Closed beerisgood closed 3 years ago
gvt2.com
very prevalent on android devices... covers all the beacons at gvt2 and gvt3 and denying it did not cause any breakages.
pubnub.com
is very prevalent from one of my devices (that is harmony controller), denying it did not cause any breakages and I don't like the idea someone should know every button click on my TV controller.
s0.2mdn.net
is quite prevalent here, denying it did not cause any breakages.
If you have some info/ideas/concerns to share, please, do so, I am very interested.
I am just missing an explanation why these domains are blocked.
So, i make some research about gvt2.com "Beacons" like beacons.gcp.gvt2.com & beacons.gvt2.com. They're used for Google DNS services: https://www.whois.com/whois/gvt2.com
ns1.google.com
ns2.google.com
ns3.google.com
ns4.google.com
-> https://cloud.google.com/dns/docs/dns-overview
Don't think this is a good idea as it will break stuff.
s0.2mdn.net
is part of Google DoubleClick and aren't blocked by OISD. It's even whitelisted: https://oisd.nl/excludes.php?w=s0.2mdn.net
https://cloud.google.com/dns/docs/dns-overview
Don't think this is a good idea as it will break stuff.
Do you have a single example? About 10 android devices here and after about a year of blocking no problems were found.
s0.2mdn.net
is part of Google DoubleClick and aren't blocked by OISD. It's even whitelisted: https://oisd.nl/excludes.php?w=s0.2mdn.net
It is whitelisted by whitelist upstreams used by OISD.
Unfortunately upstreams are very slow to respond.
See:
https://github.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras/issues/49
https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues/1560
https://github.com/EnergizedProtection/unblock/issues/6
https://github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists-scripts/issues/6
Do you have a single example that can be tested where denying this host will break anything?
Any input from you is welcome. Cheers
stevenblack only adds external lists to his own and is also not good at removing false positives. he said himself that it is too much work for him.
Do you have a single example that can be tested where denying this host will break anything?
I got some random WiFi disconnects with my phone. Will do more testing. Anyway, blocking without reason isn't recommend and will breaks even if you don't see it in first place. Enumerating badness also doesn't work, so we should keep on blocking only harmful stuff.
I got some random WiFi disconnects with my phone. Will do more testing.
Cool... that is something, mbe what happens on some public hotspots. Cannot wait for feedback. 👍
Anyway, blocking without reason isn't recommend and will breaks even if you don't see it in first place. Enumerating badness also doesn't work, so we should keep on blocking only harmful stuff.
As said, its out of a really long time observation/logging and something that connects to internet non-explainable several hundred times a day is questionable... which is even more questionable when nothing breaks by denying it.
As said, its out of a really long time observation/logging and something that connects to internet non-explainable several hundred times a day is questionable... which is even more questionable when nothing breaks by denying it.
That isn't a problem, and many programs or products do. These requests are mostly only a connection test without any data. But blocking them end in higher requests and may end in misbehaviour. Always depending on integrated fallback.
All abbreviations of gvt2.com
are covered by 1Hosts Lite and OISD.
I don't like s0.2mdn.net
. Its google tracking site and ATM I know for only one page where the breakage, which is https://www.zdnet.com/video/the-first-amendment-vs-tech-giants-ray-wang-explains-your-digital-rights/
.
I don't care about one domain, where "my" users doesn't browse ever.
I have removed it from template... for now.
It there anything else questionable?
Looks fine to me
Great 😄 I am looking at Peter Lowe list to fulfill small gap of domains/hosts that his list covers. Would you mind test it too?
Cheers and beers 😄
Great 😄 I am looking at Peter Lowe list to fulfill small gap of domains/hosts that his list covers. Would you mind test it too?
Cheers and beers 😄
What's wrong with OISD list?
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What's wrong with OISD list?
Absolutely nothing is wrong with OISD and it is gorgeous, as it is also 1Hosts Lite.
Why did you add
?