[Privoxy-users] Privoxy-users Digest, Vol 17, Issue 3
Robert Klemme
rklemme at klemmeconsulting.com
Mon Nov 6 18:18:11 UTC 2017
Thanks Lee for the excellent explanation.
I have created block lists in this manner before and they work great.
I was trying to come up with a way to use a wildcard or some regex solution
to block anything "tile" related. It seems like either "tile" or "
tile-x.com" is usually involved.
I won't be able to catch them all and I cannot find a list of all of these
hosts. I know they only downside to this is there might be false positives
but I am willing to give it a shot.
Then I can search the log files for blocks related to this and we can
create the first ever "Live Tile" blocklist and share it on Git. I would
love that!
Also, I didn't have to set my Windows 10 PC to use the proxy the way you
mentioned. I have Privoxy setup in all of the browsers and somehow the OS
is pulling it from there. Seems to be working?!
Thanks again.
Robert
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> Subject: [Privoxy-users] filter/blocklist
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am trying to create a Windows Live Tile Blocklist or Filter. Not sure
> which is appropriate or how to write it.
>
> Here a few of the hosts I discovered packet captures.
>
> travel.tile.appex.bing.com
> foodanddrink.tile.appex.bing.com
> tile-service.weather.microsoft.com
>
>
> Can anyone recommend a way to block this in my custom.action file , I'm not
> much of a programmer so I am not sure how to code this. (*.tile*) I just
> embarrassed myself but you get the picture of what I am trying to do.
>
> I would also like to block-as-image so I can replace their propaganda with
> a smiley face jpeg. I think this can be done because it is only uses http
> when it pulls the pic.
>
> Also, I know Live Tiles can be turned off on a per PC level and also a
> group policy but in a large BYOD environment there is no way to manage
> this.
>
> >From a security standpoint, I think it will only be a matter of time until
> malvertising is served right through the Windows OS via Live Tiles.
>
> Also, if this requires some more research and/or quite a bit of work, I am
> glad to donate accordingly.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Robert
>
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> President, Klemme Consulting LLC.
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> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 20:43:08 -0400
> From: Lee <ler762 at gmail.com>
> To: Robert Klemme <rklemme at klemmeconsulting.com>
> Cc: privoxy-users at lists.privoxy.org
> Subject: Re: [Privoxy-users] filter/blocklist
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> On 10/29/17, Robert Klemme <rklemme at klemmeconsulting.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
>
> Hi
>
> > I am trying to create a Windows Live Tile Blocklist or Filter. Not sure
> > which is appropriate or how to write it.
> >
> > Here a few of the hosts I discovered packet captures.
> >
> > travel.tile.appex.bing.com
> > foodanddrink.tile.appex.bing.com
> > tile-service.weather.microsoft.com
> >
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a way to block this in my custom.action file ,
>
> The first thing you have to do is get windows using privoxy. You
> probably need the command prompt window to be run as admin, so
> click start (or whatever that windows icon on the taskbar is called now),
> windows system,
> right click on command prompt, left click on more, run as administrator
>
> from the command prompt window
> netsh winhttp set proxy 127.0.0.1:8118
> - tell windows to use privoxy
> netsh winhttp show proxy
> - to verify the change
>
> Now you can filter windows requests with privoxy :)
>
> > I'm not
> > much of a programmer so I am not sure how to code this. (*.tile*) I just
> > embarrassed myself but you get the picture of what I am trying to do.
>
> what you listed is fine. I'm not sure how much of a difference it
> actually makes in practice, but I put the trailing slash on domain
> names.
>
> > I would also like to block-as-image so I can replace their propaganda
> with
> > a smiley face jpeg. I think this can be done because it is only uses
> http
> > when it pulls the pic.
>
> so start with
> { +block{Live Tiles} +handle-as-image }
>
> then add the domain names to be blocked:
> travel.tile.appex.bing.com/
> foodanddrink.tile.appex.bing.com/
> tile-service.weather.microsoft.com/
>
> note that you can combine travel.tile.appex.bing.com and
> foodanddrink.tile.appex.bing.com by using
> .tile.appex.bing.com/
>
> the leading dot is important - it says to match any domain name ending
> with "tile.appex.bing.com"
>
> Personal preference again - unless you want to allow some live tiles,
> I like the 'block everything ending with <whatever>' approach vs.
> listing the specific sites you want blocked.
>
> > Also, I know Live Tiles can be turned off on a per PC level and also a
> > group policy but in a large BYOD environment there is no way to manage
> > this.
> >
> > From a security standpoint, I think it will only be a matter of time
> until
> > malvertising is served right through the Windows OS via Live Tiles.
>
> +1
> altho I took it a step further & uninstalled that stuff rather than
> trying to block it.
>
> Regards,
> Lee
>
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