ABE prevents local links

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alexo
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ABE prevents local links

Post by alexo »

When trying to click on links from a Tomcat page on a computer on the local network, I get the following:

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[ABE] < LOCAL> Deny on {GET http://ComputerName:8080/manager/status <<< http://ComputerName:8080/ - 6}
SYSTEM rule:
Site LOCAL
Accept from LOCAL
Deny
Where "ComputerName" is a machine on the LAN.

How do I fix it?
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barbaz
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Re: ABE prevents local links

Post by barbaz »

NoScript Options > Advanced > ABE, add at the very top of SYSTEM

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Site ComputerName:8080
Accept from ComputerName:8080
*Always* check the changelogs BEFORE updating that important software!
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alexo
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Re: ABE prevents local links

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For each machine on our corporate network? I am pretty sure this is not how it's supposed to work.
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barbaz
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Re: ABE prevents local links

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If ComputerName resolves both to an IP that falls under LOCAL *and* to an IP that doesn't fall under LOCAL, ABE might be expected to block ComputerName from redirecting to itself.

Does the ABE rule change get it working?
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alexo
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Re: ABE prevents local links

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Yes, the change makes it work.

Further investigation shows that that machine does not have an IPv4 address for some reason, only IPv6. Can that be the reason?
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barbaz
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Re: ABE prevents local links

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alexo wrote:Yes, the change makes it work.
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Do you have some sort of deployment software for all your corporate machines?
alexo wrote:Further investigation shows that that machine does not have an IPv4 address for some reason, only IPv6. Can that be the reason?
Likely yes, but I don't know the details of how ABE handles IPv6 addresses, sorry.
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alexo
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Re: ABE prevents local links

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barbaz wrote:Do you have some sort of deployment software for all your corporate machines?
IT handles it.
barbaz wrote:
alexo wrote:Further investigation shows that that machine does not have an IPv4 address for some reason, only IPv6. Can that be the reason?
Likely yes, but I don't know the details of how ABE handles IPv6 addresses, sorry.
I'd say it's a bug then.
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