Ruleset

You may use a bundle of rules from a file or an URL. Chute also provides two internal rulesets.

Internal Ruleset

SYSTEM

RULE-SET,SYSTEM,DIRECT

Includes rules for most requests sent by macOS and iOS itself. The requests sent by App Store, iTunes and other content services are not included.

USER-AGENT,*com.apple.mobileme.fmip1
USER-AGENT,*WeatherFoundation*
USER-AGENT,%E5%9C%B0%E5%9B%BE*
USER-AGENT,%E8%AE%BE%E7%BD%AE*
USER-AGENT,com.apple.geod*
USER-AGENT,com.apple.Maps
USER-AGENT,FindMyFriends*
USER-AGENT,FindMyiPhone*
USER-AGENT,FMDClient*
USER-AGENT,FMFD*
USER-AGENT,fmflocatord*
USER-AGENT,geod*
USER-AGENT,locationd*
USER-AGENT,Maps*
DOMAIN,api.smoot.apple.com
DOMAIN,captive.apple.com
DOMAIN,configuration.apple.com
DOMAIN,guzzoni.apple.com
DOMAIN,smp-device-content.apple.com
DOMAIN,xp.apple.com
DOMAIN-SUFFIX,ess.apple.com
DOMAIN-SUFFIX,push-apple.com.akadns.net
DOMAIN-SUFFIX,push.apple.com
DOMAIN,aod.itunes.apple.com
DOMAIN,mesu.apple.com
DOMAIN,api.smoot.apple.cn
DOMAIN,gs-loc.apple.com
DOMAIN,mvod.itunes.apple.com
DOMAIN,streamingaudio.itunes.apple.com
DOMAIN-SUFFIX,lcdn-locator.apple.com
DOMAIN-SUFFIX,lcdn-registration.apple.com
DOMAIN-SUFFIX,ls.apple.com
PROCESS-NAME,trustd

These rules may be updated with Chute updates. Please refer the description in the software to get the latest sub-rules.

LAN

RULE-SET,LAN,DIRECT

Includes rules for LAN IP addresses and .local suffix. Please notice this ruleset will trigger a DNS lookup.

DOMAIN-SUFFIX,local
IP-CIDR,192.168.0.0/16
IP-CIDR,10.0.0.0/8
IP-CIDR,172.16.0.0/12
IP-CIDR,127.0.0.0/8
IP-CIDR,100.64.0.0/10

External Ruleset

Ruleset from an URL or a local file. The ruleset file should be a text file. Each line contains a rule declaration without the policy.

Example:

DOMAIN,exampleA.com
DOMAIN,exampleB.com