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Netflix for Android now being blocked - why?

Currently have a transparent HTTP Proxy enabled. When I try to access Netflix over the android app, I get an error that the service is unavailable. Disabling the proxy fixes it, so it's definitely not an IPS issue.

I was previously able to get this to work by adding the following exceptions:
^https?://[A-Za-z0-9.-]*netflix.com/
^https?://[A-Za-z0-9.-]*llnwd.net/
^https?://[A-Za-z0-9.-]*edgesuite.net/
^https?://[A-Za-z0-9.-]*nflximg.com/
^https?://[A-Za-z0-9.-]*nflxvideo.net

This worked for years but stopped working this week. From what I can tell from the live logs, it looks like Netflix is now using new content servers at the 108.x.x.x address block. From what my traceroutes tell me, there is no DNS name attached to these servers so there is no way for me to mass add them like I did above.

Has anyone else noticed issues? Streaming via HTTP browser works fine.


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  • Disabling the proxy fixes it, so it's definitely not an IPS issue.

    OK, but is there anything related to this there?

    Take a look at several live logs when trying an access: Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Web Filtering.  Anything?  Post some representative lines here.

    Cheers - Bob
     
    Sophos UTM Community Moderator
    Sophos Certified Architect - UTM
    Sophos Certified Engineer - XG
    Gold Solution Partner since 2005
    MediaSoft, Inc. USA
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  • Disabling the proxy fixes it, so it's definitely not an IPS issue.

    OK, but is there anything related to this there?

    Take a look at several live logs when trying an access: Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Web Filtering.  Anything?  Post some representative lines here.

    Cheers - Bob
     
    Sophos UTM Community Moderator
    Sophos Certified Architect - UTM
    Sophos Certified Engineer - XG
    Gold Solution Partner since 2005
    MediaSoft, Inc. USA
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