About:
FilterProxy is a Perl script that acts as a generic Web proxy. It is unique in that it allows you to install modules that can perform arbitrary transformations on HTML (or any other MIME-type) and HTTP headers. It filters ads by stripping HTML from the page, anonymizes requests by removing Referer and User-Agent headers, compresses HTML content, and de-animates animated gifs. Configuration is done via Web-based forms or editing a Perl data structure.

Author:
Bob McElrath [contact developer]

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8.69/10.00 (4 votes)

Homepage:
http://filterproxy.sourceforge.net
Tar/GZ:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/filterproxy/FilterProxy-0.30.tar.gz
Changelog:
http://filterproxy.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog

Trove categories: [change]

[Environment]		No Input/Output (Daemon), Web Environment
[Intended Audience]		Developers, End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		POSIX
[Programming Language]		Perl
[Topic]		Internet :: Proxy Servers, Internet :: WWW/HTTP, Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: HTTP Servers

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	0.30	13-Jan-2002	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] Nifty Now, Getting Great!
by rcunning - Mar 20th 2000 03:28:57

This script is by far the easiest way I've ever seen to eliminate banner ads, and that is only one of the first features this package supports.

Development is proceeding at a blinding pace, and the author has been more than receptive to my occasional comments.

The future for this script is actually that of a full-blown platform for processing and massaging network data on the fly, complete with a Web interface for configuration and management. A modularized expansion interface already exists, and is evolving rapidly toward maturity.

Get it, play with it. For what it already does, it is amazingly small. But be warned: You will need a fairly large perl installation to make this script happy, so be prepared for some visits to your local CPAN mirror.

-BobC

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