11-24-2014 07:21 AM
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.
11-24-2014 08:16 AM
"...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.
11-24-2014 11:01 AM
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.
11-24-2014 11:30 AM
"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.
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