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    • M
      MrGlasspoole
      last edited by

      Yes pfBlockerNG has an EasyList tab and you wrote:
      @BBcan177:

      pfBlockerNG parses the EasyList feeds, and collects just the domains that can be blocked… The rest are discarded..

      I guess we talk past each other :)
      If you look at the uBlock filters, there are not there to at more domains.
      They fix stuff that are broken.
      For example the first rule in: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/master/filters/unbreak.txt
      Peter Lowe's list blocks google analytics so on some sites stuff does not work.

      So the idea is to take out google analytics from all the other lists and let it pass through to the PCs.
      Then on the PC uBlock can handle it.

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      • BBcan177B
        BBcan177 Moderator
        last edited by

        @MrGlasspoole:

        So the idea is to take out google analytics from all the other lists and let it pass through to the PCs.
        Then on the PC uBlock can handle it.

        Should have defined this thread as "UBlock whitelist" :)

        I am not sure of the syntax used for the UBlock feeds… But if you parse these files, and collect the Domains to whitelist, you can add them to the DNSBL Whitelist customlist, and run a "Force Reload - DNSBL" for it to take effect... You can prefix a domain with a "dot" and it will also whitelist any sub-domains.

        Everyones whitelist is going to be different, some of these exceptions from UBlock, are for a single website that might have issues with blocking a domain... It might be a domain that some users never browse to.... Unfortunately, there is no "bypass" mechanism in Unbound to allow some users to bypass a blocked domain. So its all or nothing at the moment... Unbound does have a Python integration, that may be used at some point, which would allow for improvements in this area.  If there are some LAN devices, or sub-nets, that you do not want to be filtered by DNSBL, you can also define a different DNS server for those devices...

        Building a list of domains to whitelist is generally a good idea, as that can help others atleast choose which domains are causing issues, and they can decide what to whitelist...

        "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

        Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
        Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
        Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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          MrGlasspoole
          last edited by

          That would be the coolest thing if we could do it like uBlock: allow certain things for certain domains.
          I also don't visit most of this sites but from this:

          # To counter `google-analytics.com` in Peter Lowe's list
          @@||google-analytics.com^$domain=avianca.com|jackbox.tv|newegg.com|bikstok.sonymusicshop.dk
          
          # Videos broken on weather.com
          # To counter `tags.tiqcdn.com` in  MVPS
          @@||tags.tiqcdn.com/utag/*.js$script,domain=weather.com
          

          newegg.com and weather.com are two popular sites.
          And nobody wants to allow google-analytics ;D

          How do i make a second DNS server and is it possible to point a single browser to this DNS or does it need a proxy then?

          And sorry this brings up another question i never thought of:
          If you block something doesn't it stress the browser? Because the browser is constantly trying to load…

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            doktornotor Banned
            last edited by

            No, that's not doable with DNS and is exactly the problem here - using DNS instead of parsing the content.

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              MrGlasspoole
              last edited by

              What do you mean by parsing? Without looking at the domain how can it be blocked?

              If we can say don't allow "google-analytics.com" then it must also be possible to say block "google-analytics.com" but allow it for "newegg.com"?
              If not how do you guys handle it?

              As i said newegg.com and weather.com are popular.

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                doktornotor Banned
                last edited by

                I mean L7. As said, this is NOT doable with DNS. It either resolves something or not, it doesn't care what code the request came from. So, it will always resolve to the same thing, and does not give a damn about whether you are browsing newegg.com or whatever.bar.baz.

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                  MrGlasspoole
                  last edited by

                  So the question remains: how do you guys handle it?

                  I can't tell others here in the house they can't use there favorite price comparison site anymore because i don't allow it ;D

                  Two years ago i tried SquidGuard and was not happy. Now i give pfBlockerNG a try and i see the same problems :(
                  I mean if so many people use it there must be an answer how they deal with the problems.

                  Edit:
                  In uBlock you have the option to disable cosmetic filtering. So if uBlock can detect what is cosmetic, then there must be a way to parse
                  all the EasyList/Fanboy lists and create a file with just the cosmetic filters.
                  Creating that file and then load it in uBlock in the browser would allow to block ads and bad domains in the whole LAN + having the cosmetics in the browser.

