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Date:      Sat, 10 Feb 2001 22:14:37 -0600 (CST)
From:      Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
To:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu
Cc:        Benjamin Ossei <ben@cahostnet.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't hit my own website from behind firewall
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102102211200.3971-100000@cody.jharris.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102102204370.3971-100000@cody.jharris.com>

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On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Nick Rogness wrote:

[snip]
> > 
> > That's really not a good idea.
> 
> 	Agreed.
> 
> > 
> > If you really want to do this, you should run another instance of
> > natd(8) for the internal interface and not try to use the one aliasing
> > for the external one.
> 
> 	Or setup your DNS to point to the inside IP instead of the outside
> 	alias address.

	[Clarification from the previous message]
	
	Your internal nameserver could be setup to point to your website
	via the inside IP address.  Your outside nameserver could still
	point to your outside IP.  

	Still, this problem seems to happen all of the time when dealing
	with nat...and has accounted for several mail threads resulting in
	the same question and answer.  Maybe this should go into a FAQ.

Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
- Keep on routing in a Free World...  
  "FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!"



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