[NTLUG:Discuss] re: Bad URL's send me to me home page?!?

[Kyle_Davenport@compusa.com]

Steven Baker alluded:
> I've been setting up my home firewall/IPmasqerade/HTTP server on static
IP with
> my own domain name - using SuSE 7.0 and a 2.2.x kernel with Apache -
everything
> seems to be working nicely except for one oddity.
>
> When I surf the net from a machine inside the firewall, if I enter *any*
> bogus URL (http://nonsense.nonsense.org for example), it always takes me
> to the home page on my own server.  For some URL's, it comes up cleanly
> on my home page - for other URL's, it's covered in large yellow
rectangles?!?

Sounds like a proxy redirector to me.  I just set up squid, a nameserver
caching proxy which prevents blocking.   Browsing speed up was obvious even
on my 1 Mbps connection.  I then struggled thru squidGuard which is a fast
redirector for squid.  It redirects matching urls, domains, etc to a
webserver of your choice.  In my case, I just wanted to strip offending
ad's.   It was a little painful to setup - install and compile db2,
configure squid, configure squidGuard, and write my own cgi program off my
local webserver, but very pleased with the results.