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Re: capturing full URL information via DNS request logs


From: Harry Hoffman <hhoffman () IP-SOLUTIONS NET>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 17:01:29 -0400

Rich,
This is a great point!

Cheers,
Harry

Rich Graves <rgraves () carleton edu> wrote:

Keep in mind that most browsers will prefetch DNS results for visible hyperlinks. This will give you false positives 
if you're trying to figure out who clicked on malware/phishing links, for example. You need to join with 
netflow/proxy/firewall/nat logs to be sure.

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