DNS moved to a DMZ

[Kevin Darcy]

Schneider, Jan wrote:

> Our DNS server resides outside the firewall.  I want to move it to a DMZ
> which will eventually also house a web application server.  I provide mail,
> ftp, http services thru the DNS now.  I have a Cisco PIX firewall and I'm
> running BIND 8 on Linux RedHat 5.2.  Thanks.

I'm not sure what you mean by providing services "thru the DNS", and I'm also
not sure what your question is. Your external firewall needs to permit
destination port 53/udp and 53/tcp to and from your DMZ nameserver. Is that
all you need to know, or something more?


- Kevin