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Why does Outpost Firewall keep warning me that Netizen is sending malformed DNS requests?

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Why does Outpost Firewall keep warning me that Netizen is sending malformed DNS requests?

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Netizen sends out RFC compliant DNS requests and it is not yet known why Outpost Firewall/Outpost Firewall Pro warns users of malformed DNS requests. These warnings are benign and is an indication that Outpost Firewall may be blocking Netizen from discovering the network and cause it to get stuck in the “Joining” phase. To disable these warning, double click on the tray icon for Outpost Firewall. Right click and select “DNS Cache” -> “Properties”. Under the “Security” settings, uncheck “Verify and block malformed DNS Requests” and click “OK” to accept the changes. This problem has been known to occur with Outpost Firewall 3.51 and may occur in previous and future versions of the software.

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