From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 14 02:59:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70F4A16A4CF for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:59:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21D0543D45 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:59:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from abid@saigol.biz) Received: from saigol.biz ([24.201.18.92]) by VL-MO-MR011.ip.videotron.ca (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I2F006X41NUB5@VL-MO-MR011.ip.videotron.ca> for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:59:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Spooler by saigol.biz (Mercury/32 v4.01a) ID MO000DB1; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:59:52 -0400 Received: from spooler by saigol.biz (Mercury/32 v4.01a); Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:59:30 -0400 Received: from vgvlaptop1 (192.168.0.1) by saigol.biz (Mercury/32 v4.01a) with ESMTP ID MG000DB0; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:59:11 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:59:12 -0400 From: Abid Saigol To: stheg olloydson Message-id: <000c01c481aa$adaf0b50$6400a8c0@vgvlaptop1> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <20040814003250.35747.qmail@web61305.mail.yahoo.com> cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do I need to setup an IP Alias X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 02:59:56 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "stheg olloydson" To: Cc: Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: [spam] Re: Do I need to setup an IP Alias > Hello, > > Did they allocate more than one? I mean, one to be the > oif of the Linksys and another one that you can assign > as an alias on the FBSD box? If so, you _can_. But > that should only be neccesary if you need to access > the box from the internal network via the external > network. On the other hand, you don't even need to put > the server in the DMZ. The Linksys should let you do > port forwarding for just the port(s) you actually need > exposed. The more layers between your server and the > Internet, the better. > > > HTH, > > Stheg > Thanks for the input. I have only one fixed IP that is being handled by the Linksys router. I was only concerned that anyone using IP addressing on the internet should be able to access the HTTP and SMTP services. And once I have a clearer picture of my traffic, I intend to switch over to port forwarding. Abid