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This rule set restricts both inbound and outbound traffic to the Steam Client. Useful for a Windows Gaming PC or Mac Gaming System.
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=
These static DNS entries help keep the IP addresses matched to the ones in the firewall rule set:


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

<syntaxhighlight lang=xml>
<dns resolvers="2001:8b0::2020 2001:8b0::2021 217.169.20.20 217.169.20.21">
<dns resolvers="2001:8b0::2020 2001:8b0::2021 217.169.20.20 217.169.20.21">
<host name="a1507.d.akamai.net"
<host name="api.steampowered.com" ip="23.205.213.78"/>
<host name="cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
ip="23.63.98.10 23.63.98.17 23.63.98.18 23.63.98.19 23.63.98.26 23.63.98.27 23.63.98.32 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"/>
<host name="a1697.g.akamai.net"
<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"/>
ip="23.63.99.219 23.67.255.202"/>
<host name="a1737.g.akamai.net"
<host name="cgpromotion.blob.core.windows.net" ip="168.61.57.78"/>
ip="23.63.99.208 23.63.99.240"/>
<host name="clientconfig.akamai.steamstatic.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="a1843.g.akamai.net"
<host name="crash.steampowered.com" ip="208.64.203.140 208.64.203.173"/>
<host name="crl4.digicert.com" ip="66.225.197.197"/>
ip="23.67.255.200 23.67.255.208"/>
<host name="dreamfallchapters.azurewebsites.net" ip="191.238.8.26"/>
<host name="api.steampowered.com"
<host name="images.akamai.steamusercontent.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
ip="23.195.77.152 23.205.213.78 92.122.219.245 104.71.179.142 173.223.184.147"/>
<host name="cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com"
<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"/>
ip="23.63.98.10 23.63.98.17 23.63.98.18 23.63.98.19 23.63.98.26 23.63.98.27 23.63.98.32 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"/>
<host name="cdn.store.steampowered.com"
<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"/>
ip="23.63.98.10 23.63.98.17 23.63.98.18 23.63.98.19 23.63.98.26 23.63.98.27 23.63.98.32 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"/>
<host name="cgpromotion.azurewebsites.net"
<host name="ocsp.digicert.com" ip="93.184.220.29"/>
ip="104.40.183.236"/>
<host name="paypal.d1.sc.omtrdc.net" ip="66.235.148.64"/>
<host name="cgpromotion.blob.core.windows.net"
<host name="repo.steampowered.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
ip="168.61.57.78"/>
<host name="s1.symcb.com" ip="2.22.133.163"/>
<host name="clientconfig.akamai.steamstatic.com"
<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"/>
ip="23.63.98.10 23.63.98.17 23.63.98.18 23.63.98.19 23.63.98.26 23.63.98.27 23.63.98.32 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"/>
<host name="steamcloud-eu.storage.googleapis.com" ip="216.58.198.208 216.58.198.240"/>
<host name="images.akamai.steamusercontent.com"
<host name="steamcloudams.blob.core.windows.net" ip="168.61.58.14"/>
ip="23.63.98.10 23.63.98.17 23.63.98.18 23.63.98.19 23.63.98.26 23.63.98.27 23.63.98.32 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"/>
<host name="steamclouddub.blob.core.windows.net" ip="191.235.193.40"/>
<host name="media.steampowered.com"
<host name="steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net" ip="23.63.99.219 23.67.255.202"/>
ip="23.63.98.10 23.63.98.17 23.63.98.18 23.63.98.19 23.63.98.26 23.63.98.27 23.63.98.32 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"/>
<host name="media2.steampowered.com"
<host name="steamcommunity.com" ip="23.63.99.219 23.67.255.202"/>
ip="205.185.216.10 205.185.216.42"/>
<host name="steamstore-a.akamaihd.net" ip="23.63.99.208 23.63.99.240"/>
<host name="media3.steampowered.com"
<host name="store.akamai.steamstatic.com" ip="23.63.98.26 23.63.98.32"/>
<host name="store.steampowered.com" ip="23.205.213.78"/>
ip="8.253.70.30 8.253.70.110 8.253.70.142 8.254.191.94 8.254.191.238"/>
<host name="media4.steampowered.com"
<host name="t.paypal.com" ip="173.223.190.173"/>
<host name="www.paypal.com" ip="173.223.190.173"/>
ip="23.63.98.10 23.63.98.17 23.63.98.18 23.63.98.19 23.63.98.26 23.63.98.27 23.63.98.32 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"/>
<host name="repo.steampowered.com"
<host name="www.paypalobjects.com" ip="23.65.43.145"/>
ip="23.63.98.10 23.63.98.17 23.63.98.18 23.63.98.19 23.63.98.26 23.63.98.27 23.63.98.32 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"/>
<host name="steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net"
ip="23.67.255.200 23.67.255.208"/>
<host name="steamcloud-eu.storage.googleapis.com"
ip="216.58.213.112"/>
<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 92.122.219.245 104.71.179.142 173.223.184.147"/>
<host name="steamstore-a.akamaihd.net"
ip="23.63.99.208 23.63.99.240"/>
<host name="store.akamai.steamstatic.com"
ip="23.63.98.10 23.63.98.17 23.63.98.18 23.63.98.19 23.63.98.26 23.63.98.27 23.63.98.32 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"/>
<host name="store.steampowered.com"
ip="23.195.77.152 23.205.213.78 92.122.219.245 104.71.179.142 173.223.184.147"/>
</dns>
</dns>
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>

