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QRadar Hostname DNS is not being resolved

Troubleshooting


Problem

An IP address seen in Log Activity is not resolving hostnames, despite the nslookup command line can resolve DNS lookup for same IP.

Symptom

  1. Log in to the QRadar interface.

  2. Click Log Activity tab.

  3. Using right-click an IP address >More Options >Information>DNS 

Results: The lookup gave no result and instead of a hostname an IP address was resolved.

  1. Log in to the Console using an SSH session.

  2. Type the command nslookup with an IP Address.
    Example nslookup 208.67.222.222

Results: This command returns opendns.com as the hostname.

Document Location

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 April 2019

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