Comments on: How To Block Fasterfox Requests http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/ scattered technology news Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:32:56 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: 7 Green-themed/Earth-friendly Sites #2 » BoltPress http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-45255 7 Green-themed/Earth-friendly Sites #2 » BoltPress Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:05:26 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-45255 [...] for an impressively LONG time) while Googling information about Fasterfox. Specifically, a post on how to block Fasterfox link pre-fetching requests. I use Fasterfox (even though, as long as I’m still using my current computer, I’m not [...] [...] for an impressively LONG time) while Googling information about Fasterfox. Specifically, a post on how to block Fasterfox link pre-fetching requests. I use Fasterfox (even though, as long as I’m still using my current computer, I’m not [...]

]]> By: Jacky http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-45234 Jacky Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:24:31 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-45234 Since there is a FasterFox fork which ignores the robot.txt I will implement a blocking mechanisim. Care needs to be taken not to block search engines but I think this can be done easily. - Tell all search engines not to spider a specific directory via robots.txt - Setup a hidden link on every page, let's call it VandalTrap in this example - Run a server side script such as PHP on the index page of the VandalTrap directory. If the page is loaded, the .htaccess file is modified to block the user This could also be extended to display a informing message but if they choose to install software which circumvents the rules then blocking the IP for 20 minutes should be the best choice. Since there is a FasterFox fork which ignores the robot.txt I will implement a blocking mechanisim. Care needs to be taken not to block search engines but I think this can be done easily.
- Tell all search engines not to spider a specific directory via robots.txt
- Setup a hidden link on every page, let’s call it VandalTrap in this example
- Run a server side script such as PHP on the index page of the VandalTrap directory. If the page is loaded, the .htaccess file is modified to block the user

This could also be extended to display a informing message but if they choose to install software which circumvents the rules then blocking the IP for 20 minutes should be the best choice.

]]> By: jenny http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-42319 jenny Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:09:44 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-42319 what a hell are u talking about ??? I didn't figure it out!!!!! is it dangeros ?? what a hell are u talking about ???

I didn’t figure it out!!!!!

is it dangeros ??

]]> By: Dwayne Charrington http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-40776 Dwayne Charrington Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:35:27 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-40776 I just implemented this onto my website. That'll teach those bandwidth thieves a lesson or two. Also might lower the "Digg Effect" considering that a lot of people who visit from Digg are probably using this extension. When your server is taking a beating from 100,000 people and 20,000 of them are using Fasterfox without this your server is already gone. - Dwayne Charrington. http://www.dwaynecharrington.com I just implemented this onto my website. That’ll teach those bandwidth thieves a lesson or two. Also might lower the “Digg Effect” considering that a lot of people who visit from Digg are probably using this extension. When your server is taking a beating from 100,000 people and 20,000 of them are using Fasterfox without this your server is already gone.

- Dwayne Charrington.
http://www.dwaynecharrington.com

]]> By: Tooez Tooworkaround http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-40069 Tooez Tooworkaround Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:44:02 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-40069 It is too bad that the XPI's code has released to the general population, now it is a simple matter for anyone with a smidgen of programming knowledge to remove the polite-man check and one rouge group called something like Frozey Crew 200* has released a version that is simply nastier than anything that has come before it that utilizes the entire available bandwidth and when it runs out it seeks other sites that have been somehow selected at ramdom to continue the data pull. Just friggen nasty...Why people have to do crud like that is beyond me, there out to be international laws against those kind of nasty-hacker groups. It is too bad that the XPI’s code has released to the general population, now it is a simple matter for anyone with a smidgen of programming knowledge to remove the polite-man check and one rouge group called something like Frozey Crew 200* has released a version that is simply nastier than anything that has come before it that utilizes the entire available bandwidth and when it runs out it seeks other sites that have been somehow selected at ramdom to continue the data pull. Just friggen nasty…Why people have to do crud like that is beyond me, there out to be international laws against those kind of nasty-hacker groups.

]]> By: Anonymous http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-28443 Anonymous Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:20:54 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-28443 The user can easily switch off prefetching. Go to Add-ons in the Tools menu, click Options in the Fasterfox entry in Extentions, switch to Courteous and then back to Custom in the Presets menu, and that is the right place to do this: In the Pipelining menu, Enable Pipelining and Enable Proxy Pipelining, and set Max Pipelining Requests to 10. In Rendering, set Pages In Memory to 10. This procedure should get rid of any prefetching problems and still allow great speed. The user can easily switch off prefetching. Go to Add-ons in the Tools menu, click Options in the Fasterfox entry in Extentions, switch to Courteous and then back to Custom in the Presets menu, and that is the right place to do this: In the Pipelining menu, Enable Pipelining and Enable Proxy Pipelining, and set Max Pipelining Requests to 10. In Rendering, set Pages In Memory to 10. This procedure should get rid of any prefetching problems and still allow great speed.

]]> By: Turbo Dude http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-27779 Turbo Dude Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:09:32 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-27779 I just bumped Fasterfox 1.0.0 to work with Firefox 2. Now ignoring robot.txt. BWAHAHHAHA! I just bumped Fasterfox 1.0.0 to work with Firefox 2.
Now ignoring robot.txt. BWAHAHHAHA!

