September 16 Changes (HHH) -------------------------- This time I have only two changes of any substance. 1. Action: DOWNGRADED "fille" rule From: BadURL_Parts[i++] = "fille"; To: BadHostParts[i++] = "fille"; Reason: Had too many false positives with "filler" where people were filling in forms at sites. Here was the count that the current PAC rules handled it in a host. By itself, "fille" just means girl in French, with "filles" being plural. We MAY just want to remove it in the future. I removed the rule to see what the effect was. Here are the ones that no rule stopped. The ones with (*) after them only had ONE - I upped the count for them to take that into effect: [www].assfilled.com (*) [www].cumfilledfaces.com [www].fille-africaine.com [www].fille-coquine.com (*) (fille coquine in French means bad girl in English) (Google translation gives you girl rascal) [www].fille-du-calvaire.com (*) (this just means girl of Calvary - Mary?) (it is NOT bad, but it could have been) fille_Parts.txt: 15 fille_Starts_and_Ends.txt: 0 fille_Passed_All_Rules.txt 7 (8) ---------------------------------- Total 22 SYNOPSIS: Just remove altogether? 2. Action: * NONE * - RFC (Request For Comments) From: BadURL_Parts[i++] = "dating"; To: BadHostParts[i++] = "dating"; Reason: I have no quantifiable data to back this up, but it occurred for a person going to a legitimate dating site. I removed the "dating" and ran it across my files. Here is what I have: dating_Parts.txt: 34 dating_Starts_and_Ends.txt: 4 dating_Passed_All_Rules.txt: 166 ----------------------------------- Total 204 We can NOT drop it from applying to hosts, but should we be applying this to the URL? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".hotmail.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".hotmail.com"; // POTENTIAL RULE Reason: Needed for HotMail users. I think we may need rules just like this for AOL / AIM users, etc. The ".passport.net" handles MSN mail. 4. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".hotsaints.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".hotsaints.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 5. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".ldsdates.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".ldsdates.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 6. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".ldsmingle.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".ldsmingle.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 7. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".ldshearts.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".ldshearts.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 8. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".ldspals.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".ldspals.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 9. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".ldsplanet.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".ldsplanet.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 10. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".ldspromise.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".ldspromise.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 11. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".ldssingles.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".ldssingles.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 12. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".ldssinglesnetwork.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".ldssinglesnetwork.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 13. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".livelds.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".livelds.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE 14. Action: ADDED GoodDomain ".singlesaints.com" rule Rule: GoodDomains[i++] = ".singlesaints.com"; // PERSONAL RULE Reason: Personal pass rule. See REST HERE I do not think ANY of these other than the first one should be given to EVERYBODY. The ONLY REASON I am including them this time is so you can see how you should add something for your own personal use. All but the first one have the comment: // PERSONAL RULE after them. From now on I will grep them out before I send the file to you. This saves us from having TWO files. Right now somebody else using the PAC filter here (not me) needs these rules. The first rule is different though. It has the comment: // POTENTIAL RULE As I see it, there are an awful lot of hotmail people out there. The same holds true for MSN email people. That is why I also have .passport.net". You can some times have problems unless you allow the site full access. When you see this comment I am asking you if you think it should be included. Actually, I SHOULD have done this with the following as well: GoodDomains[i++] = ".wikimedia.org"; // POTENTIAL RULE GoodDomains[i++] = ".wikipedia.org"; // POTENTIAL RULE It never occurred to me that many people not only don't use this online Encyclopedia - they don't even know it exists! It is my starting off point searching for basic general information. I just marked them as POTENTIAL right now. If you disagree with them being general use, let me know and I will "PERSONALIZE" them. In my opinion, the following are also PERSONAL rules: GoodDomains[i++] = "1-800-flowers.com"; // PERSONAL RULE GoodDomains[i++] = "800flowers.com"; // PERSONAL RULE GoodDomains[i++] = ".andale.com"; // PERSONAL RULE GoodDomains[i++] = ".intel.com"; // PERSONAL RULE ??? GoodDomains[i++] = ".live.com"; // PERSONAL RULE GoodDomains[i++] = ".schooner.com"; // PERSONAL RULE GoodDomains[i++] = ".ericphelps.com"; // ??? If the PAC filter causes problems for our own personal web site then either the PAC file rules, or our web site (or both) need to change! Actually, all of this brings up another point. WE SHOULD NOT NEED MOST OF THESE RULES! If we do, I think it means we need to do some more tuning to the other rules until they are not necessary. For example. I have had almost no problems using Yahoo WebMail right now with the exception of the following False Positive: view.atdmt.com/LDR/iview/yhxxxlad0050000395ldr/direct/01/ "xxx". In this case it doesn't matter. I BLOCK view.atdmt.com IN MY HOSTS FILE! Further, I don't see a way out of this one. Like children never wearing certain colored clothing to school to not be identified with gangs, people shouldn't have patterns like this in their path. ----------------------------------------------------------------------