Proxy & Firewall Rules

If you use a web proxy or firewall that filters internet traffic, it can often be a time consuming task to figure out what domains or IPs need to be whitelisted or bypassed.

Here I will maintain an up to date list of common sites and services I come across to allow you to easily unblock / whitelist various sites and services (including but not limited to the Apple App Store, Google Play and Google Meet).

In some cases not all the domains/URLs will need to be added for core functionality, however these lists are complete lists for full functionality of the services.

 

Google Hangouts and Google Meet

Unblock Google Hangouts / Unblock Google Meet / Google Meet firewall rules / Google Hangout firewall rules / Google Hangout via a proxy / Google Meet via a proxy

googleapis.com
gstatic.com
googleusercontent.com


UDP ports 19302 to 19309 – to open on firewall

*when adding Google domains to a complete bypass in an proxy with SSL intercept enabled, other Google domains such as YouTube.com may also be whitelisted. This issue definitely affects squid v5 based proxies and below.

 

Google Classrooms

Unblock Google Classroom / Google Classroom firewall rules / Google Classroom via a proxy

googleapis.com
gstatic.com
googleusercontent.com
2001:4860:4864:5::0/64
74.125.250.0/24
classroom.google.com
googlevideo.com
hangouts.google.com
lens.l.google.com
meet.google.com
youtube-nocookie.com
ytimg.com
UDP ports 19302 to 19309 – to open on firewall

*when adding Google domains to a complete bypass in an proxy with SSL intercept enabled, other Google domains such as YouTube.com may also be whitelisted. This issue definitely affects squid v5 based proxies and below.

 

Microsoft Teams

Unblock Microsoft Teams / Microsoft Teams Firewall Rules / Microsoft Teams via a proxy

msftauth.net
msauth.net
msocsp.com
lync.com
microsoft.com
skype.com
skypeforbusiness.com
sfbassets.com
skypemaprdsitus.trafficmanager.net
windows.net
msecnd.net
ajax.aspnetcdn.com
mlccdn.blob.core.windows.net
aka.ms
azure.net
users.storage.live.com
windows.com
msedge.net
mstea.ms
skypeassets.com
azureedge.net
office.net
compass-ssl.microsoft.com

 

Zoom

Unblock Zoom / Zoom Firewall Rules / Zoom via a proxy

zoom.us

Most filtering providers in my experience will just work with zoom.us either whitelisted or as an exception/bypass in the filtering, however some are picky (such as Smoothwall) and require a long list of IPs adding to allow Zoom to work. These can be found here.

 

Apple App Store & Apple ID Sign in

Unblock App Store / App Store Firewall Rules / App Store via a proxy

104.64.0.0/10
17.0.0.0/8
2.22.146.0/24
23.192.0.0/11
23.63.98.0/23
92.123.140.0/22
Apple.com
Itunes.com
Mzstatic.com
ocsp.digicert.com*

* Certificate authority used by Apple. This may already be allowed in some setups, therefore might not need adding.

 

Google Play Store

Unblock Google Play Store / Google Play Store firewall rules / Google Play Store via a proxy

android.clients.google.com
gvt1.com
lh3.ggpht.com
lh3.googleusercontent.com
mighty-app.appspot.com
play.googleapis.com
play.google.com
update.googleapis.com

*when adding Google domains to a complete bypass in an proxy with SSL intercept enabled, other Google domains such as YouTube.com may also be whitelisted. This issue definitely affects squid v5 based proxies and below.

 

Sophos Antivirus Updates

Unblock Sophos updates / Sophos updates firewall rules / Sophos updates via a proxy

sophos.com
sophosupd.com
sophosupd.net
sophosxl.net
ocsp2.globalsign.com *
crl.globalsign.com *

* Certificate authority used by Sophos. This may already be allowed in some setups, therefore might not need adding.

 

Spotify

Unblock Spotify / Spotify firewall rules / Spotify via a proxy

Spotify.com
sectigo.com *
usertrust.com *

* Certificate authority used by Spotify. This may already be allowed in some setups, therefore might not need adding.

 

YouTube

Unblock YouTube / YouTube Firewall rules / YouTube via a proxy

youtube.com
youtube.co.uk
ytimg.com 

 

Disney Plus

Unblock Disney Plus / Disney Plus Firewall rules / Disney Plus via a proxy

disneyplus.com
disney-plus.net

Most systems seem to work with just the above two entries, however some seem to require the following additions:

bamgrid.com
bam.nr-data.net
cdn.registerdisney.go.com
cws.conviva.com
d9.flashtalking.com
disney-portal.my.onetrust.com
disneyplus.bn5x.net
js-agent.newrelic.com
dssott.com
adobedtm.com

 

4OD / All 4

Unblock All 4/ All 4 Firewall rules / All 4 via a proxy / Unblock 4OD / 4OD Firewall rules / 4OD via a proxy

ais.channel4.com
channel4.demdex.net
4id.channel4.com
4od.channel4.com
fax.c4.aws.redbeemedia.com *
ad-emea.doubleclick.net *

* These are ad network URLs, however the stream will fail to load unless the ads can be loaded.

 

Asda Online Shopping

Unblock Asda / Asda Firewall rules / Asda via a proxy

asda.com
assets-asda.com