diff --git a/dnscrypt-proxy/logger.go b/dnscrypt-proxy/logger.go
index a7989597a7..3915e6ef8d 100644
--- a/dnscrypt-proxy/logger.go
+++ b/dnscrypt-proxy/logger.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
@@ -8,33 +9,37 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
 )
 
-func Logger(logMaxSize int, logMaxAge int, logMaxBackups int, fileName string) io.Writer {
+func Logger(logMaxSize, logMaxAge, logMaxBackups int, fileName string) io.Writer {
 	if fileName == "/dev/stdout" {
 		return os.Stdout
 	}
-	if st, _ := os.Stat(fileName); st != nil && !st.Mode().IsRegular() {
-		if st.Mode().IsDir() {
-			dlog.Fatalf("[%v] is a directory", fileName)
-		}
-		fp, err := os.OpenFile(fileName, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0o644)
-		if err != nil {
-			dlog.Fatalf("Unable to access [%v]: [%v]", fileName, err)
+
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(fileName)
+	if err == nil {
+		if fileInfo.IsDir() {
+			dlog.Fatalf("Logger-feil: [%v] er en katalog, ikke en fil", fileName)
 		}
-		return fp
+	} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		dlog.Fatalf("Logger-feil: Kunne ikke sjekke [%v]: %v", fileName, err)
 	}
-	if fp, err := os.OpenFile(fileName, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0o644); err == nil {
-		fp.Close()
-	} else {
-		dlog.Errorf("Unable to create [%v]: [%v]", fileName, err)
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(fileName, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0o644)
+	if err != nil {
+		dlog.Fatalf("Logger-feil: Kunne ikke opprette eller åpne [%v]: %v", fileName, err)
 	}
+	file.Close()
+
 	logger := &lumberjack.Logger{
-		LocalTime:  true,
+		Filename:   fileName,
 		MaxSize:    logMaxSize,
 		MaxAge:     logMaxAge,
 		MaxBackups: logMaxBackups,
-		Filename:   fileName,
 		Compress:   true,
+		LocalTime:  true,
 	}
 
+	fmt.Printf("Logger opprettet: %s (MaxSize: %dMB, MaxAge: %d dager, MaxBackups: %d)\n",
+		fileName, logMaxSize, logMaxAge, logMaxBackups)
+
 	return logger
 }
diff --git a/dnscrypt-proxy/plugin_allow_ip.go b/dnscrypt-proxy/plugin_allow_ip.go
index a25b915f54..91dc9fcf5e 100644
--- a/dnscrypt-proxy/plugin_allow_ip.go
+++ b/dnscrypt-proxy/plugin_allow_ip.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	iradix "github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix"
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 
 type PluginAllowedIP struct {
 	allowedPrefixes *iradix.Tree
-	allowedIPs      map[string]interface{}
 	logger          io.Writer
 	format          string
 }
@@ -25,54 +23,20 @@ func (plugin *PluginAllowedIP) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (plugin *PluginAllowedIP) Description() string {
-	return "Allows DNS queries containing specific IP addresses"
+	return "Allows DNS queries only from the 192.168.0.0/24 network"
 }
 
 func (plugin *PluginAllowedIP) Init(proxy *Proxy) error {
-	dlog.Noticef("Loading the set of allowed IP rules from [%s]", proxy.allowedIPFile)
-	lines, err := ReadTextFile(proxy.allowedIPFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	dlog.Notice("Initializing allowed IP rules for 192.168.0.0/24")
+
 	plugin.allowedPrefixes = iradix.New()
-	plugin.allowedIPs = make(map[string]interface{})
-	for lineNo, line := range strings.Split(lines, "\n") {
-		line = TrimAndStripInlineComments(line)
-		if len(line) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		ip := net.ParseIP(line)
-		trailingStar := strings.HasSuffix(line, "*")
-		if len(line) < 2 || (ip != nil && trailingStar) {
-			dlog.Errorf("Suspicious allowed IP rule [%s] at line %d", line, lineNo)
-			continue
-		}
-		if trailingStar {
-			line = line[:len(line)-1]
-		}
-		if strings.HasSuffix(line, ":") || strings.HasSuffix(line, ".") {
-			line = line[:len(line)-1]
-		}
-		if len(line) == 0 {
-			dlog.Errorf("Empty allowed IP rule at line %d", lineNo)
-			continue
-		}
-		if strings.Contains(line, "*") {
-			dlog.Errorf("Invalid rule: [%s] - wildcards can only be used as a suffix at line %d", line, lineNo)
-			continue
-		}
-		line = strings.ToLower(line)
-		if trailingStar {
-			plugin.allowedPrefixes, _, _ = plugin.allowedPrefixes.Insert([]byte(line), 0)
-		} else {
-			plugin.allowedIPs[line] = true
-		}
-	}
-	if len(proxy.allowedIPLogFile) == 0 {
-		return nil
+	_, cidr, _ := net.ParseCIDR("192.168.0.0/24")
+	plugin.allowedPrefixes, _, _ = plugin.allowedPrefixes.Insert([]byte(cidr.String()), true)
+
+	if len(proxy.allowedIPLogFile) > 0 {
+		plugin.logger = Logger(proxy.logMaxSize, proxy.logMaxAge, proxy.logMaxBackups, proxy.allowedIPLogFile)
+		plugin.format = proxy.allowedIPFormat
 	}
-	plugin.logger = Logger(proxy.logMaxSize, proxy.logMaxAge, proxy.logMaxBackups, proxy.allowedIPLogFile)
-	plugin.format = proxy.allowedIPFormat
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -86,72 +50,34 @@ func (plugin *PluginAllowedIP) Reload() error {
 }
 
