Re:Google Blocking Hurricane Electric Tunneled IPv6 /64s
by systems_glitch on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:48AM
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Seems that Google is blocking HE.net tunneled IPv6 /64 subnets, the one you get by default when you set up a tunnel. The linked tweet suggests, and testing this morning confirms, that it's the /64 subnets being blocked, and that if you have a routed /48, the /48 is fine.
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Re:Google Blocking Hurricane Electric Tunneled IPv6 /64s
by krabbymcbonbon on Thursday June 22, 2023 @05:15PM
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Yeah I was getting worried there for a minute wondering when I'd start to see it, but I've got the /48 setup and can also confirm no issues yet on my end.
Re:Google Blocking Hurricane Electric Tunneled IPv6 /64s
by systems_glitch on Thursday June 22, 2023 @06:24PM
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Indeed. I usually use the initial /64 for small sites, and that's it, but larger sites that I manage with the routed /48 I usually use the /64 for the DMZ just to make firewall rules simpler/cleaner. On those sites, where the /64 is the DMZ, I was able to confirm that the Google search homepage was giving a 403 Unauthorized from anything on the /64.
Just to be clear, even if you have a routed /48, the /64 still associated with the tunnel may still be blocked. For me, in all of the networks I manage, the /64 is blocked.
The prevailing guess is HE.net carved up a /48 or /32 for those initial /64s and Google is blocking whatever larger block they all come from. The routed /48s must be from a different block.
There was a suggestion that it was rDNS dependent, but on those sites with a routed /48 the SLAAC hosts on the /48 had no issues, and the hosts on the /64 that got 403'ed all had static rDNS that matched their FQDNs. Definitely not rDNS related.