I have a complex Tailscale-based network setup that includes blocking all Google hostnames. Unfortunately RCS on iOS doesn’t work when sending photos.

I’ve scoured AT&T’s website and App Privacy Report on iOS (which doesn’t show DNS names for Messages, Phone apps) but I do know they switched to Google as their RCS provider at one point.

I’d like to set up a Tailscale App Connector using hostnames, but if they’re using IP addresses I can work with those as well (subnet routing).

Update: Resolved by allowlisting rcs-copper-us.googleapis.com specifically, but I also added all of telephony.goog to unblock rcs.telephony.goog. A simply tcpdump got me the DNS requests for those domains.

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    6 days ago

    This article has helped me tremendously over the last couple years resolving host and port issues. Unsure if RCS relations are in here but still could be a useful resource for you, especially after checking your logs. Apple Enterprise Networks