chore(dns): deprecate BLOCK_SURVEILLANCE

Dockerfile

@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ ENV VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=pia \
     DNS_CACHING=on \
     DNS_UPSTREAM_IPV6=off \
     BLOCK_MALICIOUS=on \
-    BLOCK_SURVEILLANCE=off \
     BLOCK_ADS=off \
     DNS_UNBLOCK_HOSTNAMES= \
     DNS_REBINDING_PROTECTION_EXEMPT_HOSTNAMES= \

README.md

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Lightweight swiss-army-knife-like VPN client to multiple VPN service providers
   - More in progress, see [#134](https://github.com/passteque/gluetun/issues/134)
 - Supports AmneziaWG only with the custom provider for now
 - DNS over TLS baked in with service provider(s) of your choice
-- DNS fine blocking of malicious/ads/surveillance hostnames and IP addresses, with live update every 24 hours
+- DNS fine blocking of malicious/ads hostnames and IP addresses, with live update every 24 hours
 - Choose the vpn network protocol, `udp` or `tcp`
 - Built in firewall kill switch to allow traffic only with needed the VPN servers and LAN devices
 - Built in Shadowsocks proxy server (protocol based on SOCKS5 with an encryption layer, tunnels TCP+UDP)

go.mod

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.4
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6
 	github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.4.0
-	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.11.2
-	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.62
+	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.9.0
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4
 	github.com/qdm12/dns/v2 v2.0.0-rc9.0.20260421173011-9de8e7fdbe3a
 	github.com/qdm12/gluetun-servers v0.1.0
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.62 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWE
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.4.0 h1:f/Xs7Y2T+GyX9b3dbiUhnLE9InGs5F9RxJ2JwBMl71o=
 github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.4.0/go.mod h1:d1hrKr8fwZU2JkcAtQUAzeTrI7nbgQSl+5k1cC0biSA=
-github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.11.2 h1:HKh2jqe+omdSWcQ88nrT7INE61B0NXfiSPFdgL4YbNI=
-github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.11.2/go.mod h1:uT2Yc/QLaZubzDpZIBi9d4GoeLwtp3x1AMeqSRrK2sA=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.9.0 h1:G8+GLq2x3v4D4MVIqDdNUhTUC7TKiCy/6MDkmItfKco=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.9.0/go.mod h1:YBnl5BXsCoRuwBjKKlZ+aYmEoq0r12FDA/3JC+94KDg=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.6.0 h1:ScZPaAGyO1icQnbFrhPM8mnXyMu9qukC1K4ZoM2IQKU=
 github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.6.0/go.mod h1:q7vozUAnxSqnjHc12Fik5yUKIzfZ8ITCfMkhOtE9z18=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.62 h1:cN8OuEF1/x5Rq6Np+h1epln8OiyPWV+lROx9LxcGgIQ=

internal/configuration/settings/deprecated.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ func readObsolete(r *reader.Reader) (warnings []string) {
 		"HEALTH_VPN_DURATION_ADDITION": "HEALTH_VPN_DURATION_ADDITION is obsolete",
 		"DNS_KEEP_NAMESERVER": "DNS_KEEP_NAMESERVER is obsolete because you should use the built-in server which now " +
 			"forwards local names to private DNS resolvers found in /etc/resolv.conf at container start",
+		"BLOCK_SURVEILLANCE": "BLOCK_SURVEILLANCE is obsolete because its DNS block lists are not longer maintained",
 	}
 	sortedKeys := slices.Collect(maps.Keys(keyToMessage))
 	slices.Sort(sortedKeys)

