RE: How to configure a Home network?

[Chris Morton]

Is DNS really necessary, or will a hosts file do?

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>DNS. Gte the ipchains thing sorted next so that you're protected. I
recommend
>using tcpd (in inetd) to protect resources (ftp, telnet, pop3, imap
etc).
>Restrict the use of these on the linux box to your imaginary domain.

Whoops. Forgot to say that in order to do this, you'll need to set up
your own
DNS with the 3 machines in it so that tcpd can authenticate.

Or am I wrong here....

Mark Wilkinson.



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