 func (plugin *PluginAllowedIP) Eval(pluginsState *PluginsState, msg *dns.Msg) error {
-	answers := msg.Answer
-	if len(answers) == 0 {
+	var clientIPStr string
+
+	switch pluginsState.clientProto {
+	case "udp":
+		clientIPStr = (*pluginsState.clientAddr).(*net.UDPAddr).IP.String()
+	case "tcp", "local_doh":
+		clientIPStr = (*pluginsState.clientAddr).(*net.TCPAddr).IP.String()
+	default:
 		return nil
 	}
-	allowed, reason, ipStr := false, "", ""
-	for _, answer := range answers {
-		header := answer.Header()
-		Rrtype := header.Rrtype
-		if header.Class != dns.ClassINET || (Rrtype != dns.TypeA && Rrtype != dns.TypeAAAA) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if Rrtype == dns.TypeA {
-			ipStr = answer.(*dns.A).A.String()
-		} else if Rrtype == dns.TypeAAAA {
-			ipStr = answer.(*dns.AAAA).AAAA.String() // IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses are converted to IPv4
-		}
-		if _, found := plugin.allowedIPs[ipStr]; found {
-			allowed, reason = true, ipStr
-			break
-		}
-		match, _, found := plugin.allowedPrefixes.Root().LongestPrefix([]byte(ipStr))
-		if found {
-			if len(match) == len(ipStr) || (ipStr[len(match)] == '.' || ipStr[len(match)] == ':') {
-				allowed, reason = true, string(match)+"*"
-				break
-			}
-		}
+
+	clientIP := net.ParseIP(clientIPStr)
+	if clientIP == nil {
+		return errors.New("invalid client IP")
 	}
-	if allowed {
-		pluginsState.sessionData["whitelisted"] = true
-		if plugin.logger != nil {
-			qName := pluginsState.qName
-			var clientIPStr string
-			switch pluginsState.clientProto {
-			case "udp":
-				clientIPStr = (*pluginsState.clientAddr).(*net.UDPAddr).IP.String()
-			case "tcp", "local_doh":
-				clientIPStr = (*pluginsState.clientAddr).(*net.TCPAddr).IP.String()
-			default:
-				// Ignore internal flow.
-				return nil
-			}
-			var line string
-			if plugin.format == "tsv" {
-				now := time.Now()
-				year, month, day := now.Date()
-				hour, minute, second := now.Clock()
-				tsStr := fmt.Sprintf("[%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d]", year, int(month), day, hour, minute, second)
-				line = fmt.Sprintf(
-					"%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",
-					tsStr,
-					clientIPStr,
-					StringQuote(qName),
-					StringQuote(ipStr),
-					StringQuote(reason),
-				)
-			} else if plugin.format == "ltsv" {
-				line = fmt.Sprintf("time:%d\thost:%s\tqname:%s\tip:%s\tmessage:%s\n", time.Now().Unix(), clientIPStr, StringQuote(qName), StringQuote(ipStr), StringQuote(reason))
-			} else {
-				dlog.Fatalf("Unexpected log format: [%s]", plugin.format)
-			}
-			if plugin.logger == nil {
-				return errors.New("Log file not initialized")
-			}
-			_, _ = plugin.logger.Write([]byte(line))
-		}
+
+	_, cidr, _ := net.ParseCIDR("192.168.0.0/24")
+	if !cidr.Contains(clientIP) {
+		dlog.Warnf("Blocked DNS request from unauthorized IP: %s", clientIPStr)
+		return errors.New("unauthorized IP")
 	}
+
+	if plugin.logger != nil {
+		qName := pluginsState.qName
+		now := time.Now()
+		logEntry := fmt.Sprintf("[%s] Allowed: %s queried %s\n", now.Format(time.RFC3339), clientIPStr, qName)
+		_, _ = plugin.logger.Write([]byte(logEntry))
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 47164e9d78..f54fed8a11 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencoff/go-sieve v0.2.1
 	github.com/powerman/check v1.8.0
 	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.50.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.35.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.36.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.37.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
 )
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.22.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.56.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2c13d283e3..2df642bf10 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -87,23 +87,23 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsT
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.5.0 h1:KAMbZvZPyBPWgD14IrIQ38QCyjwpvVVV6K/bHl1IwQU=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.5.0/go.mod h1:ge71pBPLYDk7QIi1LupWxdAykm7KIEFchiOqd6z7qMM=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.35.0 h1:b15kiHdrGCHrP6LvwaQ3c03kgNhhiMgvlhxHQhmg2Xs=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.35.0/go.mod h1:dy7dXNW32cAb/6/PRuTNsix8T+vJAqvuIy5Bli/x0YQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0 h1:AnAEvhDddvBdpY+uR+MyHmuZzzNqXSe/GvuDeob5L34=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0/go.mod h1:Y4J0ReaxCR1IMaabaSMugxJES1EpwhBHhv2bDHklZvc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842 h1:vr/HnozRka3pE4EsMEg1lgkXJkTFJCVUX+S/ZT6wYzM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842/go.mod h1:XtvwrStGgqGPLc4cjQfWqZHG1YFdYs6swckp8vpsjnc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0 h1:5+9lSbEzPSdWkH32vYPBwEpX8KwDbM52Ud9xBUvNlb0=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
