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

  • From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:42:44 -0700

Yep.  


On 7/6/06 6:08 PM, "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx> spoketh to all:

> Did you refresh the Firewall client configuration?
> 
> Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> Site: www.isaserver.org
> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/
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> MVP -- ISA Firewalls
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>> -----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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