Where can you find ban list for FreeProxy?

Answer 1

I searched quite a few sites, and just couldn't find anything! Then I decided to try something, which is probably not too graceful for FreeProxy (too many duplicates, if you follow the Help instructions), but I regard it as a good start.

Awhile ago I downloaded a HOSTS file from http://www.mvps.org/ to use with just about any host a come across. I would make minor changes and updates on my notebook, then update various platforms and servers from the updated file. This file came in handy, since it already included a bunch of URLs. All I had to do is to strip out the excess text that FreeProxy doesn't like.

# Download a copy of the HOSTS file.

# To do the first part of the job, I used an advanced text editor, TextMorph, to replace the # comments at the end of most lines with # (using an ASCII search and replace function, replace '35'with '13 35'). # Now a spreadsheet program can be used to simply sort all the lines alphanumerically. # I got rid of the first about-5000 lines, since the # lines are really dead weight now. # The file was saved as a text file again. # In FreeProxy, I created a category called Hosts, really just to differentiate amongst other categories I was testing with. # FreeProxy imported around 16500 entries in less than 20 seconds.

* Utilities to do this are available on the internet as freeware or shareware, should you still have to get them. * HOSTS file is free for download as well. * Quick start for FreeProxy, since the download site doesn't offer a ban list.

* No Categories in this ban list, so really bulky control to start off with. * Many duplicates! To learn more about these, just read the Help in FreeProxy. I'm not sure whether these will impact on performance, but in theory it will, if just a little.