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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 2001 19:14:57 -0500
From:      Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com>
To:        "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: DNS from behind a firewall
Message-ID:  <3A9AF181.E4BA86C@magpage.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.31L.02.0102261822500.16993-100000@linux1.gl.umbc.edu>

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"G. Jason Middleton" wrote:
> 
> greta that is what i thought....i was not sure though.....can i run it
> from the box that runs the firewall?

sure.  In general it's not a good idea to run additional services on a
firewall since the more services you're running means the more
services
an attacker can try to exploit, but in a pinch you can do it.

> 
> limited machines...

qualifies for "in a pinch".
 
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