New format: rpz-nxdomain
I ve added a new format for use with RPZ, which returns NXDOMAIN responses instead of 127.0.0.1. ...
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Updates about changes and additions to the list of ad servers
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useip option update
Thanks to Claudius Zingerli for suggesting an improvement to the "useip" query string parameter -...
Breaking parameter change: skip
Due to the way the caching is set up, I ve had to change the format of the skip parameter. Previo...
Update to unbound config file format
The Unbound config file format has been updated to prepend a server: line. This was reported by a...
Options added to restrict trackers and non-trackers in the list
I ve added a new query string parameter to my blocklist: onlytrackers. Set to 1 or some non-zero ...
Privacy Sandbox app for Android
Just wanted to share what looks like an excellent app for protecting your privacy: Privacy Sandbo...
Blocklists project by Jonathan Dugan
Jonathan Dugan sent over a note that he s maintaining a combined list on GitHub, which has its "c...
PowerShell blocking module
Matthew A. R. Sherian has emailed to share a PowerShell module he s written for managing blocking...
Maza ad blocking
Andros Fenollosa got in touch to share a NEAT tool he s made for blocking ads, usind dnsmasq. Che...
HTTP requests are now redirected to HTTPS
All requests to http://pgl.yoyo.org/ are now redirected over HTTPS. That s it!
RPZ format added for BIND
I ve added a new format: RPZ file format for use with BIND. Thanks to Charles Mercadal for sugges...
Patreon page for the blocklist
Hi. I ve created a Patreon page for the blocklist: https://www.patreon.com/blocklist This is ...
Tempico Labs DNS server
My colleague Vladimir Pissarev (who is part of the Security team in our company) mentioned to me ...
Little Snitch Rule Group Subscriptions format
This is a little bit late, but there is a new format available for the latest version of Little S...
IP list - format added for Mikrotik routers
Ralf Neumann recently requested a new format to be added, and provided a sample for me to copy. S...
HTTPS
Quick update: the site is now available over HTTPS.
Little Snitch format added
Thanks to Bob for his help with adding the Little Snitch format.
Ad blocking using DNS and Privoxy (with Squid for caching)
Just thought I d add a link to a nice post by Sam Hetherington-Hawthorne: Ad blocking using DNS a...
Unbound DNS server format added
I ve finally added a format for use with the Unbound DNS server: http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/se...
Raspberry Pi distro for blocking ads
Justin Miller contacted me with some pretty cool news - he s made a Raspberry Pi distro which act...
PersonalHttpProxy
Ingo Zenz has created an HTTP proxy that is "small and easy" and has a bunch of nice features, an...
New option: skip hostnames
I ve added a new little feature to the ad list. You can now skip hostnames by using the parameter...
iptables format now uses REJECT
Just a quick update to note that the iptables format now uses REJECT instead of DROP. This is tha...
New format: msfilter / IE9 protection list
Drahnier Rasche emailed to ask whether I could add a new format for IE9 s Tracking Protection lis...
Information for Mac OS X users about the hosts file
Tina Kent has very kindly sent in some information about updating the hosts file on Mac OS X: I ...