Where is a good Perlish starting point for building an http proxy which would filter out ads by rewriting Javascript on the fly and removing all Flash?

Rewriting JavaScript on the fly is going to be quite literally impossible to get right. You might as well just strip it out. Of course, there's no reason not to just turn it off in your browser.

There are other ways to avoid the bulk of nuisance ads. One easy trick that you can use is to put fake entries in your hosts table for sites that serve them. This is especially useful for those that have chaining pop-ups and pop-unders where another one opens up as soon as you close one.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

In reply to Re: Pop-up killing http proxy by sauoq
in thread Pop-up killing http proxy by Stegalex

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