Overview

Defend proactively against malicious advertising and the thousands of harmful websites created each day with our N‑able™ DNS Filtering solution. Get stronger protection, greater network visibility, and user-based reporting.

  • Use AI and machine learning to recognize and block malicious websites in real time

  • Get DNS protection on a fast and reliable network

  • Quickly onboard and manage your clients

  • Gain visibility into your customers’ sites and off-network devices with detailed reporting

Based on technology licensed from DNS Filtering, our solution provides all the features and functionality associated with their pro licenses:

Security

  • Phishing, Malware, Botnet Protection

  • Real-time Detection

  • Content Filtering

  • DNS Encryption, includes DNSSEC and DNS over TLS

  • AppAware

Deployments

  • Network Deployment

  • Windows Roaming Clients

  • macOS Roaming Clients

  • Relay Deployment

  • Deployment Script (N-central or N-sight)

Integrations

  • Active Directory Support

  • Zapier Integration

  • API Access

Reporting and policy creation

  • Scheduled Reporting

  • Per-user Policies

  • Per-user Reporting

  • Query Log Export

  • Administrative Audit Log

N-central and N-sight RMM Windows deployment and monitoring

Deployment

For N-central and N-sight Windows monitored devices we have simplified DNS Filtering deployment with our DNS Filtering Agent Install script. Our DNS Filtering Agent Install script supports both N-central and N-sight deployment.

Download the script from the link below, then upload it to your N-central or N-sight Dashboard, and run it on the target Windows devices to install DNS Filtering.

Monitoring

Where DNS Filtering is installed on an N-central or N-sight Windows monitored device, you can also add a DNS Filtering Roaming Application Monitor script. This script checks whether DNS Filter was successfully installed on the Windows device, that the DNS Agent service and process are running, and the process is bound to port 53. Different versions of the script are available for N-central and N-sight:

Download the relevant script from the link below, then upload it to your N-central or N-sight Dashboard, and run it on the target Windows devices to monitor the DNS Filtering Roaming Agent.

An integrated DNS Filtering version is available in N-central, click here to view its User Guide.