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Country blocking exception not working

I'm running Firmware version: 9.303-2. I have Country Blocking turned on to some  countries, one of which is Netherlands.

When I try to go to: Yellow Bricks

I get this error:
Content blocked
While trying to retrieve the URL: Yellow Bricks
The content is blocked due to the following condition:
The URL you have requested matches a forbidden Country. If you think this is wrong, please contact your administrator.
Country: Netherlands

I went to "Country Blocking Exceptions" and created a an exception called "Whitelist"

It says its set to:

skip blocking of these countries:
    [Netherlands] Netherlands
for traffic going to these destination networks:
    Whitelist 1
    Whitelist 2
    Whitelist 3
Using these services:
    Any

For the three networks, I've tried three things:

Name: Whitelist 1
Type: DNS Host
Hostname: Yellow Bricks


Name: Whitelist 2
Type: DNS Host
Hostname: yellow-bricks.com


Name: Whitelist 3
Type: Network
IPV4 address: 109.237.219.143 /32


None of them work. 

If I tell the country blocking list to allow Netherlands, it lets me access the site.


Any ideas?

Thanks!

Arch


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  • This appears to still be an issue with version 9.312-8. I added a DNS group to my block exceptions and it was still blocked. I had to toggle the Country block on and off a few times as well as the exception rule. Then it kicked in. 

    This is surprising to me! [:O] Why is this still not fixed? Turning off the country blocking, even for a few seconds, during end user use is not a good thing! It should never have to be turned of for maximum protection.

    Has anyone heard anything new since April?

    ------------Update-------------
    I am unable to get this working in my new build.

    I have it set up like this:

    Skip blocking of all regions
    For all request GOING TO THESE
    Block Exceptions Network Group  
    For HTTP and HTTPS

    I even tired it with nothing checked in the countries, as suggested.
    I then tired it with a single DNS group for urlquery.net in the going to these.

    No joy. Is there a plan to fix this? I hate to go back to CIDR blocks...

    C68
  • On 9.408 and it is still broken.  The wirkaround I was given was to disable url filtering for the desired site.   Of course, thst makes it impossible to limit access to a few users only, based on category. Another case is being escalated.

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