DNSMASQD/UNBOUND Adblock Converter

Use the amazing StevenBlack/hosts Adblock Lists with dnsmasqd or unbound on your router

Fetch the latest List

To grab the latest list (default: adware + malware + fakenews) run the update.sh script

Example

$ ./update.sh
--2017-02-18 09:09:57--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews/hosts
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 151.101.112.133
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|151.101.112.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1021501 (998K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘hosts.txt’

2017-02-18 09:09:58 (2.38 MB/s) - ‘hosts.txt’ saved [1021501/1021501]

44006 Entries processed..
5 Whitelist Hosts processed..
10493 Domains total..

Configure dnsmasq

1. Copy the dist/dnsmasq.adblock.conf file to a persistent location (e.g. /etc or /jffs/etc on WRT Routers)

2. Add the following directive to your dnsmasq.conf file

conf-file=/etc/dnsmasq.adblock.conf

3. Restart dnsmasq

4. You're Ready!

Configure unbound

1. Copy the dist/unbound.adblock.conf file to a persistent location (e.g. /etc or /jffs/etc on WRT Routers)

2. Add the following directive to your unbound.conf file into server section

server:
     ...
     include: /etc/unbound.adblock.conf

3. Restart unbound

4. You're Ready!

Whitelist

Add a bunch of hostnames which should not getting blocked. Wildcards are supported using leading dot

Example

analytics.google.com
.twitter.com
mydommain.tld
.mywildcarddomain.tld

License

The Script is OpenSource and licensed under the Terms of The MIT License (X11) - your're welcome to contribute