zabov

Tiny replacement for piHole DNS filter

Still Work in progress, usable.

Idea is to produce a very simple, no-web-interface , IP DNS blocker.

INSTALL

Zabov requires golang 1.13 or later.

git clone https://git.keinpfusch.net/Loweel/zabov.git
cd zabov
go get
go build -mod=vendor

Then, edit config.json: please notice config.json must be in the same folder of the executable you run.

Just a few words about “singlefilters” and “doublefilters”:

Data must be downloaded from URLs of blacklist mantainers.They may come in different formats.

There are two kinds of blacklists:

One is the format zabov calls “singlefilter”, where we find a single column , full of domains:

domain1.com
domain2.com
domain3.com

The second is the format zabov calls “doublefilter” (a file in “/etc/hosts” format, to be precise), where there is an IP, usually localhost or 0.0.0.0 and then the domain:

127.0.0.1 domain1.com
127.0.0.1 domain2.com
127.0.0.1 domain3.com

This is why configuration file has two separated items.

Minimal config file should look like:

{
    "zabov":{
        "port":"53", 
        "proto":"udp", 
        "ipaddr":"0.0.0.0",
        "cachettl": 1,
        "killfilettl": 12,
        "debug:"false"
    },
    "configs":{
        "default":{
            "upstream":"./dns-upstream.txt",
            "singlefilters":"./urls-domains.txt",
            "doublefilters":"./urls-hosts.txt", 
            "blackholeip":"127.0.0.1",
            "hostsfile":"./urls-local.txt",
            "cache":true
        },
    }
}

Global zabov settings:

• port is the port number. Usually is 53, you can change for docker, if you like
• proto is the protocol. Choices are “udp”, “tcp”, “tcp/udp”
• ipaddr is the port to listen to. Maybe empty, (which will result in listening to 0.0.0.0) to avoid issues with docker.
• cachettl: amount of time the cache is kept (in hours)
• killfilettl: refresh time for killfiles
• debug: if set to “true” Zabov prints verbose logs, such as config selection and single DNS requests

configs:

• contains multiple zabov configuration dictionaries. “default” configuration name is mandatory
• upstream: file containing all DNS we want to query : each line in format IP:PORT
• singlefilters: name of the file for blacklists following the “singlefilter” schema.(one URL per line)
• doublefilters: name of the file, for blacklists following the “doublefilter” schema.(one URL per line)
• blackholeip: IP address to return when the IP is banned. This is because you may want to avoid MX issues, mail loops on localhost, or you have a web server running on localhost
• hostsfile: path where you keep your local blacklistfile : this is in the format “singlefilter”, meaning one domain per line, unlike hosts file.
• cache: if set to false disable the cache for this configuration. Boolean, defaults true

Advanced configuration includes support for multiple configurations based on IP Source and timetables:

{
    "zabov":{
        "port":"53", 
        "proto":"udp", 
        "ipaddr":"0.0.0.0",
        "cachettl": 1,
        "killfilettl": 12,
        "debug":"false",
        "timetable":"tt_default"
    },
    "localresponder":{
        "responder":"192.168.178.1:53",
        "localdomain":"fritz.box"
    },
    "ipaliases":{
        "pc8":"192.168.178.29",
        "lg-tv":"192.168.178.10",
        "localhost":"127.0.0.1"
    },
    "ipgroups":[
        {
            "ips":["localhost", "::1", "192.168.178.30", "192.168.178.31", "pc8"],
            "cfg":"",
            "timetable":"tt_children"
        },
        {
            "ips":["lg-tv"],
            "cfg":"tv",
            "timetable":""
        }
    ],
    "timetables":{
        "tt_children":{
            "tables":[{"times":"00:00-05:00;8:30-12:30;18:30-22:59", "days":"Mo;Tu;We;Th;Fr;Sa;Su"}],
            "cfgin":"children_restricted",
            "cfgout":"default"
        }
        "tt_default":{
            "tables":[{"times":"8:30-22:30", "days":"Su"}],
            "cfgin":"children",
            "cfgout":"default"
        }
    },
    "configs":{
        "default":{
            "upstream":"./dns-upstream.txt",
            "singlefilters":"./urls-domains.txt",
            "doublefilters":"./urls-hosts.txt", 
            "blackholeip":"127.0.0.1",
            "hostsfile":"./urls-local.txt"
        },
        "children":{
            "upstream":"./dns-upstream-safe.txt",
            "singlefilters":"./urls-domains.txt",
            "doublefilters":"./urls-hosts.txt", 
            "blackholeip":"127.0.0.1",
            "hostsfile":"./urls-local.txt"
        },
        "children_restricted":{
            "upstream":"./dns-upstream-safe.txt",
            "singlefilters":"./urls-domains-restricted.txt",
            "doublefilters":"./urls-hosts-restricted.txt", 
            "blackholeip":"127.0.0.1",
            "hostsfile":"./urls-local.txt"
        },
        "tv":{
            "upstream":"./dns-upstream.txt",
            "singlefilters":"",
            "doublefilters":"", 
            "blackholeip":"127.0.0.1",
            "hostsfile":"",
            "cache":false
        }
    }
}

Global zabov settings:

• timetable: sets the global/default timetable. This table will be used for any client that is not already included in an IP group

localresponder:

• allows to set a local DNS to respond for “local” domains. A domain name is handled as “local” if dosen’t contains “.” (dots) or if it ends with a well known prefix, such as “.local”.
  Note: the cache is not used for local responder.
• responder: is the local DNS server address in the IP:PORT format.
• localdomain: is the suffix for local domain names. All domains ending with this prefix are resolved by local responder

ipaliases: a dictionary of IPs

• each entry in this dictionary define a domain-alias name and his IP address. It works as replacement of /etc/hosts file.
• each entry is used by Zabov to resolve that names and to replace any value in the ipgroups.ips array.

timetables: a dictionary of timetable dictionaries

• allow to define timetables in the format “time-ranges” and “days-of-week”
• tables: contain an array of dictionaries, each defining a time rule.
  • each table is a dictinary containing “time” and “days” values
  • time: is a string in the form “starttime1;starttime2…”
  • days: is a string containing semicolon separated day names to apply the rule such as “Mo;Tu;We;Th;Fr”
    • days names are: “Mo”, “Tu” “We”, “Th”, “Fr”, “Sa”, “Su”
    • empty value means all week-days
      You can define complex time rules using more than one entry in this dictionay
• cfgin: is the name of the configuration to apply if current time is “inside” the timetable
• cfgout: is the name of the configuration to apply if current time is “outside” the timetable

ipgroups: an array of ipgroup dictionaries

• let you define a set of IP addresses that shall use a configuration other than “default”
• ips: is an array of strings, each containing an ip address or a name defined in the “ipaliases” config branch
• cfg: is a string containing the name of the configuration to be used for this group; ignored if timetable is also defined
• timetable: is a string containing the name of the tiemtable to be aplied to this group

DOCKER

Multistage Dockerfiles are provided for AMD64, ARMv7, ARM64V8

NOTE: you shall use TZ env var to change docker image timezone. TZ defaults to CET.

TODO:

• caching
• monitoring port