268530 - image blocking option from originating server not consistent in performance

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Comfortably Numb]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616

I have image blocking turned on as load images from originating server, with no
specific websites filtered, but every now and then i see third-party images/ads
being loaded on a lot of sites...sometimes if i just reload or reopen the same
page the image may or may not re-appear.
www.comics.com is a very good example...
sometimes inside yahoo mail
i have checked whether the image is from the originating server or not by pointing 
mouse on the image, the link displayed on the status bar on one instance was 
http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?cid=21867&mid=49494&sid=14806&m=3&c=5140&forced_click=http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/N296.fastclick/B1471267.2;sz=120x600;ord=1300?

and this was from the www.comics.com homepage

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. turn on image blocking and choose accept images from originating server only
2. open the webpage http://www.comics.com/
3. depending on the instance, the ad images on top and right hand side may or may  
not appear
4. try reloading the page, may be 2-3 times and you'll see the inconsistency
Actual Results:  
third party images or images not from the originating server were loaded on the
page even though image blocking settings were right

Expected Results:  
accepeted images only from the originating server...

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

1.7 has a pretty old implementation of image blocking.. is this an issue in
current trunk builds?

Comment 2

[Josh Birnbaum]

comics.com uses multiple servers for advertisements, so reloading can show
different results.

sites will also use iframes or other tricks to get around the
originating-server-only restriction.

I don't think there is a bug here.  there are ways to improve the image
blocking, and there are bugs filed about them.  but in the near term, just
right-click ads and use the "block server" option.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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