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Date:      Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:45:07 -0600
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        James Earl <mailinglists@telus.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Virtual host aliases and ip forwarding
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20021115194507.010abd98@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <20021115223427.GE546@mtntrip.telus.net>

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At 03:34 PM 11.15.2002 -0700, James Earl wrote:
>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?).
>

You need to read through the Handbook at:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networkin
g.html

Also, look at the Security/Firewall section.....

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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