VC++Redist links blocked (false-positive)

[w3lld0ne]

https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/8b92f460-7e03-4c75-a139-e264a770758d/26C2C72FBA6438F5E29AF8EBC4826A1E424581B3C446F8C735361F1DB7BEFF72/VC_redist.x64.exe

https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/b2519016-4a13-4120-936c-cae003d567c4/8AE59D82845159DB3A70763F5CB1571E45EBF6A1ADFECC47574BA17B019483A0/VC_redist.x86.exe

[manalshaikh]

can confirm. Don't know why download.visualstudio.microsoft.com is blocked.

[notracking]

No problems here, can you check if there are specific cnames that are blocked?

# dig download.visualstudio.microsoft.com

; <<>> DiG 9.16.37-Debian <<>> download.visualstudio.microsoft.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44826
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;download.visualstudio.microsoft.com. IN    A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
download.visualstudio.microsoft.com. 2233 IN CNAME visualstudio.download.prss.trafficmanager.net.
visualstudio.download.prss.trafficmanager.net. 2233 IN CNAME 4316b.wpc.azureedge.net.
4316b.wpc.azureedge.net. 2233   IN  CNAME   cs10.wpc.v0cdn.net.
cs10.wpc.v0cdn.net. 1207    IN  A   68.232.34.200

[w3lld0ne]

Currently it's working, maybe one of the autoupdates fixed it. @manalshaikh can you confirm?

[manalshaikh]

Unfortunately I use a third party DNS provider for blocking requests. And they use notracking as one of their repository for listing requests. However, considering they update regularly, it seems that it is no longer blocked as of writing this.

[notracking]

Thanks!