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Counter Strike CS:GO Client Block steam://rungameid/730

cso.sg
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Level 1

I have gaming blocked, like SteamPowered and it works great but the installed Counter Strike Client issues a command to the installed software "steam://rungameid/730" and makes a direct connect to the game server via IP address getting around my DNS block.  I am trying to find the IP Address the client is using so I can block it perm or on a schedule.

Thoughts or ideas?

Thanks for any help.

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rotblitz
Level 6
Level 6

"...via IP address getting around my DNS block.  I am trying to find the IP Address the client is using so I can block it
Thoughts or ideas?
"

The first idea is: this is unrelated to OpenDNS and therefore off-topic...

The second idea is to run a sniffer or analyzer to see what connections are established and to use this information for firewall rules.

cso.sg
Level 1
Level 1

I had hoped that the OpenDNS logs would show the ip addresses but does not.  This Application/ Client is the only hole I have found through OpenDNS so that is why I asked the question.

I have blocked the listed ports from the internet I can find.

rotblitz
Level 6
Level 6

"I had hoped that the OpenDNS logs would show the ip addresses but does not."

Definitely not.  As you said, using IP addresses means getting around DNS - i.e. DNS is not used and not needed in this case, so OpenDNS doesn't see that, because you don't send anything related to OpenDNS.

"This Application/ Client is the only hole I have found through OpenDNS"

No, every use of just the IP address (instead of the domain name) is a "hole", because it doesn't require DNS.  This is how the internet works, not a limitation of the OpenDNS service.