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Linked-in blocked if 3rd party list is used

vsviridov opened this issue · comments

Behaviour

Steps to reproduce this issue

  1. Use WPD.app (depends on this block list)
  2. Turn on Extra list
  3. Try to open linkedin.com

Expected behaviour

Web site should open

Actual behaviour

Tell me what happens instead
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Rules used

data/firewall/extra.txt

Configuration

Country (ex. United-States) : Canada

commented
$ dig www.linkedin.com

; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> www.linkedin.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 8155
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.linkedin.com.              IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.linkedin.com.       66      IN      CNAME   2-01-2c3e-005a.cdx.cedexis.net.
2-01-2c3e-005a.cdx.cedexis.net. 5 IN    CNAME   www-linkedin-com.l-0005.l-msedge.net.
www-linkedin-com.l-0005.l-msedge.net. 136 IN CNAME l-0005.l-msedge.net.
l-0005.l-msedge.net.    151     IN      A       13.107.42.14

;; Query time: 11 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.0.142#53(10.0.0.142)
;; WHEN: Wed Jul 01 13:20:30 EDT 2020
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 188

It's a CNAME block.

Personally I would get rid of the msedge.net rules because they block too much. For example:

$ dig www.msn.com

; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> www.msn.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56695
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.msn.com.                   IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.msn.com.            263     IN      CNAME   www-msn-com.a-0003.a-msedge.net.
www-msn-com.a-0003.a-msedge.net. 79 IN  CNAME   a-0003.a-msedge.net.
a-0003.a-msedge.net.    96      IN      A       204.79.197.203

;; Query time: 74 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.0.142#53(10.0.0.142)
;; WHEN: Wed Jul 01 13:21:54 EDT 2020
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 104
$ dig www.bing.com

; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> www.bing.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33983
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.bing.com.                  IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.bing.com.           3552    IN      CNAME   a-0001.a-afdentry.net.trafficmanager.net.
a-0001.a-afdentry.net.trafficmanager.net. 29 IN CNAME dual-a-0001.a-msedge.net.
dual-a-0001.a-msedge.net. 34    IN      A       13.107.21.200
dual-a-0001.a-msedge.net. 34    IN      A       204.79.197.200

;; Query time: 150 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.0.142#53(10.0.0.142)
;; WHEN: Wed Jul 01 13:23:14 EDT 2020
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 151
$ dig onedrive.live.com

; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> onedrive.live.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44177
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;onedrive.live.com.             IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
onedrive.live.com.      27      IN      CNAME   odc-web-geo.onedrive.akadns.net.
odc-web-geo.onedrive.akadns.net. 274 IN CNAME   odc-web-brs.onedrive.akadns.net.
odc-web-brs.onedrive.akadns.net. 274 IN CNAME   odwebpl.trafficmanager.net.l-0004.dc-msedge.net.l-0004.l-msedge.net.
odwebpl.trafficmanager.net.l-0004.dc-msedge.net.l-0004.l-msedge.net. 138 IN CNAME l-0004.l-msedge.net.
l-0004.l-msedge.net.    84      IN      A       13.107.42.13

;; Query time: 105 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.0.142#53(10.0.0.142)
;; WHEN: Wed Jul 01 13:23:51 EDT 2020
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 214

@vsviridov These IPs are part of extra rules. If you don't want them blocked, don't use extra rules. More info about rules in doc.