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Sean, Kind of humorous, but we did this for on the company laptops at my previous employer to prevent them from visiting sites like MySpace or others we knew to be malware/problem/inappropriate sites using the HOSTS file. Kind of sneaky but worked great. -t On Nov 5, 2007, at 11:09 AM, Sean O'Malley wrote: > Not to change the subject, but i did find mapping stuff like: > ssl.google-analytics.com > pagead.googlesyndication.com > www.doubleclick.net > to 127.0.0.1 > > Gives a considerable speed boost especially with low-bandwidth, > low-memory, and slow processor situations. (most ads are big flash > files.) > I use it with high speed. > > You do get "missing images" and "file not found" errors on the > pages, but > you aren't downloading ads, your tracking cookies aren't timing > out, and > rasterization of the pages is a lot faster. > > I just use a host list, but a dns server is a lot cooler and > simpler way > to maintain it acrossed several machines. You can find premade > lists on > the net. > > I have always wondered how much the university network bill would > drop if > everyone on campus used it. > > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Lee A Duynslager wrote: > >> I have a faculty member who would have to pay a considerable >> amount of money >> approx. $2K to have Millenium cable run out to their rural home. >> >> I was wondering if any of you have any experience with Wild Blue >> High Speed >> Internet Service or know of anybody who does? >> >> http://www.wildblue.com/ >> >> >> Thank You in Advance, >> >> Lee Duynslager >> > > -------------------------------------- > Sean O'Malley, Information Technologist > Michigan State University > ------------------------------------- -- Troy Murray Developer Michigan State University Biomedical Research and Informatics Center (BRIC) 100 Conrad Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-432-4248 Fax: 517-353-9420 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Calendar HTML - http://www.icalx.com/html/troymurray72/month.php?cal=BRIC+Work iCalendar - http://www.icalx.com/public/troymurray72/BRIC%20Work.ics