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Think out of the box: Just don't let the app connect to an IP it has not resolved a domain name for.

That's what we can do with the Portmaster (https://github.com/safing/portmaster). Check it out!

> bypasses any system resolvers configured on the host

With the Portmaster (https://github.com/safing/portmaster) we actually tackle this problem by notifying software (eg. Firefox) or blocking their connections, forcing them back to plain DNS, which we can redirect and handle. Take a look!

With the Portmaster (https://github.com/safing/portmaster) we're going in that direction, but it will take a couple more years to be able to go that deep. Have a look!