Disabling In-the-Cloud Hash Queries in InterScan Messaging Security Suite (IMSS) Linux

- Updated:
- 11 Dec 2017
- Product/Version:
- InterScan Messaging Security Suite 7.1 Linux
- InterScan Messaging Security Suite 9.1 Linux
- Platform:
- Linux - Red Hat RHEL 4 32-bit
- Linux - Red Hat RHEL 5 32-bit
- Linux - Red Hat RHEL 6 32-bit

Summary

Find out what the In-the-Cloud Hash Query is and how to turn of this feature if the need arises.

Details

In-the-Cloud Hash Query is a feature that uses DNS to send queries to Trend Micro cloud servers. This can help incease the SPAM detection rate.

However, some customers may want to disable In-the-Cloud Hash Queries. To disable the feature:

Login to the IMSS Linux Shell.
Go to/lib/pattern/tmase/rules/.
Create a tmaseng.cfg file using the command:
# touch tmaseng.cfg
Open the file and add the line DisableDNSQuery=yes
[root@imss71jp rules]# cat tmaseng.cfg
DisableDNSQuery=yes
Restart IMSS using the command:
# /opt/trend/imss/script/S99IMSS restart

The In-the-Cloud Hash Query feature is now turned off.

Rating:

Category:

Configure

Solution Id:

1105198

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