How To
Roaming Clients / Device Agents - Setup, Configure, and Manage
ScoutDNS provides device agents for organizations what wish to cover devices with DNS layer protection on and off the network. The ScoutDNS device agent is an extremely lightweight application best installed on managed devices where administrative ...
Relay - Setup and Configure
ScoutDNS supports a Relay configuration which allows operators to install a lightweight service inside their network. The relay is a local forwarding resolver service that processes queries inside the operator network while relaying public queries to ...
Configuring Notifications
ScoutDNS allows administrators to designate who can receive notifications and select what type of notifications are sent to where. This is done through the use of Notification Profiles. A notification profile contains both the email address to send ...
Install ScoutDNS Certificate for Browser HTTPS Errors
When a site or domain is blocked by ScoutDNS, a block page is served to the end user in place of the requested domain. If the requested domain was encrypted with HTTPS, then a security error will occur. In order to resolve this and receive a valid ...
Working with Whitelist and Blacklist
Often times it can be helpful to fully block or allow a domain based on desired result. The White/Black List tab allows you to build and manage custom block and allow lists and associate these lists to all policies (global) or to a specific policy in ...
Prevent DNS Work-Around for Users
Some users on your network may try to bypass ScoutDNS resolvers by changing the DNS servers in their device network settings when allowed. This can result in undesired content access on network assets along with increased security risk. The good news ...
Dynamic IP Setup
ScoutDNS supports dynamic DNS IP address integration with almost any dynamic DNS provider. Popular Dynamic DNS solutions include: No-IP ChangeIP DynDNS FreeDNS Once you have an account with any of these or similar solutions, you can configure ...
Quick Start Setup Guide
This guide will walk you through the steps needed to configure ScoutDNS to your network. Step 1: Register Network IP ScoutDNS operates as a closed/private DNS resolver. This helps to improve security and prevent system abuse by third parties. As a ...