>> This is off topic but the brain power on this list is awesome...
>> I need to run an outside DNS. I have BIND running internally on Tru64
>> 5.1. Instead of configuring a linux box to sit outside I'm thinking of
>> running another BIND daemon on my internal box using a different port.
>> Then I can put a conduit in place on my PIX firewall to map the second
>> BIND process on the non-standard port to the port 53 on the outside.
>>
>> Bad idea?
>>
yup, it is a bad idea. The benefit I would gain by having a solid reliable
box for the outside isn't worth the security risk I would incur. Pretty
much what I thought but hope springs eternal. In any case, it would have
been a neat hack. Maybe in more ways than one. thanks for the responses!
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Daniel Monjar
IS Manager, Technical Services
bioMérieux, Inc.
Durham, NC US
Received on Fri Dec 07 2001 - 01:01:07 NZDT