Can some existing connections withstand a "Block all" restriction?
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:34 am
I can't demonstrate this myself in testing (1.9.2) on my machine, but someone else on my LAN (also a wired connection) is managing to continue using *some* programs--though not most--once a restriction kicks in. For example, he's able to continue Skype chats indefinitely, but the Web browser won't load pages.
This continues indefinitely until (for sure) the router is restarted, at which point no connectivity is possible if it's still within the restriction period. Or if the firewall is restarted (not tested yet, but I assume so).
Is this plausible? I have my doubts. There may be some shenanigans going on, but if there are, I don't know how to account for the definite partial blocking when the rule kicks in and the fact that all is blocked for the given devices once the router restarts.
For context, this happened in straight OpenWRT, too.
Example:
This continues indefinitely until (for sure) the router is restarted, at which point no connectivity is possible if it's still within the restriction period. Or if the firewall is restarted (not tested yet, but I assume so).
Is this plausible? I have my doubts. There may be some shenanigans going on, but if there are, I don't know how to account for the definite partial blocking when the rule kicks in and the fact that all is blocked for the given devices once the router restarts.
For context, this happened in straight OpenWRT, too.
Example:
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config restriction_rule 'rule_11'
option is_ingress '0'
option description 'PC1Restriction'
option local_addr 'D0:50:xx:xx:xx:xx,3C:DF:xx:xx:xx:xx'
option active_weekdays 'mon,tue,wed,thu,fri'
option active_hours '00:00-07:00'
option enabled '1'