Diversion Diversion - the Router Ad-Blocker

[thelonelycoder]

I’ve seen a large increase in ads since ios14/apps started using this. The problem seems to be that Diversion is allowing through the initial type=65 request and then blocking the following A one. Since the type=65 comes first, ads seem to be loading. Anything using iAds is leaking through, as is doubleclick. Probably some others, but those seem to be the most prominent ones I've been noticing.

Are you saying that because of the following A request being blocked, it would prevent the earlier type=65 one from being displayed? I might be missing something or misunderstanding you, because I don't see how this would be low impact given ads are being served from blacklisted domains. Diversion's effectiveness has decreased over the last couple weeks for me, presumably because of this.

2020-09-26 06:19	static.doubleclick.net	192.168.1.133	A	Blocked (blocking list)
2020-09-26 06:19	static.doubleclick.net	192.168.1.133	type=65	Allowed
2020-09-26 06:19	static-doubleclick-net.l.google.com	192.168.1.133	A	Blocked (blocking list)
2020-09-26 06:19	static-doubleclick-net.l.google.com	192.168.1.133	type=65	Allowed
2020-09-26 06:19	pagead46.l.doubleclick.net	192.168.1.133	A	Allowed
2020-09-26 06:19	pagead46.l.doubleclick.net	192.168.1.133	type=65	Allowed
2020-09-26 06:19	googleads.g.doubleclick.net	192.168.1.133	A	Blocked (blocking list)
2020-09-26 06:19	googleads.g.doubleclick.net	192.168.1.133	type=65	Allowed

It's not Diversion that can change that behaviour of allowing those type 56 queries to go through, despite the blocking/blacklisting. Dnsmasq handels that and currently there's no way of forcing it to also block these queries.

 

[Megahurtz]

Ah, I see. That is unfortunate. I had really been enjoying the ability to block everything on my iPhones and iPads. I hope somebody comes up with a way to have dnsmasq handle that, because there doesn't seem to be any user level controls to disable it in iOS 14.

 

[Giel538]

My pixelserv is somehow broken.

I tried a complete usb format and Format JFFS partition but with a new and fresh install the problem remains.

This is the error i keep having:

pixelserv-tls: relocation error: /opt/lib/libpthread.so.0: symbol __sched_get_priority_max version GLIBC_2.17 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
/opt/bin/grep: relocation error: /opt/bin/grep: symbol close version GLIBC_2.17 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference

Does anyone know what is going on?

 

[Milan]

There is no way to enable the blocking list update through the UI options if Diversion is disabled or ad-blocking is set to off. What would be the point?
However, you can run this command periodically manually or by setting a cron job, provided Diversion has been set up properly:

sh /opt/share/diversion/file/update-bl.div

thanks, this was working for me. i am integrating block list from diversion to unbound blocking.

 

[willsy]

I recently updated my firmware on my AC68U.

Also then needed to uninstall & reinstall Diversion, Udivstats and Skynet as I noticed that the tabs were missing from the Merlin rounter UI.

Thing is that I can see the Skynet and Udivstats tabs now. But... I can't see the Diversion tab under LAN. Tried eveything...forced updates, resstarts etc. I'm sure I had it there before! Any idea how to get it back?

Cheers

Will.

 

[bluepoint]

I recently updated my firmware on my AC68U.

Also then needed to uninstall & reinstall Diversion, Udivstats and Skynet as I noticed that the tabs were missing from the Merlin rounter UI.

Thing is that I can see the Skynet and Udivstats tabs now. But... I can't see the Diversion tab under LAN. Tried eveything...forced updates, resstarts etc. I'm sure I had it there before! Any idea how to get it back?

Cheers

Will.

You need to re-enable the beta feature in diversion d, 10 if you haven't.

 

[New2This]

Ah, I see. That is unfortunate. I had really been enjoying the ability to block everything on my iPhones and iPads. I hope somebody comes up with a way to have dnsmasq handle that, because there doesn't seem to be any user level controls to disable it in iOS 14.

In your wifi settings, are you using the private address?

 

[Megahurtz]

In your wifi settings, are you using the private address?

Yep.

 

[Centrifuge]

Yep.

Yeah, disable that junk. See this thread.

 

[Megahurtz]

Yeah, disable that junk. See this thread.

i don’t see how that would affect Diversion at all..?

 

[Centrifuge]

i don’t see how that would affect Diversion at all..?

because there doesn't seem to be any user level controls to disable it in iOS 14.

Sorry, thought you were looking for some user level control in iOS 14.

 

[donbru]

It doesn't. I thought the same thing and tried it both ways with no success on my iPhone. The ads seem to appear on Safari and not on Firefox so I went into Settings and opened Safari. In the General Section there is an item called Content Blockers which upon opening showed one blocker -- Firefox Focus which is installed on my phone. After turning it on it seems that ads are again being blocked.

 

[Megahurtz]

iOS content blockers will work for browsers. Not apps that insert their own ads. That’s why Diversion was great on iOS devices pre-iOS 14.

 

[JT Strickland]

Virus or no? I got this from email with my weekly backup from diversion. Is it legit, reckon? What's weird, I got my email with backup same time as I got this from google.
Part of which was:

[TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][SIZE=6][B] Message may contain a virus [/B][/SIZE][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Your message wasn't delivered to [B]MExxxxxx@gmail.com[/B] because it may contain a virus. Learn how to check for and prevent viruses.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BlockedMessage']LEARN MORE[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT]The response was: 552 5.7.0 This message was blocked because its content presents a potential security issue. Please visit https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BlockedMessage to review our message content and attachment content guidelines. n36sor6381976qte.62 - gsmtp[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

 

[willsy]

You need to re-enable the beta feature in diversion d, 10 if you haven't.
View attachment 26517

Thank you so much. I should have spotted that. Doh!

 

[willsy]

I just wanted to say how awesome this is. Can't belive the GUI interface is in progress now... I didn't realise this. I would *never* buy an Internet connected router that can't run Merlin + Diversion. It just wouldn't happen! Thank you.

 

[PeterR]

Virus or no? I got this from email with my weekly backup from diversion. Is it legit, reckon? What's weird, I got my email with backup same time as I got this from google.
Part of which was:

[TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD][SIZE=6][B] Message may contain a virus [/B][/SIZE][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Your message wasn't delivered to [B]MExxxxxx@gmail.com[/B] because it may contain a virus. Learn how to check for and prevent viruses.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BlockedMessage']LEARN MORE[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][LEFT]The response was: 552 5.7.0 This message was blocked because its content presents a potential security issue. Please visit https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BlockedMessage to review our message content and attachment content guidelines. n36sor6381976qte.62 - gsmtp[/LEFT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Gmail doesn't like zip files, change your settings to send individual files.

 

[jorgsmash]

Can anyone link me to the post about changing the functionality of the buttons on the router? I would like to be able to have a dedicated button that switches between the two blocklists. That way if my wife is having an issue with something being blocked she can press the button and it will switch over to the smaller block list. I know I've seen a post on this topic I just can't find it.

 

[visortgw]

Can anyone link me to the post about changing the functionality of the buttons on the router? I would like to be able to have a dedicated button that switches between the two blocklists. That way if my wife is having an issue with something being blocked she can press the button and it will switch over to the smaller block list. I know I've seen a post on this topic I just can't find it.

No such thing.

 

[thelonelycoder]

iOS content blockers will work for browsers. Not apps that insert their own ads. That’s why Diversion was great on iOS devices pre-iOS 14.

Looks like that (unreleased local) improvement I made to the YT video ads experimental feature still does that little magic on all four iOS devices I have.