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    • GertjanG
      Gertjan @michmoor
      last edited by Gertjan

      @michmoor said in DNS Resolver not resolving a specific hostname:

      hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me

      Same thing here :

      2bad1c66-2354-4e2e-9b33-d0c673edd748-image.png

      So pfBlockerng does what what it is paid for :

      e37fe0ff-0001-4ac3-af61-653e3d274e7a-image.png

      Btw : I can somewhat imagine that awstrack.me is listed in some DNSBL ^^

      If your device was asking 1.1.1.1 directly, then you would have had an answer :

      [24.03-RELEASE][root@pfSense.bhf.tld]/root: dig @1.1.1.1 hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me +short
r.us-west-2.awstrack.me.
r.delegate.us-west-2.awstrack.me.
baconredirects-elb-mev7rf5mv7m-1287676624.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com.
44.235.182.63
44.238.30.7
54.212.58.93

      A solution : whitelist "hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me", probably the entire ".awstrack.me" domain.

      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @michmoor
        last edited by

        @michmoor not having any issues with resolving that

        ;; QUESTION SECTION:
;hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me. IN   A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me. 3600 IN CNAME r.us-west-2.awstrack.me.
r.us-west-2.awstrack.me. 3600   IN      CNAME   r.delegate.us-west-2.awstrack.me.
r.delegate.us-west-2.awstrack.me. 3600 IN CNAME baconredirects-elb-mev7rf5mv7m-1287676624.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com.
baconredirects-elb-mev7rf5mv7m-1287676624.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com. 3600 IN A 54.212.58.93
baconredirects-elb-mev7rf5mv7m-1287676624.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com. 3600 IN A 44.235.182.63
baconredirects-elb-mev7rf5mv7m-1287676624.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com. 3600 IN A 44.238.30.7

        dns.jpg

        I would do a dig +trace on pfsense to see where you might be failing, keep in mind that you would have to manually follow a CNAME when you do a dig +trace.

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        • GertjanG
          Gertjan @johnpoz
          last edited by

          @johnpoz said in DNS Resolver not resolving a specific hostname:

          not having any issues

          I'm betting that @mich is using :

          f6bbe9d7-c1e2-4a00-bc9b-0dd8719269cd-image.png

          or one of the other DNSBL that contains "track.me".

          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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            michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @Gertjan
            last edited by

            @Gertjan

            I checked my dnsbl.log file and its not coming up at all.

            
[24.03-RELEASE][admin@GAFW]/root: cat /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log | grep awstrack.me
[24.03-RELEASE][admin@GAFW]/root:

            My host IP which is 192.168.50.241 does show up in the block logs - showing just to verify that pfblk is doing its thing.

            
DNSBL-python,Aug 20 21:35:45,www.google-analytics.com,192.168.50.241,HSTS_A,TLD_A,DNSBL_Firebog_Malicious,google-analytics.com,DandelionSprouts,-
DNSBL-python,Aug 26 22:21:34,ocsp.digicert.cn,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,cn,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Aug 26 22:21:34,crl.digicert.cn,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,cn,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Aug 28 09:04:27,ocsp.dcocsp.cn,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,cn,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Aug 29 09:52:59,matching.truffle.bid,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,bid,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Sep 6 14:17:38,ocsp.dcocsp.cn,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,cn,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Sep 10 08:57:52,cdn.adguard.info,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,info,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Sep 12 17:43:14,matching.truffle.bid,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,bid,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Sep 16 13:58:21,ocsp.digicert.cn,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,cn,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Sep 16 13:58:21,crl.digicert.cn,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,cn,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Sep 16 14:36:42,ocsp.trust-provider.cn,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,cn,DNSBL_TLD,+
DNSBL-python,Sep 18 10:47:30,ocsp.dcocsp.cn,192.168.50.241,Python,TLD_A,DNSBL_TLD,cn,DNSBL_TLD,+

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @michmoor
              last edited by

              @michmoor well now that @Gertjan mentioned it, yup 0.0.0.0 as a response screams block