]]> By: David http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-27605 David Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:56:01 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-27605 The old fasterfox xpi (1.0.0) does work with Firefox 2.0.0.4 if you alter the archive with WinRAR to change the install.rdf version checking. SiteSucker is still around if you really want everything all at once and don't care how much damage you do. It's all about personal responsibility. The old fasterfox xpi (1.0.0) does work with Firefox 2.0.0.4 if you alter the archive with WinRAR to change the install.rdf version checking.

SiteSucker is still around if you really want everything all at once and don’t care how much damage you do. It’s all about personal responsibility.

]]> By: Jason Short http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-24850 Jason Short Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:59:10 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-24850 Well, if people are going to ignore the request anyway then webmasters will have to take more drastic measures. We implemented a system where if you grab more than x pages in a 5 second period you are banned. Stopped all that fasterfox traffic. Shouldn't have to do that. Fasterfox is broken. We had some Firefox users downloading the same pages HUNDREDS of times. We had some users machines that would download 1500 pages in a 5 minute period because of fasterfox... That is just dumb. There is NO WAY a human could view all of them. Well, if people are going to ignore the request anyway then webmasters will have to take more drastic measures. We implemented a system where if you grab more than x pages in a 5 second period you are banned. Stopped all that fasterfox traffic. Shouldn’t have to do that. Fasterfox is broken. We had some Firefox users downloading the same pages HUNDREDS of times. We had some users machines that would download 1500 pages in a 5 minute period because of fasterfox… That is just dumb. There is NO WAY a human could view all of them.

]]> By: Mark http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-18242 Mark Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:25:05 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-18242 Do you know how to go about discovering installed instances of this plug-in? As in, what if I have some users who have installed this and I don't want them using it... I didn't see any additional processes or executables caused by its installation. Do you know how to go about discovering installed instances of this plug-in? As in, what if I have some users who have installed this and I don’t want them using it… I didn’t see any additional processes or executables caused by its installation.

]]> By: Martin http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-13271 Martin Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:02:17 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-13271 Thanks for the info. I was just looking up fasterfox to see if it was worth using. But after reading this i think i will wait the extra half a second to download pages rather than cause problems for some people who spend a lot of their own personal time for the benifit of others. I only checked this out because firefox put a block on the download, maybe they are be responsible. Thanks for the info. I was just looking up fasterfox to see if it was worth using. But after reading this i think i will wait the extra half a second to download pages rather than cause problems for some people who spend a lot of their own personal time for the benifit of others. I only checked this out because firefox put a block on the download, maybe they are be responsible.

]]> By: Programming » How To Block Fasterfox To Save Bandwidth http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-2/#comment-4851 Programming » How To Block Fasterfox To Save Bandwidth Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-4851 [...] A tutorial to help website owners save bandwidth and reduce server loads by blocking Fasterfox from pre-fetching links on web pages. (add code to robots.txt)read more | digg story [...] [...] A tutorial to help website owners save bandwidth and reduce server loads by blocking Fasterfox from pre-fetching links on web pages. (add code to robots.txt)read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-2404 Daniel Tue, 30 May 2006 16:18:13 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-2404 Good, at least they can bork the robots.txt thing :D Good, at least they can bork the robots.txt thing :D

]]> By: robert http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 robert Tue, 30 May 2006 04:38:46 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-2359 Unfortunately, in some of my tests the robots.txt entry doesn't stop it... Unfortunately, in some of my tests the robots.txt entry doesn’t stop it…

]]> By: 19-03-06 - BRIGADOON………2006 http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 19-03-06 - BRIGADOON………2006 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:57:07 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-1025 [...] How To Block Fasterfox Requests [...] [...] How To Block Fasterfox Requests [...]

]]> By: Tim http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Tim Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:21:48 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-838 Prefetch makes web browsing 10x faster easily! I use 1.0.3 & respect those sites that do not want prefetch, but I have never noticed any problems with my own site. (Than again, i'm on University webspace) Prefetch makes web browsing 10x faster easily! I use 1.0.3 & respect those sites that do not want prefetch, but I have never noticed any problems with my own site. (Than again, i’m on University webspace)

]]> By: Robin http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Robin Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:22:44 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-780 Thats great that it is finally possible to block prefetching. Before that people could download gigabytes of data that would never be read. As for Daniel and Matt, I ban that type of person from ever entering my websites Thats great that it is finally possible to block prefetching. Before that people could download gigabytes of data that would never be read. As for Daniel and Matt, I ban that type of person from ever entering my websites

]]> By: Snakey’s WeBlog » Blog Archive » How to block FasterFox http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Snakey’s WeBlog » Blog Archive » How to block FasterFox Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:55:47 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-755 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Knife In Your Eye http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Knife In Your Eye Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:36:06 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-754 This is another invention to save our beloved cyberspace... much like segregating nodes via ip address (for the elite), p2p "traffic shaping" (censorship) and use of DRM to (jacking the consumers some more)... Why don't you twats write a pluggin that will make http requests more effiecent rather then making some crap that limits what people can do... You make the users to be the enemies when in fact the bandwidth providers are the bastards... This is another invention to save our beloved cyberspace… much like segregating nodes via ip address (for the elite), p2p “traffic shaping” (censorship) and use of DRM to (jacking the consumers some more)… Why don’t you twats write a pluggin that will make http requests more effiecent rather then making some crap that limits what people can do… You make the users to be the enemies when in fact the bandwidth providers are the bastards…

]]> By: J http://skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/comment-page-1/#comment-739 J Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:22:16 +0000 http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/how-to-block-fasterfox-requests/#comment-739 My websites are update, but most won't. My websites are update, but most won’t.

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