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  1. roustem revised this gist Nov 22, 2024. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 0 deletions.
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    # Based on info from https://github.com/froggeric/DNS-blocklists

    127.0.0.1 advertising.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 banners.itunes.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 iad.apple.com
  2. roustem created this gist Nov 22, 2024.
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    127.0.0.1 advertising.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 banners.itunes.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 iad.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 iadcontent.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 iadctest.qwapi.com
    127.0.0.1 iadmoo.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 iadworkbench.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 launch.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 metrics.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 qwapi.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 securemetrics.apple.com

    # multiple known subdomains are covered by the definition below
    127.0.0.1 iadsdk.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 news.iadsdk.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 ca.iadsdk.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 cf.iadsdk.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 cs.iadsdk.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 su.iadsdk.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 tr.iadsdk.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 ut.iadsdk.apple.com

    # comscoreresearch is used for analystics for other customers than Apple, and uses several tld; this blocks them all
    127.0.0.1 comscoreresearch.com
    127.0.0.1 apple.comscoreresearch.com

    # multiple known subdomains are covered by the definition below
    127.0.0.1 advp.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 ls.advp.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 proxy.advp.apple.com
    127.0.0.1 webproxy.advp.apple.com

    # multiple known domains are covered by the definition below; also blocks other potential candidates that would use a distribution network
    127.0.0.1 iad-apple.com
    127.0.0.1 webproxy-advp.iad-apple.com
    127.0.0.1 webproxy-advp.iad-apple.com.akadns.net