...and what does that mean?
I'll leave it up to you.
I think there are pros and cons having wildcard or exact matching and honestly I'm not sure which is better.
Unless there is some way to say in the allow list to use wildcard matching for some domains and other domains use exact matching. This might be possible for the allowlist but I don't think it would be possible in the blocklist.
Thanks, I will adjust the behaviour so that the allowlist works in the same way as the blocklist – i.e. with wildcard matching.
1 Like
adblock 4.5.5-1 is in master and 25.12-branch - in this version the allowlist works in the same way as the blocklist, incl. sub-domain removal.
3 Likes
Well, I've had a good run, but it is once again time to revisit this thread. My WhatsApp (and most other android) notifications have all stopped working and I kind of need them,
/etc/config/adblock
config adblock 'global'
option adb_enabled '1'
option adb_debug '0'
option adb_safesearch '0'
option adb_mail '0'
option adb_report '0'
option adb_nftforce '0'
option adb_dns 'unbound'
option adb_fetchcmd 'wget'
list adb_trigger 'wan'
option adb_nicelimit '0'
option adb_nftallow '0'
option adb_nftblock '0'
option adb_nftremote '0'
option adb_nftbridge '0'
list adb_stb_feed 'hosts'
list adb_stb_feed 'alternates/fakenews-only/hosts'
list adb_stb_feed 'alternates/gambling-only/hosts'
option adb_triggerdelay '120'
list adb_feed 'adguard'
list adb_feed 'adguard_tracking'
list adb_feed 'certpl'
list adb_feed 'games_tracking'
list adb_feed 'ipfire_dbl'
list adb_feed 'phishing_army'
list adb_feed 'smarttv_tracking'
list adb_feed 'stevenblack'
list adb_feed 'winspy'
list adb_ipf_feed 'smart-tv/domains.txt'
I have also added services.googleapis.com to the allowlist, without success.
I am running OpenWrt 25.12.2 r32802-f505120278 on a gl-mt6000 and my adblock version is 4.5.5-r1.
Just a rough guess that this feed is the culprit ... generally use the builtin recursive (sub-)domain search to identify the feeds with "false positives".
After 2 days of proper operation after removing the phishing army and certpl lists I'm once again having issues, this time with google sign in. The sign in forms won't progress past the e-mail address field.
The configuration has remained unchanged, barring the removal of those two lists. Searching for 'google' in the "DNS Report" tab only returns ad related URLs.
I also suspect ban-IP might have something to do with it, but I'm not sure, as I haven't done anything past the README blocklists. I'll post in that support thread as well if it might be the case.
EDIT: Added the www.gstatic.com domain to the allowlist and it seems to work. I don't know which blocklist it is from though,
As said before, use the adblock builtin search and you will know - the feed is listed in the backup section of the search.
FYI, in master and 25.12 branch is a new adblock maintainance update:
Have fun!
Dirk
10 Likes