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Given that IP addresses can be reused over a period of time, blocking IP addresses is riskier than blocking domains or hostnames. So, to avoid false positives, for those external or third-party IP-based feeds like DHS_AIS_IP that are added to policy through voluntary addition (other than what’s provided by default), Infoblox recommends only an ‘Allow-With Log’ policy action and not a  ‘Block’ policy action.

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titleAdvisory

For information on the recommended Rule Actions to be applied in preparation of the August 22, 2023 feed changes, see the topic on Recommended Rule Actions in Preparation of the August 2023 Feed Changes

 For information on recommended rule actions to be applied to feeds as replacement to the deprecated SURBL feeds, see Recommended Feed Configuration to Replace the SURBL Feeds

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Note
title Feed Precedence Order
  • When configuring feed precedence order, Please the default Allow and default Block go on the top section, please remember to prioritize feeds configured with a Block action (Block - No Redirect, Block - Default Redirect, and/or Block - Redirect - <custom redirect name>) by placing them in positions of higher precedence in your policy compared to feeds configured with an Allow action (Allow - With Log, Allow - No Log, and/or Allow - Local Resolution). Within each of the Block and Allow section, place the high confidence feeds first, followed by medium confidence feeds and finally, the low confidences feed. Placing Blocked feeds higher in policy precedence order than Allowed feeds ensures that your security policy performs ensures that none of malicious domains are not allowed inadvertently, allowing security policy to perform as intended.
  • Ensure that you understand the ramification of overriding the default action for any threat feeds and Threat Insight rules before doing so.
  • Given that IP addresses can be reused over a period of time, blocking IP addresses is riskier than blocking domains or hostnames. So, to avoid false positives, for those external or third-party IP-based feeds like DHS_AIS_IP that are added to policy through voluntary addition (other than what’s provided by default), Infoblox recommends only an Allow-With Log policy action and not a Block policy action.

The following table lists the default actions and precedence for the feeds and Threat Insight in the Default Global Policy :offered by Infoblox as of August 31, 2023. The default actions and precedence described applies only to new accounts created on or after August 31, 2023. Accounts created and configured prior to August 31, 2023 will not be affected by the new default actions and/or precedence described. In the case of prior existing accounts , the actions and precedence in effect at the time of custom list creation will not be altered. 


Feed NameDefault ActionDefault Precedence
Default Allow ListAllow - No log1
Default Block ListBlock  – No Redirect2
Base HostnamesBlock  – No Redirect
1
3
AntiMalwareBlock  – No Redirect
2
4
Malware
_
DGA HostnamesBlock  – No Redirect
3Ransomware
5
RansomwareBlock  – No Redirect6
Threat Insight - Rapid Domain TriageBlock  – No Redirect7
SuspiciousBlock  – No Redirect8
Suspicious LookalikesBlock  – No Redirect
4Public_DOH
9
Suspicious NOEDBlock  – No Redirect10
DOH Public Hostnames Block  – No Redirect
6
11
DOH Public
_DOH_IP
IPsBlock  – No Redirect
7
12
Newly Observed Emergent DomainsAllow – With Log13
Threat Insight - DGAAllow – With Log
8
14
Threat Insight-Data ExfiltrationAllow – With Log
9
15
Threat Insight-Fast FluxAllow – With Log
10
16
Threat Insight-DNS MessengerAllow – With Log
11
17
AntiMalware_IPAllow – With Log
12Ext_Base_AntiMalware
18
Threat Insight - Notional Data ExfiltrationAllow – With Log19
Extended Base and Anti-malware HostnamesAllow – With Log
13
20
Ext_
Extended Ransomware IPsAllow – With Log
14
21
Ext_
Extended AntiMalware
_IP
IPsAllow – With Log
15
22
DHS_AIS_
Domain
HostnameAllow – With Log
16CryptoCurrency
23
Cryptocurrency hostnames and domainsAllow – With Log
17
24
TOR
_
Exit
_
Node
_IP
IPsAllow – With Log
18
25


For information on adding and removing feeds from a security policy, see the following: 

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