Default-block Azure WireServer's public address (closes #245)
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Add 168.63.129.16 (Azure WireServer) to blockedNetworks, the default blocklist, not alwaysBlockedNetworks: it is public unicast, so an operator who lists it in ALLOWED_EGRESS_CIDRS can reach it again. The refusal message, the allowlist startup warning, the README and the comments no longer call every blocked address private/reserved, and no longer claim the allowlist cannot open any metadata endpoint. Sources: - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/what-is-ip-address-168-63-129-16 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/metadata-security-protocol/overview Deviation: 147.75.207.243 (Equinix Metal) is not added; Equinix documents only a hostname, and the service was sunset on 2026-06-30. Model: opus-5-5
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@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ private and reserved ranges — RFC 1918, loopback, CGNAT, link-local and
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the rest — are refused, which stops a target from being used to make
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webhooker probe the network it sits in.
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Besides the private and reserved ranges, the default blocklist refuses
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public cloud metadata addresses: currently only `168.63.129.16`, Azure's
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WireServer, which serves an Azure VM its credentials. Because it is a
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public address, listing it in `ALLOWED_EGRESS_CIDRS` reopens it.
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That default is also inconvenient for the thing webhooker is mostly
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for: taking a public webhook and forwarding it to something on your own
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network. A container on the same Docker network, a box on `10.x`, a
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@@ -195,15 +200,16 @@ Two things this setting cannot do:
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the list is always an allowlist; an empty list (the default) means
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every private and reserved range stays refused. Note that
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`0.0.0.0/0` gets you most of the way there anyway, per above.
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- **It cannot open link-local, or a cloud metadata endpoint that
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discloses credentials or user data.** An address is on the list below
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when both of these hold: the provider fixes it, so it cannot collide
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with anything you run; and reaching it hands out credentials, user
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data or bootstrap material. Those stay blocked no matter what you
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list, including when you list them outright or list a supernet such
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as `0.0.0.0/0`, `::/0`, `fd00::/8` or `100.64.0.0/10`. Treat this as
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best effort rather than a guarantee — it is a hand-maintained list
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and the caveat below the table applies:
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- **It cannot open link-local, or a cloud metadata endpoint at a
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non-public address that discloses credentials or user data.** An
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address is on the list below when it is not a public address and both
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of these hold: the provider fixes it, so it cannot collide with
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anything you run; and reaching it hands out credentials, user data or
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bootstrap material. Those stay blocked no matter what you list,
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including when you list them outright or list a supernet such as
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`0.0.0.0/0`, `::/0`, `fd00::/8` or `100.64.0.0/10`. Treat this as best
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effort rather than a guarantee — it is a hand-maintained list and the
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caveat below the table applies:
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| Blocked unconditionally | What it is |
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| ----------------------- | ---------- |
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@@ -242,7 +248,8 @@ Two things this setting cannot do:
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encodings, which the default blocklist does not match. A publicly
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routable metadata address is not listed here, because nothing on this
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list can be reopened and blocking one that way would leave you no
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escape hatch at all.
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escape hatch at all; Azure's `168.63.129.16` is refused by the default
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blocklist instead, as described above.
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This list is not exhaustive of every cloud's metadata address — if
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yours is not here, do not allowlist the block that contains it.
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