Jeff Abrahamson on Wed, 24 May 2000 11:52:08 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] Security/Firewall question


On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 03:35:16PM +0000, beldon@scamail.com wrote:
> Oh.  I'm using DHCP.  I had no idea it would also change the DNS entries.  I 
> thought it was just for the IP address.  I just (understandably) get nervous 
> when a system file (resolv.conf) gets rewritten by something outside my 
> firewall, especially as I'm very aware how little I currently know about 
> networking in general and firewalling in particular.  But I'm learning.

Yeah, it's not totally obvious the first time you see it.


> BTW, I highly reccommend the book "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls" by 
> Sonnenreich and Yates.  Once I get my OpenBSD CDs, I'll be installing a 
> firewall on that (drive drawers rock!) to compare and contrast the 
> experiences.  If anyone's interested, I can post what I find.

Definitely summarize. (My firewall is just a set of three masquerading
rules on a dedicated gateway box.)

-- 
 Jeff Abrahamson
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 abrahj01@molbio.sbphrd.com

 (home email is jeff_abrahamson@purple.com)

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