The Matrix

This repository is MyPDNS's self maintained list of domains that need to be blocked for various reasons.

TOC

• The Matrix
  • TOC
• Source list
• Categorizing
• Submitting
  • Reporting tool
  • File structure and Category explained
  • Issue templates Quick links
• Whitelist
• Bulk commits
• FAQ
• Keywords

Source list

The source folder contains several sub-folders, each named as groups, for which a submission should be put. This however doesn't necessary mean that one domain can't be put into several 'groups'.

Ex. google.* which belongs to several groups as they represent all online evil, when we talk about privacy and anti-brainwashing/manipulation; Facebook is also well represented in several categories.

Categorizing

Each sub-folder of sources should contain its own README which in short describes what the list is all about and the criteria to add a domain into it's domain.list or wildcard.list.

Submitting

Reporting tool

You can also use our new MyPDNS Reporter, which is one of three things, a Browser-based add-on, API and a CLI (Command LIne Interface), for which you can choose between as you prefer.

File structure and Category explained

This list is on hold in relation to https://mypdns.org/infrastructure/workboard/-/issues/14

Category	description
~AdWare, adv	All about advertising: This includes sites offering banners and banner creation as well as sites delivering banners to be shown in webpages. Advertising companies are listed, too. Everything related with ads. It is domain that server ads and sell ads / adware
~"Bait Site"	An attempt to generate a list of sites that's uses baits like youtube to harvest peoples organs
~CryptoMiner / Coinblocker	bitCoin miners
~"DNS Server"	A mix of unwanted DNS servers that as example harvest domains, redirects queries into malicious domains
~Drugs	Sites offering drugs or explain how to make drugs (legal and non legal). Covers tobacco as well as viagra and similar substances.
~Gambling	Sites offering the possibility to win money. Poker, Casino, Bingo and other chance games as well as betting sites. Differs from -> hobby/games in the aspect of winning or loosing money or being lured to do so.
IP::BlackListing / IP Network blocking	A bit special category as it is in reverse. An IP/CIDR in notation is in.arpa. format where 24.0.2.0.192.rpz-x < Reason >
~Malicious / malware	malicious domain-ip- urls hosting malicious software, scripts, code etc.
~Movies / streaming	Sites offering cinema programs, information about movies and actors. Sites for downloading video clips/movies (as long it is legal) are included as well.
~News	Fake- + News Rather self explained, the biggest challenge is the BIAS of those who ads records to this cat.
~Phishing	See phishing
~Pirated Domains / Sharked	Domains that is held hostage to be sold at overprices
~Politics	Sites of political parties, political organisations and associations; sites with political discussions.
Pornography (Adult 18+) (porno-sites)	~"NSFW::Gore" / ~"NSFW::Porn" / ~"NSFW::Snuff" / ~"NSFW::Strict" Sites about all kinds of sexual content ranging from bare bosoms to hardcore porn and sm. Porn Records
~Redirector / Url Shortener	Sites that actively help to bypass url filters by accepting urls via web form and play a proxying and redirecting role. Domains that can be used to shorten long URLs. The original (long) URL will be accessed after the the short URL has been requested from the shortener. This distinguishes this category from redirector where the original URL is never accessed directly.
~Religion	Sites with religious content: all kind of churches, sects, religious interpretations and so on.
~Scamming	scamming
~Spyware	Sites that tries to actively try to install software (or lure the user in doing so) in order to spy the surfing behaviour (or worse). This category includes trojan and phishing sites. The homecalling site where the collecting information is sent are listed, too.
~Suspected	Domains and URLs that looks suspicious and on a watch list. False Positives should be expected. Grey-listed / testing the effect off blacklisting
~Tracking domains	Site keeping an eye on where you surf and what you do in a passive. Covers web bugs, counters and other tracking mechanism in web pages that do not interfere with the local computer yet collecting information about the surfing person for later analysis. Sites actively spying out the surfer by installing software or calling home sites are not covered with tracker but with -> spyware.
~Typo_Squatting	typosquatting
~Weapons	Sites offering all kinds of weapons or accessories for weapons: Firearms, knifes, swords, bows,... . Armory shops are included as well as sites holding general information about arms (manufacturing, usage).
~WhiteList	whitelist

Issue templates Quick links

You can use the following quick links to generate issues within matrix

Category	Raw url code
AdWare	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=AdWare
Bait sites
Crypto Miners	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=CryptoMiner
DNS Server	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=DNS%20Server
Drugs
Gambling	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Gambling
IP Blocking	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=IP%20Blocking
Malicious/MalWare	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Malicious%20MalWare
movies / streaming
News
Phishing	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Phishing
Pirated Domain	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Pirated%20Domain
Politics
Redirecting (uri shortener)	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Redirecting
Religion
Removal Read the F.A.Q. BEFORE you proceed!	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Removal
Scamming Upcoming (In development)	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Scamming
Spam	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Spam
Spyware	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Spyware
Suspected
Tracking	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Tracking
Typo Squatting	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Typo%20Squatting
Weapons
Whitelist	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=Whitelist
False Negatives/Removals	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=False%20Positive
Special Templates
-aa A fast bulk template modified constantly to match a specific case	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=-aa
getadmiral A Template to ensuring the needed data while committing getadmiral.com treats to make them connected and optimize the reaction data	https://mypdns.org/my-privacy-dns/matrix/-/issues/new?issuable_template=getadmiral

Whitelist

This list has its own life, as it's a very, very tricky one to maintain.

The reason for that is, it has to balance between what is going on with a domain that, for several reasons, might be blacklisted on some lists but not on others. It can also be that a domain in general is 99,9% right, but because of its nature of user based submissions, could do a lot of evil.

Ex. Github.com

Gitlab is hosting 100% user submitted content, but for the same reason, is also a target for cyber criminals to host their evil Malware. For that reason, Gitlab often pops up on lists for malicious code. But as that would have a huge influence on our workflow, it would, of course, have to be whitelisted on our list.

Bulk commits

Bulk commits will only be tolerated, if done by a @developer of the repository, does it and ONLY if and when the source is commonly trusted and if the amount of domains can justify it will be way too time consuming to open an issue for each domain changed in the targeted lists.

note: This rule shall always be a copy of the common Bulk commits rule.

FAQ

Q: Your lists have broken my website, by blocking a third party domain!

A: We have absolutely not broken your website by blocking any third-party domain. It's you and only you who has submitted bad code and mis-written your website to behave badly. Be happy we haven't blocked your website already for leaking privacy to third party.

Q: Why don't you whitelist example.com?

A:

1. It's up to individual users (i.e. you) to create and maintain their own whitelist.

2. By whitelisting bad domain X because website Y uses bad domain X, we're deceiving our users who believe they're protected against bad domain X.

3. Through this repository's issue board, we're trying our best to give people the right information for them to decide whether they should allow access to some domains, despite them being marked as bad.

Q: Your issue has been recognized as spam and has been discarded.

A: Yep sorry about that, it happens when you are trying to commit issue number x by using the templates, then the Akismet spam system kicks in and generate a lot of fuzz.

   When, not if, this happens to you, please send a note in the
   support ticket here: https://mypdns.org/mypdns/support/-/issues/268
   and we will get your account "Released".

Keywords

A few keywords for this project is Enhanced Privacy, DNS Firewall, Privacy First