ESET Endpoint blocking Dell iDRAC Remote Console

[jimwillsher 65]

Hello

I need to access some remote Dell iDRAC consoles (remote access consoles). The certificates are self-signed by the iDRAC.

I can access the iDRAC itself with no problem, it all works well, although I do get browser warnings about the site not being secure. However if I try to access the Virtual Console I get a few popups and then a connection closed message. Viewing the (invalid) certificate shows ISSUED TO as  the iDRAC name and ISSUED BY as ESET.

If I Disable "Enable SSL/TLS protocol filtering" under Web and Email is the ESET client, I can connect successfully.  In this case both ISSUED TO and ISSUED BY show the iDRAC name.

What might be the best way to resolve this, aside from completely disabling SSL protocol filtering? I am using 8.0.2028.0 on Win10.

Many thanks,

 

Jim

 

[Marcos 5,725]

Have you tried excluding the appropriate IP address from SSL filtering? You can also temporarily switch SSL filtering to interactive mode and select to ignore the certificate when asked.

[jimwillsher 65]

Thanks Marcos. I couldn't find a setting to exclude from SSL filtering, only Protocol Filtering, which I guess has a wider scope than just SSL? Adding the IP address in there does indeed make the problem go away.

Would you envisage this being a short-term workaround or a long-term solution?

Many thanks

Jim

 

[Marcos 5,725]

The question is if it doesn't work for security reasons when the application refuses to communicate if the certificate is issued by an unexpected issuer or if there's an issue with filtering the SSL communication.

I'd recommend generating 2 sets of logs:

1,
- with SSL filtering enabled and no IP exclusion in place
- enable advanced network protection + protocol filtering logging under tools -> diagnostics
- reproduce the issue
- disable logging
- collect logs with ESET Log Collector

2,
- with SSL filtering disabled
- enable advanced network protection logging under tools -> diagnostics
- try to reproduce the issue (it should work now)
- disable logging
- collect logs with ESET Log Collector

When done, upload both archives here.

[jimwillsher 65]

Hi Marcos, I now have both log files but they are 55MB and 56 MB so can't post here. I collected logs for just today.

[Marcos 5,725]

You can upload them to OneDrive, Dropbox,etc. and drop me a personal mesage with a download link.

[Marcos 5,725]

Please add this CA to the trusted root CA certificate store to establish trust:

[jimwillsher 65]

Many thanks Marcos