=Firewall=


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


<syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang=xml>
<rule-set name="Steam Client: Outbound" source-interface="LAN" target-interface="pppoe" no-match-action="continue">
<rule-set name="Steam Client: Outbound" source-interface="LAN" target-interface="pppoe" no-match-action="continue">
<rule name="NTP"
<rule name="Steam OS: NTP"
target-port="123"
target-port="123"
protocol="17"
protocol="17"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="TCP"
<rule name="Steam Client: TCP"
target-port="27014-27050"
target-port="27014-27050"
protocol="6"
protocol="6"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="UDP"
<rule name="Steam Client: UDP"
target-port="3478 4379 4380 27000-27030"
target-port="3478 4379 4380 27000-27030"
protocol="17"
protocol="17"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="Akamai CDN"
<rule name="CDN: Akamai"
target-ip="23.63.98.0/23 23.67.255.0/24 23.195.64.0/20 23.205.212.0/22 92.122.218.0/23 104.71.176.0/20 104.86.110.0/23 173.223.176.0/20"
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"
target-port="80 443"
protocol="6"
protocol="6"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="Google Cloud"
<rule name="CDN: Highwinds"
target-ip="216.58.213.112"
target-ip="205.185.216.10 205.185.216.42"
target-port="80 443"
target-port="80 443"
protocol="6"
protocol="6"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="Highwinds CDN"
<rule name="CDN: Level 3"
target-ip="205.185.216.10 205.185.216.42"
target-ip="8.253.70.30 8.253.70.110"
target-port="80 443"
target-port="80 443"
protocol="6"
protocol="6"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="Level3 CDN"
<rule name="Steam Cloud: Amazon Web Services"
target-ip="8.253.70.30 8.253.70.110 8.253.70.142 8.254.191.94 8.254.191.238 212.73.205.178"
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"
target-port="80 443"
protocol="6"
protocol="6"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="Microsoft Cloud"
<rule name="Steam Cloud: Google Cloud Platform"
target-ip="104.40.183.236 168.61.57.78 168.61.58.14 191.235.193.40"
target-ip="216.58.198.208 216.58.198.240"
target-port="80 443"
target-port="80 443"
protocol="6"
protocol="6"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="Paypal Payments"
<rule name="Steam Cloud: Microsoft Azure"
target-ip="66.235.148.64 66.235.148.128/31"
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"
target-port="80 443"
protocol="6"
protocol="6"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="Telia Network"
<rule name="PayPal Payments"
target-ip="62.115.11.250 80.239.194.146"
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"
target-port="80 443"
protocol="6"
protocol="6"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="Valve Software"
<rule name="Valve Software"
target-ip="103.10.124.0/24 146.66.155.0/24 155.133.245.0/24 155.133.248.0/24 162.254.192.0/22 162.254.196.0/23 162.254.198.0/32 205.196.6.0/24"
target-ip="103.10.124.0/23 146.66.155.0/24 155.133.224.0/19 162.254.192.0/21 205.196.6.0/24 208.64.200.0/22"
target-port="80 443"
target-port="80 443"
protocol="6"
protocol="6"
action="accept"/>
action="accept"/>
<rule name="Deny All"
<rule name="Deny All"
source-mac="408D5C57F303 D8CB8AA2464E"
source-mac="D8CB8AA2464E"
action="reject"/>
action="reject"/>
</rule-set>
</rule-set>
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


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


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


Steam's game delivery system uses 3 different high performing CDN companies: Akamai, Highwinds and Level 3.
Steam used to have a huge amount of servers (some from Limelight CDN) located around the world and older versions of the software used an inefficient method to connect users to the servers.


*media.steampowered.com = Akamai
Steam has made a big improvement on the game delivery system by using 3 different high performing CDN companies, Akamai, Highwinds and Level 3 all at the same time.

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


==Origin Server==
Running Steam will download a small file from http://client-download.steampowered.com/client/ containing a list of files with SHA-1 checksum and size in bytes to check if Steam is up to date.


The origin server is where each CDN will pull files from. The origin server hostnames are:
If Steam is outdated, it will need to download the updated files by randomly selecting one of the CDN hosts and that host will be used to serve the files.
*cdn-01-origin.steampowered.com
*cdn-01.steampowered.com


==Steam Client==
Since Steam randomly connects to a host, it is possible that it doesn’t cycle through all four CDN hosts. Unfortunately there is no way to connect to a particular CDN host because there is no command line option to do that.


This documents what hostnames the steam client uses and when.
Although you cannot choose which CDN to connect to, you can map all 4 hostnames to the IP address of the origin server. The origin server is where the CDN will pull the files from and serve to users. This would mean that the origin server is less busy since it is not used to serve files to millions of users but only serve once to the each CDN. The origin server has a hostname of cdn-01-origin.steampowered.com or cdn-01.steampowered.com, and the hostname will resolve to an IP address of 208.64.200.30.


On startup:
<syntaxhighlight>
<host name="media.steampowered.com" ip="208.64.200.30"/>
*repo.steampowered.com
<host name="media2.steampowered.com" ip="208.64.200.30"/>
*client-download.steampowered.com
<host name="media3.steampowered.com" ip="208.64.200.30"/>
*media.steampowered.com (Randomly Selected)
<host name="media4.steampowered.com" ip="208.64.200.30"/>
*media2.steampowered.com (Randomly Selected)
*media3.steampowered.com (Randomly Selected)
</syntaxhighlight>
*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 steam hostname.

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

Latest revision as of 14:44, 17 March 2017

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="23.205.213.78"/>
<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="23.63.99.219 23.67.255.202"/>
<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="23.205.213.78"/>
<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="103.10.124.0/23 146.66.155.0/24 155.133.224.0/19 162.254.192.0/21 205.196.6.0/24 208.64.200.0/22"
        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 steam 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