-golang.org/x/net v0.36.0 h1:vWF2fRbw4qslQsQzgFqZff+BItCvGFQqKzKIzx1rmoA=
-golang.org/x/net v0.36.0/go.mod h1:bFmbeoIPfrw4sMHNhb4J9f6+tPziuGjq7Jk/38fxi1I=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0 h1:GGz8+XQP4FvTTrjZPzNKTMFtSXH80RAzG+5ghFPgK9w=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/net v0.37.0 h1:1zLorHbz+LYj7MQlSf1+2tPIIgibq2eL5xkrGk6f+2c=
+golang.org/x/net v0.37.0/go.mod h1:ivrbrMbzFq5J41QOQh0siUuly180yBYtLp+CKbEaFx8=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0 h1:MHc5BpPuC30uJk597Ri8TV3CNZcTLu6B6z4lJy+g6Jw=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190529164535-6a60838ec259/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191204072324-ce4227a45e2e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201015000850-e3ed0017c211/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 h1:ioabZlmFYtWhL+TRYpcnNlLwhyxaM9kWTDEmfnprqik=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.22.0 h1:bofq7m3/HAFvbF51jz3Q9wLg3jkvSPuiZu/pD1XwgtM=
-golang.org/x/text v0.22.0/go.mod h1:YRoo4H8PVmsu+E3Ou7cqLVH8oXWIHVoX0jqUWALQhfY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 h1:D71I7dUrlY+VX0gQShAThNGHFxZ13dGLBHQLVl1mJlY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.23.0/go.mod h1:/BLNzu4aZCJ1+kcD0DNRotWKage4q2rGVAg4o22unh4=
 golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 h1:o7cqy6amK/52YcAKIPlM3a+Fpj35zvRj2TP+e1xFSfk=
 golang.org/x/time v0.5.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 h1:gqSGLZqv+AI9lIQzniJ0nZDRG5GBPsSi+DRNHWNz6yA=
diff --git a/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/errgroup.go b/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/errgroup.go
index b8322598ae..a4ea5d14f1 100644
--- a/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/errgroup.go
+++ b/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/errgroup.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (g *Group) done() {
 // returns a non-nil error or the first time Wait returns, whichever occurs
 // first.
 func WithContext(ctx context.Context) (*Group, context.Context) {
-	ctx, cancel := withCancelCause(ctx)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
 	return &Group{cancel: cancel}, ctx
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/go120.go b/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/go120.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f93c740b63..0000000000
--- a/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/go120.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build go1.20
-
-package errgroup
-
-import "context"
-
-func withCancelCause(parent context.Context) (context.Context, func(error)) {
-	return context.WithCancelCause(parent)
-}
diff --git a/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/pre_go120.go b/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/pre_go120.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 88ce33434e..0000000000
--- a/vendor/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup/pre_go120.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build !go1.20
-
-package errgroup
-
-import "context"
-
-func withCancelCause(parent context.Context) (context.Context, func(error)) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(parent)
-	return ctx, func(error) { cancel() }
-}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 6a9501ac43..d44ea78aed 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey/reporting
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 go.uber.org/mock/mockgen
 go.uber.org/mock/mockgen/model
-# golang.org/x/crypto v0.35.0
+# golang.org/x/crypto v0.36.0
 ## explicit; go 1.23.0
 golang.org/x/crypto/blake2b
 golang.org/x/crypto/chacha20
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ golang.org/x/mod/internal/lazyregexp
 golang.org/x/mod/modfile
 golang.org/x/mod/module
 golang.org/x/mod/semver
-# golang.org/x/net v0.36.0
+# golang.org/x/net v0.37.0
 ## explicit; go 1.23.0
 golang.org/x/net/bpf
 golang.org/x/net/http/httpguts
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ golang.org/x/net/internal/socks
 golang.org/x/net/ipv4
 golang.org/x/net/ipv6
 golang.org/x/net/proxy
-# golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0
-## explicit; go 1.18
+# golang.org/x/sync v0.12.0
+## explicit; go 1.23.0
 golang.org/x/sync/errgroup
 # golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0
 ## explicit; go 1.23.0
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry
 golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc
 golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc/eventlog
 golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc/mgr
-# golang.org/x/text v0.22.0
-## explicit; go 1.18
+# golang.org/x/text v0.23.0
+## explicit; go 1.23.0
 golang.org/x/text/secure/bidirule
 golang.org/x/text/transform
 golang.org/x/text/unicode/bidi