Yosemite, Pulse and /etc/hosts file

[braker_]

It is my understanding that once a VPN tunneling session is established, the client's hosts file gets modified to create an entry for the VPN server hostname. This works on my Windows 7 and 8.1 test clients but not not on my Yosemite client.

Is this a OS issue, Pulse issue, or functioning as designed?

Environment: MAG, 8.0r9, Pulse 5.0R9.

[braker_]

Any ideas?

It would seem to me that this is an important function to support non-split-tunnel VPN connections both in environments that use split-DNS and in environments that use DNS based load balancing.

[braker_]

I see the following item listed as fixed in the release notes for 8.1r3
PRS-323933 Hosts file entries fail to populate on Mac OS clients

I am wondering if this related to what I am seeing in 8.0r9. If so, will a similar fix be available in an upcoming release of the 8.0 branch?

[Kita_ · Accepted solution]

Hello Braker,

The following PRS stated it is resolved in 8.0R11 which the tentative release date is the end of this month.

[braker_]

Exactly the info I needed. Thanks