Spy rules prevent 'Your Phone' application from working.
Wicloz opened this issue · comments
Behaviour
When solely using the spy rules, it is not possible to add new devices in the 'Your Phone' app. This block should be moved to the extra rules. continuum.dds.microsoft.com has been identified as the offending rule.
A Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/drylpk/pihole_and_your_phone_companion_app_microsoft/
This has been tested and indeed works.
Steps to reproduce this issue
- Activate a variant of the spy rule set.
- Install the 'Your Phone' app on your PC and phone.
- Attempt to connect a new device.
Expected behaviour
The device setup completes successfully.
Actual behaviour
A warning is given during the setup. Continuing simply causes the setup to never complete.
Rules used
data/hosts/spy.txt
Configuration
Rules are applied by converting them into an appropriate Unbound configuration file, which is setup as the default DNS server for the network. Blocks are otherwise applied as expected.
Would you mind sharing your Unbound config? Maybe it could fit here as another provider?
Sure. Sending the entire config would be pointless since it is build from multiple sources but this should give an idea for the syntax:
server:
local-zone: "no-tv2.cdn.videoplaza.tv" static
local-zone: "portalwojewodzki.098.pl" static
local-zone: "consent.emiawards.cotswoldlife.co.uk" static
local-zone: "web5895.affex.org" static
local-zone: "0.0.0.0refreshnerer27rb.info" static
local-zone: "exmuo.org" static
local-zone: "huhughyaw.com" static
local-zone: "b.i48.affex.org" static
local-zone: "svc-cer.linkury.com" static
This is written using the following code block:
with open('/etc/unbound/unbound.conf.d/blocklist.conf', 'w') as fp:
fp.write('server:\n')
for block in blocks:
fp.write(f' local-zone: "{block}" static\n')
Where blocks is an iterable of subdomains/domains.