DNS Blacklist, New Package! Check it out.

b0RG

I would like very much to see this project continue on. Is it in the maybe stage still or will this project be further developed upon? All in all I want to say thank you for the work you have put into this. I've found it useful and would like to see it advanced further to become even better.

xa0z

Hey guys… I'm really glad to hear all the good comments about this package. As almost everyone knows, the issue with this package continuing is the Block List. I would LOVE to make a new release, but until I can compile my OWN list, it just won't happen. I have started on a list, but it's not very big and all of the categories are so large.

As soon as I can get my OWN list compiled and separated then we will be back in business. mcrane has been majorly swamped with his FusionPBX project so I've not even bothered him with this one.

Just everyone who uses this Add-on, hold tight and don't give up on us.

Next release features will include

+Ability to add custom entries
+Ability to bypass individual entries in a blocked category.
+Ability to load local error page (on pfSense)
+Ability to view/edit/modify categories within the GUI (memory intensive)

Supermule

Look forward to seeing that :)

Remember to put an country IP blacklist as well….Many an admin would like to see China, Russia and Korea go away...:D

robfantini

@sunil:

Hi,
I am new to PfSense, I tried using DNS Blacklist and tried to block, Adult Porn and Online Gaming but I beleive it blocks all sites, if I try accessing any site it redirects to Google. For eg I tried indiatimes.com; yahoo.co; rediff.com and our Company website but it all gets redirected to Google, not sure if I am going wrong somewhere or do I need to work on the scripts.

I have the same issue.

wpcprez

@robfantini:

@sunil:

Hi,
I am new to PfSense, I tried using DNS Blacklist and tried to block, Adult Porn and Online Gaming but I beleive it blocks all sites, if I try accessing any site it redirects to Google. For eg I tried indiatimes.com; yahoo.co; rediff.com and our Company website but it all gets redirected to Google, not sure if I am going wrong somewhere or do I need to work on the scripts.

I have the same issue.

I also have the same issue and even if I uninstall the dns blacklist the DNS redirector is jacked up now and no dns redirection works.

Roodawakening

Am I missing something or is this like running Squid and Squidguard? And if so, why at the beginning of the thread did the developers make reference to DNS Blacklist (eventually) running in conjunction with a proxy server? Seems like DNS Blacklist is a great idea for those who don't employ proxy servers and redundant to those who do (along with Squidguard).

Please…show me the error in my thinking.

running

I agre, what is the difference with Squid-Squid guard
I have good squit guard setup should i consider this instead
What are the advantaged or disadvantages

Thank you!

cybrsrfr

The DNS Blacklist is what its name implies. Its a DNS Domain name black list. Domains that are on the list are detoured to an alternate address in this way it blocks the website. Simple concept effective and doesn't require a proxy. To be completely effective you need to block other DNS Servers.

XIII

did any one ask? Ive heard of pay services providing free services to projects like this.

BitSuck

Hi,

is there a possibility that the DNS Blacklist is valid only for some clients in the network?
What i mean is: Can i set permissions within the DNS Blacklist for some clients.

And thank you for your work on this package!

brutalhappy

Wow… i've tried this.. unbelivble...it's simple. Thanksss Guys....it's really2 work .. \m/

tebruno99

This is a great package, using it very well great work!

I do have 1 issue. When i turn on Adult option, it starts blocking sites that aren't even in the blacklist (specifically all of my personal domains). limesg.com, and naveoss.com. I did a grep in the blacklist directory and on the original sites blacklist files and my domains are not in any list. Any advice?

Supermule

Any news of this???

DigitalJer

Just to chime in a bit:

Great package. Anything to help with granular site-blocking is a win to me.
Wondering if perhaps the option to add this list http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt might be possible ? …GREAT list to use if you're serious about ad-blocking.
for anyone having trouble with the blacklist opening a page that you think should be blocked, you might have to clear your DNS cache - from the Windows command line: ipconfig /flushdns

cybrsrfr

DigitalJer the list you linked to seems to be free to use and I like the idea of an ad block category so I will add it as time permits. Main problem with granular control is some of these lists are very large so large we can't just display them in a textarea without killing the browser I've been thinking about a way to page through the list of domains.

DigitalJer

@mcrane:

… the list you linked to seems to be free to use and I like the idea of an ad block category so I will add it as time permits.

Sweet! tyvm - looking forward to it :)

tommyboy180

I really like the package. Thank you.

@DigitalJer
i've been using MVPS hosts file for years too :) i've installed pfsense yesterday and i'm trying new stuff currently :) i just included the MVPS list (domains only) to the "/usr/local/www/packages/dnsblacklist/blacklists/ads/domains" file and it works fine.

furthermore i've changed redirection to localhost/127.0.0.1 in dnsblacklist.php because i really don't like sending any information more than necessary to google :)

is it also possible to use pfsense's /etc/hosts file for blocking those domains? i guess it wouldn't eat that much memory (correct me if i'm wrong) because dnsmasq simply looks up the /etc/hosts file and sees the localhost redirection entries and forwards that to the client instead of holding everything in memory (which is limited on my alix board).
i'm new to pfsense and simple editing /etc/hosts didn't work because something always overwrites the file (i guess it is the "Register DHCP leases in DNS forwarder" setting).
[edit]
just found /etc/inc/system.inc and changed function system_hosts_generate() to append my host list to /etc/hosts :) skipping DNS blacklist package.
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DigitalJer

@0x00:

@DigitalJer
i've been using MVPS hosts file for years too :)

Yeah, it's maintained sooo well :)

I take it you've been using it with a Linksys WRT or something? Tomato / DD-WRT? That's how I found it.

@0x00:

i've installed pfsense yesterday and i'm trying new stuff currently :) i just included the MVPS list (domains only) to the "/usr/local/www/packages/dnsblacklist/blacklists/ads/domains" file and it works fine.

…so you added it to pfsense manually, and it works? I haven't had a chance to try it out yet :(

@DigitalJer:

I take it you've been using it with a Linksys WRT or something? Tomato / DD-WRT? That's how I found it.

no, i've been using it locally only. i've recently upgraded my firewall laptop to an alix board and now installed pfsense instead of smoothwall. i never bothered to install the hosts file on smoothwall :)

@DigitalJer:

…so you added it to pfsense manually, and it works? I haven't had a chance to try it out yet :(

yes, it works fine. before hacking the /etc/hosts file (which doesn't seem to bring many memory advantages in comparison to the blacklist package, i guess i have to test this more when i got time) i just adjusted the MVPS hosts file like this with vi:

removed all lines with comments (#)
removed every "127.0.0.1 " (including spaces) string

the remaining lines in the file are then just the domain names you want to block. i added this file to the ads blacklist as mentioned in my previous post (and did a sort/uniq). afterwards the webGUI of pfsense shows me ~15400 domains for the "ads" category instead of something like 700 domains.