Bind DNS

[Derek Taylor]

On Fri, 23 May 2008, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
>On May 22, 2008, at 9:10 PM, Ruel Luchavez wrote:
>
>> Hi ALL,
>>
>> Is it possible in BIND DNS to block images in a certain sites? like  
>> for
>> example the popular friends site ( friendster),
>> i want to block most images in that site so that client will be  
>> irritated
>> that their images don't load perfectly. but s till
>> they can visit their site?
>
>DNS is not the right level to be doing that unless you know that the  
>images are actually served from a different server than the other  
>content on the site (which is unlikely).
>
>An HTTP proxy, Squid in particular, will be the right tool.  About a  
>year ago, I saw a description where someone had put in a filter in  
>Squid to blur or rotate all images.  The screen shots of that where  
>hilarious, but I can't remember exactly where this was posted.
>
>Cheers,
>
>-j

Google for "Upside-Down-Ternet".  The instructional narrative is still
available.

-Derek.