How can I add a disallowed domain name for a client?

[metezd]

I want to disallow google.com domain name for client. When I enter ||www.google.com^$client='192.168.1.66' it doesn't take any action. If I disallow google.com all the devices are disallowed so is there a syntax for disallowing it for a specific client?

[ainar-g]

Are you sure that your client has that IP and that it's not the IP of e.g. your router? Do requests from this client—and only this client—show in the query log with this IP?

[metezd]

Yes, I can confirm that my client has that IP address.

Request from the client show in query log.

Custom Filtering Rules does work but the requests overflow the query log so I want to disallow it

[ainar-g]

Have you tried without the www. part?

[metezd]

Tried without www. didn't work. I am still trying some different ways to make it work

[ainar-g]

Wait, I just noticed. You're not placing the rules into the right input. These rules must be put into the Custom filtering rules input. In the Filters category.

[metezd]

It was placed in Custom Filtering Rules at first. Then I decided to move it to Disallowed Domains because the query log was filled up with blocked google.com domain. I couldn't figure out how to manage it in Disallowed Domains

[EugeneOne1]

@metezd, we've just fixed #3914 within the latest edge build. It may be related to the question so could you please install it and check if the requests are blocked?

[metezd]

Okay, I will try it and give a feedback soon

[metezd]

I've installed the latest beta version v0.107.0-b.15. Custom Filtering Rules does work intended but Disallowed Domains doesn't work. At this point I am going to stick with Custom Filtering Rules

[cookiemonsteruk]

I came looking for this answer, thank you metezd for asking and the adguard devs for a quick fix. I shall try and also post a related question separately.

[trenchcoatjedi]

I have been testing this as well on the latest edge build. I have entered ||www.linksys.com^$client='10.10.10.2' into both Disallowed Domains and Custom Filtering Rules since I have a linksys device which constantly tries to phone home and is polluting the logs.

This syntax in Disallowed Domains does not prevent www.linksys.com from showing up as blocked for that specific client in the logs.

[EugeneOne1]

@trenchcoatjedi, the annotation to the Disallowed Domains field says:

Not to be confused with filters. AdGuard Home drops DNS queries matching these domains, and these queries don't even appear in the query log. You can specify exact domain names, wildcards, or URL filter rules, e.g. "example.org", "*.example.org", or "||example.org^" correspondingly.

To clarify once more, it only works with domains (and URL rules to match these domains) without any additional context like clients or other rule modifiers. You'd better use Custom Filtering Rules for client-specific blocking.