Ad Block for Sky Stream Puck (UK)?

[cancunia]

I've just got a Sky Stream Puck and wondered if anyone has managed to block the ADs ? I've tried the regex entry "(.|^)skyadsmart.com$" that I saw in Reddit but that's not working on Sky Stream.

Thanks

[chrislph]

If Sky Stream uses separate domains for adverts then you will be able to track them down using your Query Log or browser add-ons.

How do I determine what domain an ad is coming from?

Block ads or fix broken sites This FAQ is written in the context of finding out how to block an ad that isn't blocked automatically, but the same steps can be used to troubleshoot issues with sites that don't function properly. An example is that sometimes certain payment gateways try to collect metrics on the sale, but these domains are blocked by Pi-hole, so the payment cannot be processed. Also, some links send you through several referrers and if one of them is blocked, you may land on a …

[cancunia]

Yes, I've used the logs on different catch up services in the past, but the Sky device is very chatty, so I just wondered if anyone has solved it before I re-invent the whole discovery process,

[chrislph]

Good luck, yes it can be a painful process for very chatty devices, and may not even be possible depending on how they've implemented adverts. Pi-hole has limited support for Adblock Plus style lists now too, and since ABP is a well-supported extension, perhaps there is an ABP list out there you can find and use in Pi-hole.

Edit - limited support for ABP, ref @jfb comment below

[jfb]

Pi-hole has very limited support for adBlock style lists. We only import a very narrow category of wildcard blocks.

[cancunia]

Thanks for the replies, I've been doing a bit of tracking today and one DNS query that keeps coming up at the start of playing a TV show is "hsar1012-soip-ads-prd.cdn01.skycdp.com", I've added this to the blacklist & also via regex but somehow it does not get blocked.
Here's a snip from the log (pihole -t), sorry I'm not sure how to add code here so I've edited the chevrons from CNAME.
Jun 1 17:00:24: query[A] hsar1071-soip-ads-prd.cdn01.skycdp.com from 192.168.0.205
Jun 1 17:00:24: forwarded hsar1071-soip-ads-prd.cdn01.skycdp.com to 1.0.0.1
Jun 1 17:00:24: query[AAAA] hsar1071-soip-ads-prd.cdn01.skycdp.com from 192.168.0.205
Jun 1 17:00:24: forwarded hsar1071-soip-ads-prd.cdn01.skycdp.com to 1.0.0.1
Jun 1 17:00:24: reply hsar1071-soip-ads-prd.cdn01.skycdp.com is CNAME
Jun 1 17:00:24: reply hsar1071-soip-ads-prd.cdn01.skycdp.com.edgesuite.net is CNAME

[jfb]

Please upload a debug log and post just the token URL that is generated after the log is uploaded by running the following command from the Pi-hole host terminal:

pihole -d

or do it through the Web interface:

Tools > Generate Debug Log

[jfb]

@cancunia

I'm not sure how to add code here so I've edited the chevrons from CNAME.

Using the formatting tools in the reply window, format the block of text as "pre-formatted text". You can also do this from the keyboard with the ` character.

put the character three times ``` at the start and end of the text - the line before and the line after

[cancunia]

Is this what you mean?
I've changed a few things since my last post so can run it again if needed..
https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/Ex41EqRP/

[rdwebdesign]

@cancunia

I'm not sure how to add code here so I've edited the chevrons from CNAME.

To format an inline code, you need to enclose the text with backticks, like this:
`text displayed as code` will be shown as: text displayed as code

To format a block of code, you just need to add "fences" (3 backticks), before and after the block:

```
code block
```

Will be rendered as:

code block

You can select the text and use the button on toolbar to format code.
You can also simply select the text and press CTRL+E.