* automatically selects dnsmasq or unbound as dns backend
* add the new 'adguard' source, a combined/quite effective block list
* remove needless dns backend restarts
* optimize adblock restart behavior
* optimize block list processing on inotify enabled filesystems
* better return code checking on block list download
* fix boot function/startup on Chaos Calmer
* fix a bug in blocklist removal function
* add more (optional) debug output
* move backup options to global config
* documentation update
Signed-off-by: Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>
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* support of the following domain block list sources (free for private usage, for commercial use please check their individual licenses):
* [adaway](https://adaway.org)
* => infrequent updates, approx. 400 entries (enabled by default)
* [adguard](https://adguard.com)
* => numerous updates on the same day, approx. 12.000 entries
* [blacklist]()
* => static local blacklist, located by default in '/etc/adblock/adblock.blacklist'
* [disconnect](https://disconnect.me)
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* => daily updates, approx. 440 entries
* zero-conf like automatic installation & setup, usually no manual changes needed
* simple but yet powerful adblock engine: adblock does not use error prone external iptables rulesets, http pixel server instances and things like that
* supports dnsmasq (default) or unbound as dns backend
* supports a wide range of router modes, even AP modes are supported
* automatically selects dnsmasq or unbound as dns backend
* automatically selects uclient-fetch or wget as download utility (other tools like curl or aria2c are supported as well)
* automatically supports a wide range of router modes, even AP modes are supported
* full IPv4 and IPv6 support
* each block list source will be updated and processed separately
* block list source parsing by fast & flexible regex rulesets
* overall duplicate removal in separate block lists
* additional whitelist for manual overrides, located by default in /etc/adblock/adblock.whitelist
* quality checks during block list update to ensure a reliable dns server service
* quality checks during block list update to ensure a reliable dns backend service
* minimal status & error logging to syslog, enable debug logging to receive more output
* procd based init system support (start/stop/restart/reload/suspend/resume)
* procd based hotplug support, the adblock start will be triggered by interface triggers
* suspend & resume adblock actions temporarily without block list reloading
* runtime statistics via ubus service call
* query function to quickly identify blocked (sub-)domains, e.g. for whitelisting
* automatic block list backup & restore, backups will be (de-)compressed and restored on the fly
* add new adblock sources on your own via uci config
* optional: automatic block list backup & restore, backups will be (de-)compressed and restored on the fly in case of any runtime error
* optional: add new adblock sources on your own via uci config
## Prerequisites
* [openwrt](https://openwrt.org), tested with latest stable release (Chaos Calmer) and with current trunk (Designated Driver)
* [LEDE project](https://www.lede-project.org), tested with trunk > r98
* a usual setup with an enabled dns server at minimum - dump AP modes without a working dns server are _not_ supported
* a usual setup with an enabled dns backend at minimum - dump AP modes without a working dns backend are _not_ supported
* a download utility: full versions (with ssl support) of 'wget', 'uclient-fetch', 'aria2c' or 'curl' are supported - the Chaos Calmer built-in busybox wget is not
* Chaos Calmer: download & install the external 'wget' package
* Designated Driver/Trunk: use built-in 'uclient-fetch' or download & install the external 'wget' package
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## Tweaks
* **status/runtime statistics:** the adblock status and runtime statistics are available via ubus service call (see example below)
* **debug output:** for script debugging please set the config option 'adb\_debug' to '1' and check the runtime output with _logread -e "adblock"_
* **debug logging:** for script debugging please set the config option 'adb\_debug' to '1' and check the runtime output with _logread -e "adblock"_
* **storage expansion:** to process and store all block list sources at once it might helpful to enlarge your temp directory with a swap partition => see [openwrt wiki](https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/fstab) for further details
* **add white-/blacklist entries:** add domain white- or blacklist entries to always-allow or -deny certain (sub) domains, by default both lists are empty and located in _/etc/adblock_. Please add one domain per line - ip addresses, wildcards & regex are _not_ allowed (see example below)
* **backup & restore block lists:** enable this feature, to restore automatically the latest compressed backup of your block lists in case of any processing error (e.g. a single block list source is not available during update). Please use an (external) solid partition and _not_ your volatile router temp directory for this
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* adb\_iface => restrict the procd interface trigger to a (list of) certain wan interface(s) or disable it at all (default: not set, disabled)
* adb\_fetch => full path to a different download utility, see example below (default: not set, use wget)
* adb\_fetchparm => options for the download utility, see example below (default: not set, use wget options)
* adb\_dns => use 'unbound' as dns backend, see example below (default: not set, use dnsmasq)
## Examples
**change default dns backend to 'unbound':**
<pre><code>
set 'unbound' as dns backend in /etc/config/adblock:
[...]
option adb_dns 'unbound'
switch to 'manual' unbound config in /etc/config/unbound:
[...]
option manual_conf '1'
include adblock lists in /etc/unbound/unbound.conf:
[...]
include: "/tmp/lib/unbound/adb_list.*"
include: "/var/lib/unbound/adb_list.*"
</code></pre>
**configuration for different download utilities:**
logger -t "adblock-[${adb_ver}] ${class}""Please also check the online documentation 'https://github.com/openwrt/packages/blob/master/net/adblock/files/README.md'"
logger -t "adblock-[${adb_ver}] ${class}""Please check the online documentation 'https://github.com/openwrt/packages/blob/master/net/adblock/files/README.md'"