Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 20:34:27 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net> To: "M.C Wong" <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: DNS selection at user level Message-ID: <199502100334.UAA14385@trout.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: "M.C Wong" <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com> "Re: DNS selection at user level" (Feb 10, 2:24pm)
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[ User configurable DNS settings ] > > There would be too many ways to completely break security this way. Say > > you have a machine that exports it's file-systems with root access to a > > specific machine. All you need to do is provide a DNS server that you > > setup which responds that your machine is the trusted machine. > > But isn't this spoofing can be guarded against with firewall thing, or it > can't for nfs ? What if the machines are not behind a firewall? And, what if it's inside your local net. Again, there are too many ways that security can be broken this way. Nate
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