unbound-block-hosts - a script to convert Dan Pollock's ad blocking hosts file into Unbound local-data
perl unbound-block-hosts [OPTIONS]
Dan Pollock (http://someonewhocares.org/) maintains a hosts file that can be used by individual users to block hosts that contain advertisements, spyware, web trackers and other unpleasant, annoying or malicious content.
This script converts this file into a format that can be loaded into the Unbound DNS server, allowing this list to be consumed by an entire network, or by devices (such as smart phones and tablets) which don't support a local hosts file.
On FreeBSD, you will need www/p5-libwww.
unbound-block-hosts supports the following arguments:
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--address=ADDRESS
The IP address to resolve to. This is 127.0.0.1 by default.
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--v6address=ADDRESS
The IPv6 address to resolve to. This is ::1 by default.
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--file=FILE
The file to write. This is /etc/unbound/local-blocking-data.conf by default.
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--SECTION
The source file contains a number of sections, which can be enabled or disabled as required. By default, all sections are enabled except for 'shock-sites' and 'maybe-spy'.
This script will compare the modification time of the local file to that on the remote server, and won't request the file if it hasn't been updated.
To use the output of this file with Unbound, use the "include:" directive within the "server:" block, like so:
server:
access-control: 0.0.0.0/8 allow
include: /etc/unbound/local-blocking-data.conf
Copyright 2013 Gavin Brown gavin.brown@uk.com
This program is Free Software, you can use it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.