Any workaround for no DNS available?
Posted: 24 Aug 2016 10:49
Hi all,
I have a network which is not directly connected to the internet, and as such cannot send out DNS queries. All our traffic is proxied through squid - there is other traffic such as MRP system etc, however this is fine as it only needs to traverse the VPN to our parent site where such systems are hosted. I have no other need for local DNS queries other than Active Directory for local network systems. I appreciate that some of the functionality of EFA requires DNS lookups, however I would still like to use the product for it's other capabilities, even without the ability to use DNS blacklists etc. Problem is that I can't even get past the initial configuration stage, as the attempt to resove the EFA site fails, and terminates the init process.
Is there anyway to get round this? I have seen a post in this section about updating from behind a proxy, which looks ideal for my needs, but I can't get to that stage. Is the only way to try to get access to an internet facing nameserver?
Cheers
I have a network which is not directly connected to the internet, and as such cannot send out DNS queries. All our traffic is proxied through squid - there is other traffic such as MRP system etc, however this is fine as it only needs to traverse the VPN to our parent site where such systems are hosted. I have no other need for local DNS queries other than Active Directory for local network systems. I appreciate that some of the functionality of EFA requires DNS lookups, however I would still like to use the product for it's other capabilities, even without the ability to use DNS blacklists etc. Problem is that I can't even get past the initial configuration stage, as the attempt to resove the EFA site fails, and terminates the init process.
Is there anyway to get round this? I have seen a post in this section about updating from behind a proxy, which looks ideal for my needs, but I can't get to that stage. Is the only way to try to get access to an internet facing nameserver?
Cheers
However curios. But is currently more than what you mention that req DNS. RBLs/Clam/etc ... for lookups beyond updates to scan incoming messages properly. If you are using EFA to scan outgoing smtp traffic (great option by the way) the features are there, you will need DNS to survive emailing someone beyond what you local "blind" DNS and cents host file:) Is that a cool description? "Blind DNS"