AdBlocking with combined hosts file

[thelonelycoder]

Please consider that when you block ads on Smallnetbuilder and snbforums,com - that takes away revenue that is used to fund this site.

Noted.
And I am aware of this. But since the ad-servers used around here are the same as for a majority of other websites there is no way of making a reasonable exception if you want adblocking.

 

[sfx2000]

But since the ad-servers used around here are the same as for a majority of other websites there is no way of making a reasonable exception if you want adblocking.

And that's my point - at least with a browser based plugin, one can whitelist certain sites, and even certain ad services on a given site if there are performance issues.

 

[thelonelycoder]

@sfx2000 The reason we do it on the router is to avoid having an adblock solution for every device (and every browser and app on these devices).
Nothing beats that.

 

[mcfrojd]

Does anyone know what to whitelist to be able to watch tv3play.se?
Ex http://www.tv3play.se/program/lyxfallan/662551?autostart=true wount start

 

[ColinTaylor]

Oct 8 09:57:42 dnsmasq[1246]: query[PTR] 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa from 192.168.1.100
Oct 8 09:57:42 dnsmasq[1246]: forwarded 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa to 209.18.47.61

Oct 8 09:57:50 dnsmasq[1246]: query[PTR] 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa from 192.168.1.100
Oct 8 09:57:50 dnsmasq[1246]: forwarded 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa to 209.18.47.61
Oct 8 09:57:50 dnsmasq[1246]: forwarded 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa to 209.18.47.62

Oct 8 09:57:57 dnsmasq[1246]: query[PTR] 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa from 192.168.1.100
Oct 8 09:57:57 dnsmasq[1246]: forwarded 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa to 209.18.47.62

Oct 8 09:58:04 dnsmasq[1246]: query[PTR] 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa from 192.168.1.100
Oct 8 09:58:04 dnsmasq[1246]: forwarded 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa to 209.18.47.62

Oct 8 09:58:11 dnsmasq[1246]: query[PTR] 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa from 192.168.1.100
Oct 8 09:58:11 dnsmasq[1246]: forwarded 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa to 209.18.47.61
Oct 8 09:58:11 dnsmasq[1246]: forwarded 25.53.229.43.in-addr.arpa to 209.18.47.62

Probably nothing to do with your Xbox problem, but what is the device on 192.168.1.100? I might be a bit concerned that it appears to be doing a reverse DNS lookup on a known malicious/hacking site in Hong Kong every 7 seconds!

 

[mcfrojd]

Does anyone know what to whitelist to be able to watch tv3play.se?
Ex http://www.tv3play.se/program/lyxfallan/662551?autostart=true wount start

I figured it out throu the ghostery plugin for chrome.
it was "bs.serving-sys.com" i had to whitelist

 

[sfx2000]

@sfx2000 The reason we do it on the router is to avoid having an adblock solution for every device (and every browser and app on these devices).
Nothing beats that.

Be prepared to break out the checkbook/paypal/whatever...

This site doesn't run on fairy dust and unicorn farts... the ads here pay the bills.

block the ads here.. well...

 

[zekesdad]

Probably nothing to do with your Xbox problem, but what is the device on 192.168.1.100? I might be a bit concerned that it appears to be doing a reverse DNS lookup on a known malicious/hacking site in Hong Kong every 7 seconds!

hmm i dont know. wonder why the malicious/hacking site isnt on the blocked hosts file?

 

[fryedchikin]

Why do we add "ptr-record=0.0.0.0.in-addr.arpa,0.0.0.0" to dnsmasq.conf.add for the "Advanced" method but not the "Standard" one ?

 

[thelonelycoder]

Be prepared to break out the checkbook/paypal/whatever...

This site doesn't run on fairy dust and unicorn farts... the ads here pay the bills.

block the ads here.. well...

Honestly, how much would I have to fork out to recompensate the loss? 5¢, 5$?
Does Apple with its new adblocking built into Safari do that too?

