Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 12:20:28 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Langa Kentane <evablunted@earthling.net> Cc: FreeBSD <Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DNS & Firewall [newbie] Message-ID: <19990909122028.M58237@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <000b01befab0$1e541e90$16a8ef9b@impakt> References: <000b01befab0$1e541e90$16a8ef9b@impakt>
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On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:42:30PM +0200, Langa Kentane wrote: > Someone told me that I cannot put my dns server behind the firewall. I > argued that this can't be true since on my network my cisco router is also > my firewall and my dns server is working fine behind this. He then told me > that he was talking about IPFW that comes with FreeBSD. I have never used > this so I would not know. Please give me some clarity on this as I am not > an expert on Unix Firewalling. > You can put _anything_ behind a firewall. You may however need to open holes in the firewall to let traffic flow to these things if necessary. Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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