internal/configuration/settings/dnsblacklist.go

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 type DNSBlacklist struct {
 	BlockMalicious       *bool
 	BlockAds             *bool
-	BlockSurveillance    *bool
 	AllowedHosts         []string
 	AddBlockedHosts      []string
 	AddBlockedIPs        []netip.Addr
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ type DNSBlacklist struct {
 func (b *DNSBlacklist) setDefaults() {
 	b.BlockMalicious = gosettings.DefaultPointer(b.BlockMalicious, true)
 	b.BlockAds = gosettings.DefaultPointer(b.BlockAds, false)
-	b.BlockSurveillance = gosettings.DefaultPointer(b.BlockSurveillance, true)
 }
 
 var hostRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9\-_]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9_])(\.([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9\-_]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9]))*$`) //nolint:lll
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@ func (b DNSBlacklist) copy() (copied DNSBlacklist) {
 	return DNSBlacklist{
 		BlockMalicious:                     gosettings.CopyPointer(b.BlockMalicious),
 		BlockAds:                           gosettings.CopyPointer(b.BlockAds),
-		BlockSurveillance:                  gosettings.CopyPointer(b.BlockSurveillance),
 		AllowedHosts:                       gosettings.CopySlice(b.AllowedHosts),
 		AddBlockedHosts:                    gosettings.CopySlice(b.AddBlockedHosts),
 		AddBlockedIPs:                      gosettings.CopySlice(b.AddBlockedIPs),
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ func (b DNSBlacklist) copy() (copied DNSBlacklist) {
 func (b *DNSBlacklist) overrideWith(other DNSBlacklist) {
 	b.BlockMalicious = gosettings.OverrideWithPointer(b.BlockMalicious, other.BlockMalicious)
 	b.BlockAds = gosettings.OverrideWithPointer(b.BlockAds, other.BlockAds)
-	b.BlockSurveillance = gosettings.OverrideWithPointer(b.BlockSurveillance, other.BlockSurveillance)
 	b.AllowedHosts = gosettings.OverrideWithSlice(b.AllowedHosts, other.AllowedHosts)
 	b.AddBlockedHosts = gosettings.OverrideWithSlice(b.AddBlockedHosts, other.AddBlockedHosts)
 	b.AddBlockedIPs = gosettings.OverrideWithSlice(b.AddBlockedIPs, other.AddBlockedIPs)
@@ -93,7 +89,6 @@ func (b DNSBlacklist) ToBlockBuilderSettings(client *http.Client) (
 		Client:               client,
 		BlockMalicious:       b.BlockMalicious,
 		BlockAds:             b.BlockAds,
-		BlockSurveillance:    b.BlockSurveillance,
 		AllowedHosts:         b.AllowedHosts,
 		AddBlockedHosts:      b.AddBlockedHosts,
 		AddBlockedIPs:        b.AddBlockedIPs,
@@ -110,7 +105,6 @@ func (b DNSBlacklist) toLinesNode() (node *gotree.Node) {
 
 	node.Appendf("Block malicious: %s", gosettings.BoolToYesNo(b.BlockMalicious))
 	node.Appendf("Block ads: %s", gosettings.BoolToYesNo(b.BlockAds))
-	node.Appendf("Block surveillance: %s", gosettings.BoolToYesNo(b.BlockSurveillance))
 
 	if len(b.AllowedHosts) > 0 {
 		allowedHostsNode := node.Append("Allowed hosts:")
@@ -156,12 +150,6 @@ func (b *DNSBlacklist) read(r *reader.Reader) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	b.BlockSurveillance, err = r.BoolPtr("BLOCK_SURVEILLANCE",
-		reader.RetroKeys("BLOCK_NSA"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	b.BlockAds, err = r.BoolPtr("BLOCK_ADS")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

internal/configuration/settings/settings_test.go

@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ func Test_Settings_String(t *testing.T) {
 |   ├── Update period: every 24h0m0s
 |   └── DNS filtering settings:
 |       ├── Block malicious: yes
-|       ├── Block ads: no
-|       └── Block surveillance: yes
+|       └── Block ads: no
 ├── Firewall settings:
 |   ├── Enabled: yes
 |   └── Iptables settings: