This fixes the ability to block when a hostname
had to be cname-resolved the first time it was
encountered. The result being cached allowed
the subsequent requests to be correctly blockable.
Related issue:
- https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780
- Handle DNS lookup failure
- Skip DNS lookup for non network-based URLs
- Benchmark code to be able to provide an estimate
based on objective measurements regarding added
overhead when DNS lookup is enabled
(quick answer: a complete non-issue)
Related issue:
- https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780
New webext permission added: `dns`, which purpose is
to allow an extension to fetch the DNS record of
specific hostnames, reference documentation:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/dns
The webext API `dns` is available in Firefox 60+ only.
The new API will enable uBO to "uncloak" the actual
hostname used in network requests. The ability is
currently disabled by default for now -- this is only
a first commit related to the above issue to allow
advanced users to immediately use the new ability.
Four advanced settings have been created to control the
uncloaking of actual hostnames:
cnameAliasList: a space-separated list of hostnames.
Default value: unset => empty list.
Special value: * => all hostnames.
A space-separated list of hostnames => this tells uBO
to "uncloak" the hostnames in the list will.
cnameIgnoreList: a space-separated list of hostnames.
Default value: unset => empty list.
Special value: * => all hostnames.
A space-separated list of hostnames => this tells uBO
to NOT re-run the network request through uBO's
filtering engine with the CNAME hostname. This is
useful to exclude commonly used actual hostnames
from being re-run through uBO's filtering engine, so
as to avoid pointless overhead.
cnameIgnore1stParty: boolean.
Default value: true.
Whether uBO should ignore to re-run a network request
through the filtering engine when the CNAME hostname
is 1st-party to the alias hostname.
cnameMaxTTL: number of minutes.
Default value: 120.
This tells uBO to clear its CNAME cache after the
specified time. For efficiency purpose, uBO will
cache alias=>CNAME associations for reuse so as
to reduce calls to `browser.dns.resolve`. All the
associations will be cleared after the specified time
to ensure the map does not grow too large and too
ensure uBO uses up to date CNAME information.
Related issue:
- https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/786
A case of web page embedding multiple times the
`adsbygoogle.js` script was causing the neutered,
replacement script to create a huge amount of iframes
in the DOM.
The scriptlet has been modified to check if an iframe
tag already exist and skip the creation if so.
Related issue:
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1588916
Due to browser behavior changes during development,
uBO can end up using obsolete cached compiled filter
lists or selfie.
Saving magic format values in the cache storage
itself ensure uBO will properly detect actually
obsolete compiled lists/selfie.
Raymond Hill