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    SafeSearch DuckDuckGo images won't load

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    • mrtumnusM
      mrtumnus
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      pfBlockerNG's safe search feature includes a local-zone for duckduckgo.com, which redirects all subdomain queries to safe.duckduckgo.com (52.149.247.1):

      local-zone: "duckduckgo.com" redirect local-data: "duckduckgo.com 300 IN CNAME safe.duckduckgo.com"

      However, DuckDuckGo has (recently?) a separate CDN for image search results, external-content.duckduckgo.com (52.149.246.247). These images do not load through the safe.duckduckgo.com server:
      4a9741f8-df2d-47f0-8a0c-6c266b2ffb78-image.png

      This safe-search redirect needs to be retooled somehow to support the external content server. I tried adding a separate local-data override, but this broke unbound (can't have a local-data inside a local-zone redirect, I guess):

      local-data: "external-content.duckduckgo.com A 52.149.246.247"

      Any suggestions for a workaround? Maybe it's time for an RPZ or stub zone. I'm not as familiar with these approaches.

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