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    Unblock video player at cwtv.com ?

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    • J
      joenguyen
      last edited by

      Trying to whitelist the least amount of ad stuff to enable the video player at http://cwtv.com

      What I have:
      4-nic mini pc with a single LAN, single WAN
      2.3.4-RELEASE (amd64) built on Wed May 03 15:13:29 CDT 2017
      FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p19
      pfBlockerNG 2.1.1_8 with DNSBL Feeds configured via the walk-through on this forum for yoyo, hpHosts_ads, Adaway, Cameleon.

      What I do is clear all cache and cookies in a client browser then ssh to my pfsense box, then:

      tail -f /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log | grep $myClientIPv4

      Then I try browsing http://cwtv.com > Shows > $anyShow

      These domains appear in the above grep results:

      bs.serving-sys.com -yes
      cdn.krxd.net -no
      ds.serving-sys.com -not-exact
      warnerbros.112.2o7.net -no
      beacon.krxd.net -no
      www.googletagservices.com -no
      www.google-analytics.com -no
      pixel.sitescout.com -no
      s.thebrighttag.com -no
      tags.bluekai.com -not-exact
      s.amazon-adsystem.com -not-exact

      The -yes/-no are where I checked /var/unbound/pfb_dnsbl.conf to see if they existed.

      I added those domains above (minus the -yes/-no) to:

      Firewall > pfBlockerNG > DNSBL > Custom Domain Whitelist

      then I navigate to pfBlockerNG > Update > Select Reload + DNSBL radio buttons > Run and wait for the Log section to return
      UPDATE PROCESS ENDED [ DD/MM/YY HH:MM:SS ]

      Adding those domains made all but the two Google entries stop appearing in

      tail -f /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log | grep $myClientIPv4

      Re-testing the player still says "An ad blocker has been detected. Please disable your ad blocking software and reload the page."

      If I navigate to Firewall > pfBlockerNG > DNSBL > uncheck Enable DNSBL > Save and then refresh the browser, the video will play.

      Any tips for what I'm doing wrong to unblock this player?

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      • RonpfSR
        RonpfS
        last edited by

        tail -f /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log | grep $myClientIPv4
        will only report http accesses by $myClientIPv4
        Open the pfblockerNG Alerts tab to see what is blocked by http and https.

        2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
        Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
        Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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        • J
          joenguyen
          last edited by

          Ok, thank you for that.

          I reviewed the pfBlockerNG alerts tab, filtered on $myClientIPv4, and have expanded the Custom Domain Whitelist entries to all of these:

          b.scorecardresearch.com
          warnerbros.112.2o7.net
          cdn.krxd.net
          www.googletagservices.com
          www.google-analytics.com
          google-analytics.com
          beacon.krxd.net
          tags.bluekai.com
          pixel.sitescout.com
          s.amazon-adsystem.com
          amazon-adsystem.com
          s.thebrighttag.com
          r.nexac.com
          parkingcrew.net
          bs.serving-sys.com
          ds.serving-sys.com
          serving-sys.com
          g.symcd.com

          The only two that still show up in the Alerts tab are these:

          www.googletagservices.com
          www.google-analytics.com

          and for List column, these two show no match.

          I still receive "An ad blocker has been detected. Please disable your ad blocking software and reload the page."

          Are these two Google domains the likely culprit, even though I have them on the whitelist?
          Does anyone have any other hints to unblock this video player?

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          • RonpfSR
            RonpfS
            last edited by

            again don't filter by your IP, https doesn't provide the source IP

            In your browser type F12 and look at the which URL are blocked.

            2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
            Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
            Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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