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Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address
From: Kevin Loch <kloch () opnsys com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 19:44:13 -0400
Wojtek Zlobicki wrote:
Private addressing adds an extra layer of security as well as saving valuable IP space.
Be careful not to equate RFC1918 addresses with a security measure. *Especially* on publicly accessible routers. The decision to use 1918 or not should be based upon wether that interface will ever send packets to the Internet. In this case it sounds like it won't so that would be a good thing to do. If you also want that network to be secure, you should implement an appropriate security policy with filters/firewalls/intrusion det./etc. Hopefully that policy won't require 1918 addresses to be effective :) KL
Current thread:
- NOC servers with public/private ip address R Z (Aug 14)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Wojtek Zlobicki (Aug 14)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Arman Khalili (Aug 14)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Kevin Loch (Aug 14)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Greg Maxwell (Aug 15)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Andy Walden (Aug 15)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Greg Maxwell (Aug 15)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Wojtek Zlobicki (Aug 14)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: NOC servers with public/private ip address Roeland Meyer (Aug 14)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Christopher A. Woodfield (Aug 15)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 15)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Jeff Gehlbach (Aug 15)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 15)
- Re: NOC servers with public/private ip address Christopher A. Woodfield (Aug 15)