binding named to a single ip?
Kevin Darcy
kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Wed Feb 28 21:59:56 UTC 2001
Alexandra wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have one machine w/ multiple ip's (ip aliasing). Most of my services
> run through
> inetd or tcpserver that have the capability of binding to a single ip
> address.
> Is there a way to get named to bind to a single ip?
Sure, "listen-on".
> Does it really matter if it isn't bound to a single ip?
Normally, no. But if it's, say, a firewall which has knowledge of your
internal namespace, maybe you'd only want to bind named to the internal
and/or the loopback interface, otherwise external clients maybe be able to
glean information about your intranet...
- Kev
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