Athena NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall)

Athena NGFW (previously known as Network Secure) provides comprehensive protection for every network perimeter, ensuring the safety of your valuable assets, data, and users from emerging threats.
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DNS Transparent Proxy

{{ $t('productDocDetail.updateTime') }}: 2026-01-07

The meaning of DNS transparent proxy is an intermediate device (usually the gateway) that intercepts the DNS packets sent from a client through the device itself to the DNS server for parsing according to the relevant settings and returns the responses received to the client. This proxy process is undetectable and completely transparent.

The DNS transparent proxy page is for intranet users whose DNS address does not point to the NGAF device but request to transmit through the NGAF. The NGAF's transparent DNS proxy resolution settings are shown in the following figure.

External DNS Server: Set the external DNS server address for the DNS transparent proxy, such as 114.114.114.114. For the DNS address set here, when the DNS Transparent Proxy is enabled, the domain names not uploaded from the Upload Domain File will be subject to proxy resolution using the external DNS address set here.

Local DNS Server: Set the local DNS server address for the DNS transparent proxy. When the DNS Transparent Proxy is enabled, only the domain names uploaded from the Upload Domain File will be subject to proxy resolution using the local DNS address set here.

DNS Transparent Proxy: Set the switch options for enabling/disabling the DNS transparent proxy function.

Upload Domain File: Set the domain names that need to be resolved through the local DNS address configured in the Local DNS Server. Under normal circumstances, for access with the domain name of the company's website, it directly resolves the LAN IP address of the website.