Block outbound connections to China

Started by jimk2048, January 02, 2021, 05:07:10 PM

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Does OPNsense have any features or plugins that would block outbound connections to China?  In case I use compromised devices that want to phone home.

Yeah, search for GeoIP.  You'd create an alias with countries you want to block, then use that alias in a firewall rule.  Prior to that you'll need to set up an account (free) with maxmind. 

See here: https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/maxmind_geo_ip.html
Aliases: https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/aliases.html
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CDN's are eroding the value of GeoIP and you may be better off internally segregating the devices you don't control - like IoT - with separate VLAN and stricter firewall rules.

Bart...