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                    MrGlasspoole
                    last edited by

                    Ok, maybe it helps somebody. I made a list.

                    –---------------
                    uBlock filters

                    uBlock filters:
                    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/master/filters/filters.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    uBlock filters – Badware risks:
                    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/master/filters/badware.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    uBlock filters – Privacy:
                    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/master/filters/privacy.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    uBlock filters – Unbreak:
                    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/master/filters/unbreak.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!


                    With Rules

                    EasyList:
                    https://easylist.to/easylist/easyprivacy.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    EasyList without element hiding rules:
                    https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist_noelemhide.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    EasyPrivacy:
                    https://easylist.to/easylist/easyprivacy.txt

                    Fanboy Complete List (includes Easylist, EasyPrivacy, Fanboy Enhanced Trackers List):
                    https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/r/fanboy-complete.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    Fanboy+Easylist-Merged Ultimate List (includes EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Fanboy Enhanced Trackers List & Annoyances List & Social List & Anti-Cookie Filters):
                    https://www.fanboy.co.nz/r/fanboy-ultimate.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    Fanboy Annoyances List (includes Fanboy-Social List & Anti-Cookie Filters):
                    https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/fanboy-annoyance.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    Fanboy Enhanced Trackers List:
                    https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/enhancedstats.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    Fanboy Anti-Facebook Filters (Anti-ThirdpartySocial):
                    https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-antifacebook.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    Fanboy Anti-Cookie Filters (Fanboy's Cookiemonster List):
                    https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-cookiemonster.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    EasyList Germany:
                    https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylistgermany.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    Spam404:
                    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dawsey21/Lists/master/adblock-list.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!


                    Warning Removal

                    Adblock Warning Removal List:
                    https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/antiadblockfilters.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!

                    Anti-Adblock Killer | Reek:
                    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer/master/anti-adblock-killer-filters.txt
                    Cosmetic filters!


                    Host sources with just domains

                    Malware domains:
                    http://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains

                    Basic tracking list by Disconnect​​​​​:
                    https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt

                    Malvertising filter list by Disconnect:
                    https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_malvertising.txt

                    Malware domains (long-lived):
                    http://malwaredomains.lehigh.edu/files/immortal_domains.txt

                    Malware filter list by Disconnect:
                    https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_malware.txt


                    Host sources with localhost in front of domains

                    Malware Domain List:
                    https://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt

                    MVPS HOSTS:
                    http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt

                    AdAway:
                    https://adaway.org/hosts.txt

                    hpHosts:
                    https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt

                    Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list:
                    https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext

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                      MrGlasspoole
                      last edited by

                      To have the cosmetic filters i have enabled in uBlock:

                      uBlock filters
                      uBlock filters – Badware risks
                      uBlock filters – Privacy
                      uBlock filters – Unbreak
                      Adblock Warning Removal List
                      Anti-Adblock Killer | Reek
                      EasyList
                      Fanboy Enhanced Trackers List
                      Spam404
                      Fanboy Anti-Facebook Filters (Anti-ThirdpartySocial in uBlock)
                      Fanboy Annoyances List (includes Fanboy Social List & Anti-Cookie Filters)
                      EasyList "your language"

                      In pfBlockerNG i have all the host sources + EasyList without element hiding rules and EasyPrivacy.

                      So i guess this will take away some processing that was needed when all the host sources where in uBlock.

                      The evil here is google analytics if some side does not work without it if we need to allow it for the whole LAN in pfBlockerNG.

                      If we could have just the cosmetics in uBlock that would be cool.

                      If you don't want the Fanboy Social List (Hide and block social content, social widgets, social scripts and social icons):
                      You have to remove "Fanboy Annoyances List" and at by hand "Fanboy Anti-Cookie Filters"
                      But this also removes hiding "In page Pop-Ups and other annoyances" that are in the "Fanboy Annoyances List".

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                      • ExolonE
                        Exolon
                        last edited by

                        In theory you could install Privoxy on your pfSense box and setup a cron entry to download the adblock2privoxy lists, say every week?

                        adblock2privoxy
                        downloads page

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