 

[thelonelycoder]

Why do we add "ptr-record=0.0.0.0.in-addr.arpa,0.0.0.0" to dnsmasq.conf.add for the "Advanced" method but not the "Standard" one ?

Because it is an addition that came up later in the posts and added it to the scrips I run on my router. Since it's not essential I never added it to the original scripts. Only when I added the advanced method I simply copy-pasted what I have on my router. You can safely use it as well in the original method.

 

[ColinTaylor]

hmm i dont know. wonder why the malicious/hacking site isnt on the blocked hosts file?

Because the block list is a list of advertising URLs not a list of hacker IPs.

 

[davejsb]

As others may have reported, this basically stops the new Xbox One operating system from working correctly. So I've had to disable it for now, sadly.

 

[thelonelycoder]

As others may have reported, this basically stops the new Xbox One operating system from working correctly. So I've had to disable it for now, sadly.

The thing is to find out which domain(s) the problem is. As I have no xbox in my household I cant really help finding the culprit.

 

[bilboSNB]

As others may have reported, this basically stops the new Xbox One operating system from working correctly. So I've had to disable it for now, sadly.

Use the dns filter to make the xbox use different dns servers eg 8.8.8.8

 

[sfx2000]

Does Apple with its new adblocking built into Safari do that too?

If you're speaking about Safari on iOS9 - safari doesn't block ads at all - but Apple has put hooks into the 64-bit versions of iOS to allow for content blocking...

Marco Arment created a very popular one - Peace - and he pulled the app after only a couple of days... his words are telling...

"Ad blockers come with an important asterisk: while they do benefit a ton of people in major ways, they also hurt some, including many who don’t deserve the hit."​

Tim takes the hit when ads are blocked - I would take the approach instead of identifying a problematic ad (or provider) and then Tim can take them to task...

 

[ColinTaylor]

@sfx2000 might I respectfully suggest that if you want to discuss this topic further that you create a seperate thread for it.

There are many threads about ad-blocking besides this one and I am sure there are many of us that have views we are willing to share. But I feel that making short comments in the midst of what is essentially a technical thread with 360+ posts will not lead to anything productive.

 

[emNewB]

I wanted to say thank you @thelonelycoder ! I am using the advanced method with successful results so far!

My wife bugged me to allow a couple of websites through that she couldn't get to. I'm at work using an OpenVPN connection to my home router and my internet traffic is not set to be forwarded. She asked for a couple of sites and I noticed that while I'm on the OpenVPN connection, my computer is also blocking the websites.

Is this to be expected on an OpenVPN? I'm not complaining, just took me a little longer to troubleshoot between uBlock Origin and the router adblock. So I figured I would ask you!

Edit:
I think I may have figured out the issue but I have the following enabled in my OpenVPN config:
Respond to DNS
Advertise DNS to clients

I'm assuming this is the reason?

 

[thelonelycoder]

@ColinTaylor & @sfx2000 This all started in this thread: I am seeing Lag for all the Ads to Finish
While I agree with Colin to keep this thread a technical one, I also see @thiggins concerns and possible outcomes hinted in that discussion. We all want the site and forum to stay alive and be the thriving community it is. I am going to start a new thread to discuss how we can help keep the lights on for this site.

 

[thelonelycoder]

I wanted to say thank you @thelonelycoder ! I am using the advanced method with successful results so far!

My wife bugged me to allow a couple of websites through that she couldn't get to. I'm at work using an OpenVPN connection to my home router and my internet traffic is not set to be forwarded. She asked for a couple of sites and I noticed that while I'm on the OpenVPN connection, my computer is also blocking the websites.

Is this to be expected on an OpenVPN? I'm not complaining, just took me a little longer to troubleshoot between uBlock Origin and the router adblock. So I figured I would ask you!

Edit:
I think I may have figured out the issue but I have the following enabled in my OpenVPN config:
Respond to DNS
Advertise DNS to clients

I'm assuming this is the reason?

I have no idea, what websites are we talking about (if they are nsfw pm me...)?