This firewall allows both inbound and outbound traffic to reach the steam client, all other traffic is rejected. It is written for gaming systems that will only be using the steam client.

Static DNS

Static DNS manages control over which IP's the steam client can use:

<dns resolvers="2001:8b0::2020 2001:8b0::2021 217.169.20.20 217.169.20.21">
<host name="api.steampowered.com" ip="23.195.77.152 23.205.213.78"/>
<host name="cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="cdn.store.steampowered.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="cgpromotion.azurewebsites.net" ip="104.40.183.236"/>
<host name="cgpromotion.blob.core.windows.net" ip="168.61.57.78"/>
<host name="clientconfig.akamai.steamstatic.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="crash.steampowered.com" ip="208.64.203.140 208.64.203.173"/>
<host name="crl4.digicert.com" ip="66.225.197.197"/>
<host name="dreamfallchapters.azurewebsites.net" ip="191.238.8.26"/>
<host name="images.akamai.steamusercontent.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="media.steampowered.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="media2.steampowered.com" ip="205.185.216.10 205.185.216.42"/>
<host name="media3.steampowered.com" ip="8.253.70.30 8.253.70.110"/>
<host name="media4.steampowered.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="ocsp.digicert.com" ip="93.184.220.29"/>
<host name="paypal.d1.sc.omtrdc.net" ip="66.235.148.64"/>
<host name="repo.steampowered.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="s1.symcb.com" ip="2.22.133.163"/>
<host name="s2.symcb.com" ip="2.22.139.27"/>
<host name="steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net" ip="23.67.255.200 23.67.255.208"/>
<host name="steamcloud-eu.storage.googleapis.com" ip="216.58.198.208 216.58.198.240"/>
<host name="steamcloudams.blob.core.windows.net" ip="168.61.58.14"/>
<host name="steamclouddub.blob.core.windows.net" ip="191.235.193.40"/>
<host name="steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net" ip="23.63.99.219 23.67.255.202"/>
<host name="steamcommunity.com" ip="23.195.77.152 23.205.213.78"/>
<host name="steamstore-a.akamaihd.net" ip="23.63.99.208 23.63.99.240"/>
<host name="store.akamai.steamstatic.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="store.steampowered.com" ip="23.195.77.152 23.205.213.78"/>
<host name="t.paypal.com" ip="173.223.190.173"/>
<host name="www.paypal.com" ip="173.223.190.173"/>
<host name="www.paypalobjects.com" ip="23.65.43.145"/>
</dns>

Firewall

Outbound Rules - Change the MAC address in the source-mac= element to your own:

<rule-set name="Steam Client: Outbound" source-interface="LAN" target-interface="pppoe" no-match-action="continue">
  <rule name="Steam OS: NTP"
        target-port="123"
        protocol="17"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="Steam Client: TCP"
        target-port="27014-27050"
        protocol="6"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="Steam Client: UDP"
        target-port="3478 4379 4380 27000-27030"
        protocol="17"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="CDN: Akamai"
        target-ip="23.32.0.0/11 23.64.0.0/14 23.192.0.0/12 92.122.0.0/15 104.64.0.0/10 173.223.176.0/20"
        target-port="80 443"
        protocol="6"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="CDN: Highwinds"
        target-ip="205.185.216.10 205.185.216.42"
        target-port="80 443"
        protocol="6"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="CDN: Level 3"
        target-ip="8.253.70.30 8.253.70.110"
        target-port="80 443"
        protocol="6"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="Steam Cloud: Amazon Web Services"
        target-ip="54.231.130.0/23 54.231.132.0/22 54.231.136.0/22 54.231.140.0/23 54.231.142.0/24"
        target-port="80 443"
        protocol="6"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="Steam Cloud: Google Cloud Platform"
        target-ip="216.58.198.208 216.58.198.240"
        target-port="80 443"
        protocol="6"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="Steam Cloud: Microsoft Azure"
        target-ip="104.40.183.236 168.61.57.78 168.61.58.14 191.235.193.40 191.238.8.26"
        target-port="80 443"
        protocol="6"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="Paypal Payments"
        target-ip="2.22.133.163 2.22.139.27 23.65.43.145 66.225.197.197 66.235.148.64 93.184.220.29 173.223.190.173"
        target-port="80 443"
        protocol="6"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="Valve Software"
        target-ip="103.10.124.0/24 146.66.155.0/24 155.133.245.0/24 155.133.248.0/24 162.254.192.0/21 205.196.6.0/24 208.64.200.0/22"
        target-port="80 443"
        protocol="6"
        action="accept"/>
  <rule name="Deny All"
        source-mac="D8CB8AA2464E"
        action="reject"/>
</rule-set>

