From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 15 17:45:16 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 DE22337B401 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:45:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from sage-one.net (adsl-65-71-135-137.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.71.135.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86BF043E88 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:45:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Received: from sagea (sagea [192.168.0.3]) by sage-one.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id gAG1j8D58226; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:45:08 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jackstone@sage-one.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20021115194507.010abd98@mail.sage-one.net> X-Sender: jackstone@mail.sage-one.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:45:07 -0600 To: James Earl , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Jack L. Stone" Subject: Re: Virtual host aliases and ip forwarding In-Reply-To: <20021115223427.GE546@mtntrip.telus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message