[squid-users] fool windows into thinking it has internet access

Rafał Stanilewicz rst at fomar.com.pl
Thu Jul 21 09:03:50 UTC 2022


Actually, tricking the machine into thinking it has Internet access when it
doesn't in reality, it's also good for malware analysis.

śr., 20 lip 2022 o 20:14 robert k Wild <robertkwild at gmail.com> napisał(a):

> Good question, as on my squid proxy I have whitelisted all of the Adobe
> URLs needed for Adobe cc
>
> On windows clients, to even open the Adobe cc app, it needs internet
> access, now as this pc is on a production network, it can't have internet
> access so I have fooled it and now I can open the cc app
>
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2022, 18:44 Antony Stone, <
> Antony.Stone at squid.open.source.it> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 20 July 2022 at 19:19:22, robert k Wild wrote:
>>
>> > ok i have realised something, my client cant resolve this address
>> >
>> > C:\Users\rkw>ping dns.msftncsi.com
>> > Ping request could not find host dns.msftncsi.com. Please check the
>> name
>> > and try again.
>> >
>> > is there anyway i can enable ICMP/ping via the proxy so this works?
>>
>> No, but you could add that name, either to the machine which wants to
>> contact
>> it, or to your local DNS server, so that it resolves to something on your
>> network (or localhost if you prefer).
>>
>> Out of interest, what is the purpose for making a Windows computer think
>> it
>> has Internet access when it doesn't?  What useful difference does that
>> make?
>>
>>
>> Antony.
>>
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>> Torvalds.
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