From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 15 14:21:41 2002 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 8A8C137B401 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:21:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from priv-edtnes12-hme0.telusplanet.net (fepout4.telus.net [199.185.220.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E92EB43E4A for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:21:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamesearl@telus.net) Received: from mtntrip.telus.net ([142.179.173.206]) by priv-edtnes12-hme0.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with SMTP id <20021115222139.QDG10421.priv-edtnes12-hme0.telusplanet.net@mtntrip.telus.net> for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:21:39 -0700 Received: (nullmailer pid 668 invoked by uid 1000); Fri, 15 Nov 2002 22:34:27 -0000 Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 15:34:27 -0700 From: James Earl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Virtual host aliases and ip forwarding Message-ID: <20021115223427.GE546@mtntrip.telus.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm looking into different ways to connect an Internet connected machine to a local network while still preserving the security of the internal network to some degree. I am not very familiar with virtual host aliases, but I'm trying to understand. If I had a real ip address, and an alias ip address assigned to one interface, will it work the same way as would a dualhomed machine with two interface cards? Could I have an alias to my internal network, which would allow the Internet connected machine to communicate with an internal server, but that would not allow traffic from the Internet to reach the internal network (unless someone gained access to the internet connected machine?). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message