The best thing to do is try flusing
+ the browser's caches. And then try again.
</para>
<para>
- If this doesn't help, you probably don't have the configuration applied
- incorrectly. Try pasting the full URL of the offending ad into
- <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info</ulink>
- and see if any actions match.
+ If this doesn't help, you probably have an error in the rule you
+ applied. Try pasting the full URL of the offending ad into <ulink
+ url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info</ulink>
+ and see if any actions match your new rule.
</para>
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