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		64kbisalluneed on May 10, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Brotherhood of the Ad Blockers Just install nginx that answers to http and https and return empty gif or 204.

Chaebixi on May 10, 2018 [–]

Would that fail because your sever can't provide the right cert? You'd probably have to install a custom root certificate on your machines that you https ad blocker could use to forge certs.

64kbisalluneed on May 10, 2018 | [–]

Yes, custom cert has to be used, otherwise browsing could be very annoying.

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