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    pfBlockerNG - why is Luxembourg IP in pfB_NAmerica_v4?

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    • ?
      A Former User
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      Another example. The amazon store app on my (and other families iPhones and iPads) hits a AWS instance that is, according to MaxMind, in china. Go figure...

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by johnpoz

        Well AWS does have 2 location in china - so its possible, wouldn't make a lot of routing sense unless your in that part of the world..

        https://www.amazonaws.cn/en/about-aws/china/

        Whats one of these IP they are talking too? Just curious..

        GeoIP is slick when it works ;) But when it doesn't your like WTF are these idiots thinking ;) We had a /24 in our space that geoip said was in Vietnam... Have no idea where they ever got that idea from, sure and the F never used it there, sure and the F were not advertising it out of there.. Tried for ever to get it fixed up, They say they update ever 2nd tuesday of the month or something.. We stopped using that space completely - use to be the IP used by proxy out of FL location.. So users hitting that IP would get stuff like they were in vietnam, banks would would prevent users from logging in, etc.. it was PITA ;)

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        • ?
          A Former User
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          54.222.63.5
          54.222.60.218
          54.222.60.25

          Amazon app works if that is blocked, but it will hit those every three or four days trying to update something.

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          • ?
            A Former User
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            Oh, we're not in Asia now. NC ATM. Used to live in Singapore.

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Well its some 300ms away from me - so yeah could be in freaking China ;)

              Looking at a trace - yeah first one is in china for sure - you can see it hitting bjtelecom

              17     *      314 ms     *     bj141-135-161.bjtelecom.net [219.141.135.161]
               18     *      303 ms   298 ms  42.220.120.106.static.bjtelecom.net [106.120.220.42]
              

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              • ?
                A Former User
                last edited by A Former User

                Thanks for having a think about it. I really should get rid of those outbound geoip blocks. Blunt force weapon that solves nothing useful for me. Maybe block something outbound that is more targeted. ET Comp or one of the firehol lists as a canary...

                Better end point security wouldn't hurt for me either. Need to not be so lazy ;)

                Thanks again!

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  You sure those are AWS? I can not find those prefixes in there published IP blocks

                  https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ranges.json

                  I see ones close.. But not any that those IPs fall into exactly.. Maybe missing??? So for example I see a

                  54.222.64.0/23 but I don't see anything that would cover 54.222.63

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                  • ?
                    A Former User
                    last edited by

                    I think they are, could they be gstatic addresses? I do miss Pi-Hole, could answer the question in a second...

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by johnpoz

                      @jwj said in pfBlockerNG - why is Luxembourg IP in pfB_NAmerica_v4?:

                      54.222.63.5

                      That is this
                      Amazon EC2 BJS Prefix

                      So its not actual AWS ;)

                      dl.amazon.cn points to it for example..

                      Your not anywhere near china are you? Curious why you would be going there to be honest..

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                      • ?
                        A Former User
                        last edited by A Former User

                        Wonder what it's after from that? Profile data? It's the problem with encrypting EVERYTHING. If it's not personally identifying why is it encrypted? Can't sniff to see what it is...

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                        • ?
                          A Former User
                          last edited by

                          No, North Carolina. Used to live in the region. Hong Kong a long time ago, before there was Amazon. Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia more recently. Singapore until 2016 most recently.

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by johnpoz

                            Just looked in my dns logs, and yeah my IPAD is looking that up...

                            That 218 IP is
                            www.amazon.cn. 1833 IN A 54.222.60.218

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                            • ?
                              A Former User
                              last edited by

                              Curious. Some jurisdictional thing? Maybe they have just F'd up their load balancing.

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                All comes down to how far you want to go down the tinfoil hat hole ;)

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                                  A Former User @johnpoz
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                                  @johnpoz Come on now. This is a serious time, pandemic and all. There is no time for humor ☺

                                  I have no interest in chasing rabbits. :) Thanks man, be well!

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                                  • Bob.DigB
                                    Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @A Former User
                                    last edited by Bob.Dig

                                    @jwj said in pfBlockerNG - why is Luxembourg IP in pfB_NAmerica_v4?:

                                    You will need to whitelist what you need to, Maxmind isn't going to fix their free offering.

                                    Problem is, you can't mix them right? So for an alias-permit, there is no good solution to add some IPs to a geo-range or is there and if how? I guess you have to create your own URL-Alias somehow.

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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                      you can create your own and combine lists if you want.. i have this list for example

                                      list.jpg

                                      has some geo regions and then list of aws ips that are used to check plex is up, this changes now and then.. And then a list from status cake that is used to test if services up, etc.

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                                      • Bob.DigB
                                        Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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                                        @johnpoz So If I want do add some IPs my own, how would I do that, create or copy a text file to pfsense and make a "URL" or can I add some host aliases my own?

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                                        • johnpozJ
                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                          last edited by johnpoz

                                          Scroll down. You can do full custom.

                                          custom.jpg

                                          But sure you could use a file or url that loads the file..

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                                          • Bob.DigB
                                            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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                                            @johnpoz Interesting, will try that. Thank you.

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