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan @michmoor
                last edited by Gertjan

                @michmoor said in DNS Resolver not resolving a specific hostname:

                cat /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log | grep awstrack.me

                Try this :

                tail /var/log/pfblockerng/dnsbl.log | grep awstrack.me

                or better (probably) :

                tail -f /var/unbound/var/log/pfblockerng/dns | grep awstrack.me

                Anyway, now its resolving for me, as I've "Group Policy" the IP of the PC I'm using right now, so a nslookup on my PC did work out, and the answer, the IP made it in the unbound cache, and from then then pfBlockerng is bypassed :(

                I'm good for another cache trick to destroy the entry for awtrack.me using unbound-control or .... yeah ... restarting unbound again.

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                  michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @Gertjan
                  last edited by

                  @Gertjan

                  Ok i found it in the unified log but...its not hitting any block list which is why i excluded pfblocker from the analysis. Any reason why its failing to resolve still?

                  ]/var/log/pfblockerng: grep -ir awstrack.me
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:41:42,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:41:42,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:42:09,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:42:09,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:45:49,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:45:49,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:45:57,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:45:57,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:46:38,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:46:38,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,CNAME,CNAME,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,ServFail,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,CNAME,CNAME,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 12:23:09,reply,A,SOA,1800,awstrack.me.networkingtitan.com,192.168.50.241,SOA,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 12:23:09,reply,AAAA,SOA,1800,awstrack.me.networkingtitan.com,192.168.50.241,SOA,unk
./unified.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 12:23:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:41:42,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:41:42,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:42:09,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:42:09,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:45:49,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:45:49,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:45:57,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:45:57,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:46:38,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:46:38,servfail,HTTPS,HTTPS,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:01,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:47:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.223,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 10:49:26,resolver,CNAME,CNAME,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,ServFail,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 11:17:27,resolver,CNAME,CNAME,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 12:23:09,reply,A,SOA,1800,awstrack.me.networkingtitan.com,192.168.50.241,SOA,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 12:23:09,reply,AAAA,SOA,1800,awstrack.me.networkingtitan.com,192.168.50.241,SOA,unk
./dns_reply.log:DNS-reply,Sep 18 12:23:09,servfail,AAAA,AAAA,Unk,awstrack.me,192.168.50.241,ServFail,unk

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                  • GertjanG
                    Gertjan @michmoor
                    last edited by Gertjan

                    When I see this ( many identical fragments in the log ) :

                    @michmoor said in DNS Resolver not resolving a specific hostname:

                    resolver,A,A,60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,prv

                    Then the resolver got a question about 60,hq4ypryg.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me for an A record, coming in into its 127.0.0.1 and it had an answer (and not a fail !) : 0.0.0.0
                    For me : 0.0.0.0 = you've been "DNSBL".

                    No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                    Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                      michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @Gertjan
                      last edited by

                      @Gertjan Ok...Figured it out. It was due to logging settings

                      Previous global letting setting wouldn't have shown me the blocks

                      feca942d-38a8-4749-a922-7f2e5815f008-image.png

                      After changing, that and reloading....its in the blacklist you specified.

                      7cc211f0-79e6-4bfb-bd6c-0edb9e54c2c8-image.png

                      Firewall: NetGate,Palo Alto-VM,Juniper SRX
                      Routing: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                      Switching: Juniper, Arista, Cisco
                      Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP
                      JNCIP,CCNP Enterprise

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                      • bmeeksB
                        bmeeks @michmoor
                        last edited by

                        @michmoor said in DNS Resolver not resolving a specific hostname:

                        Ok...Figured it out. It was due to logging settings

                        Previous global letting setting wouldn't have shown me the blocks

                        Lesson to be learned ... 🙂 -

                        Anytime you have a blocking package installed (pfBlockerNG, DNSBL, Snort, or Suricata) and something acts weird or does not work, 99 times out of 100 it's going to be the blocking package(s) that is the cause.

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