Inbound Rules - Change the IP address in the target-ip= element to your own:

<rule-set name="Steam Client: Inbound" target-interface="LAN" no-match-action="reject">
<rule name="Allow Firebrick" source-interface="self"/>
<rule name="Steam Client: TCP" target-ip="217.169.11.114/31" target-port="27014-27050" protocol="6" action="accept"/>
<rule name="Steam Client: UDP" target-ip="217.169.11.114/31" target-port="3478 4379 4380 27000-27030" protocol="17" action="accept"/>
</rule-set>

Technical Notes

Steam's game delivery system uses 3 different high performing CDN companies: Akamai, Highwinds and Level 3.

media.steampowered.com = Akamai
media2.steampowered.com = Highwinds
media3.steampowered.com = Level 3
media4.steampowered.com = Akamai

Origin Server

The origin server is where each CDN will pull files from. The origin server hostnames are:

cdn-01-origin.steampowered.com
cdn-01.steampowered.com

Steam Client

This documents what hostnames the steam client uses and when.

On startup:

repo.steampowered.com
client-download.steampowered.com
media.steampowered.com (Randomly Selected)
media2.steampowered.com (Randomly Selected)
media3.steampowered.com (Randomly Selected)
media4.steampowered.com (Randomly Selected)
api.steampowered.com
clientconfig.akamai.steamstatic.com
steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net
store.steampowered.com
cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com
steamcommunity.com
br01.broadcast.fra.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br01.broadcast.lax.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br01.broadcast.lon.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br01.broadcast.ord.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br01.broadcast.sto.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br02.broadcast.fra.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br02.broadcast.lax.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br02.broadcast.lon.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br02.broadcast.ord.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br02.broadcast.sto.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br03.broadcast.fra.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br03.broadcast.lax.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br03.broadcast.lon.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br03.broadcast.ord.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br03.broadcast.sto.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br04.broadcast.fra.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br04.broadcast.lax.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br04.broadcast.lon.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br04.broadcast.ord.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)
br04.broadcast.sto.steamstatic.com (Randomly Selected)

Entering the Store:

store.steampowered.com
store.akamai.steamstatic.com

Exploring your Queue:

store.steampowered.com
cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com

Paypal Payments:

store.steampowered.com
ocsp.digicert.com
crl4.digicert.com
www.paypal.com
s2.symcb.com
s1.symcb.com
www.paypalobjects.com
paypal.d1.sc.omtrdc.net
t.paypal.com

Steam Cloud

The steam cloud stores a copy of local saved games, allowing you to use them on another system running the steam client. Here is a list of which hostnames belong to which game:

Deponia: The Complete Journey

cgpromotion.azurewebsites.net
cgpromotion.blob.core.windows.net

Deponia Doomsday

cgpromotion.azurewebsites.net
cgpromotion.blob.core.windows.net

Dreamfall Chapters

dreamfallchapters.azurewebsites.net
steamcloud-dub.s3.amazonaws.com

IP Reference

This documents what range of IP's belong to which CDN node and hostname.

cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com:
cdn.store.steampowered.com:
clientconfig.akamai.steamstatic.com:
images.akamai.steamusercontent.com:
media.steampowered.com:
media4.steampowered.com:
repo.steampowered.com:
store.akamai.steamstatic.com:

a1507.d.akamai.net
23.63.98.26 (Primary)
23.63.98.32 (Primary)
23.63.98.10
23.63.98.17
23.63.98.18
23.63.98.19
23.63.98.27
23.63.98.33
23.63.98.41
23.63.98.43
23.63.99.58
23.63.99.90
104.86.110.249
104.86.111.137

steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net:

a1697.g.akamai.net
23.63.99.219 (Primary)
23.67.255.202 (Primary)
104.86.110.24
104.86.110.75

steamstore-a.akamaihd.net:

a1737.g.akamai.net
23.63.99.208 (Primary)
23.63.99.240 (Primary)
104.86.110.24
104.86.110.81

steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net:

a1843.g.akamai.net
23.67.255.200 (Primary)
23.67.255.208 (Primary)
104.86.110.27
104.86.110.35