Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 14:24:29 EDT From: "M.C Wong" <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com> To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com, freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: DNS selection at user level Message-ID: <199502100325.AA058536751@hp.com> In-Reply-To: <199502100304.UAA14305@trout.sri.MT.net>; from "Nate Williams" at Feb 9, 95 8:04 pm
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> > > Just wonder if there is an environment variable/way for selecting > > default DNS server at user level without having to update /etc/resolv.conf ? > > Preferably something that can manipulate a local workstation to > > resolve host and domain names at run-time control, including order of > > the DNS servers to be queried etc. > > There would be too many ways to completely break security this way. Say > you have a machine that exports it's file-systems with root access to a > specific machine. All you need to do is provide a DNS server that you > setup which responds that your machine is the trusted machine. But isn't this spoofing can be guarded against with firewall thing, or it can't for nfs ? > > There are many other ways which could cause these sorts of problems. > > > > Nate > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M.C Wong Email: mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com Australian Telecom Operation Voice: +61 3 272 8058 Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd Fax: +61 3 898 9257 31 Joseph St, Blackburn 3130, Australia OS: FreeBSD-1.1.5.1 http://hpautow.aus.hp.com:9999/~mcw/mcw.html (or http://hpautorf/~mcw)
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