[isapros] Re: [ISAServer] Firewall client DNS resolution over control channel

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 20:08:03 -0500

Did you refresh the Firewall client configuration?

Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/
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MVP -- ISA Firewalls

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thor 
> (Hammer of God)
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 7:17 PM
> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isapros] Re: [ISAServer] Firewall client DNS 
> resolution over control channel
> 
> OK- I added the config option with "L" as described, and it 
> still doesn't
> stop it.  What exactly is the option?
> 
> t
> 
> 
> On 7/6/06 2:13 PM, "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> spoketh to all:
> 
> > Tim,
> > 
> > You can change this behavior in the FWC configuration settings.
> > 
> > Jim will be sad that you didn't read his semenal article on this
> > subject:
> > 
> > 
> http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/ISA_Clients__Part_3_The_Fir
> ewall_Clie
> > nt.html
> > 
> > BTW -- post to the big boys list first ;)
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Tom
> > 
> > Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> > Site: www.isaserver.org
> > Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/
> > Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
> > MVP -- ISA Firewalls
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Thor (Hammer of God) [mailto:thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:03 PM
> >> To: ISA-MVP
> >> Subject: [ISAServer] Firewall client DNS resolution over
> >> control channel
> >> 
> >> Greetings:
> >> 
> >> As some of you may know, I practice least privilege whenever
> >> possible for
> >> all client access.  Part of this strategy includes
> >> configuring internal AD
> >> DNS as root zones (with no possible forwarders.)  In this
> >> way, internal
> >> clients can never have non proxy-aware applications resolve
> >> external hosts.
> >> Almost all of my clients are exclusively Web Proxy clients,
> >> which means that
> >> only services available via IE settings can have the DNS
> >> resolution proxied
> >> for them.
> >> 
> >> However, in testing access with the Firewall Client, I have
> >> found that no
> >> matter what I do, I cannot restrict a client running the FWC
> >> from resolving
> >> external hosts via the FWC control channel.  I have no rules
> >> allowing DNS
> >> access from the internal network, have ensured that the
> >> system policy only
> >> resolves to Domain Controllers for DNS, ensured that only
> >> Local Host can
> >> look up DNS, and have even explicitly denied Internal hosts
> >> from resolving
> >> DNS.  Yet, if a system has the FWC on it (and enabled) then
> >> they can resolve
> >> external hosts. 
> >> 
> >> How do I stop this?  An more importantly, are there any other FWC
> >> control-channel policy exclusions that I should know about?
> >> 
> >> Thnx
> >> T
> >> 
> >> 
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