From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven M Campbell Subject: Re: dnatting Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:39:55 -0400 Message-ID: <42D543DB.6050002@Analysts.com> References: <57F9959B46E0FA4D8BA88AEDFBE58290742E@pxtbenexd01.pxt.primeexalia.com> <42D52A20.3090709@SCampbell.net> <12984bb00507130933624dd6e4@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <12984bb00507130933624dd6e4@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Netfilter ML Donald Murray wrote: >If the webserver is on the internal LAN, split DNS should resolve >differently for internal versus external users. Because the internal >users receive an IP for the internal LAN, the firewall is bypassed. No >DNAT or SNAT duct tape required. > >If the webserver is in a DMZ... split DNS should again resolve >differently for internal vs external users. Because the internal users >receive an IP on a different subnet, their webserver traffic is routed >through the firewall. Again, no DNAT/SNAT duct tape required. > >Does this sound correct? > I concur.