OK -- I've read the SYSADMIN FAQ about how to configure the DNS
when running NIS, but I have a situation not addressed by the
FAQ:
I want to configure my machine, which will be our gateway to the
Internet (it will be connected via SLIP/PPP to a commercial Internet
provider) as a "firewall" machine. Reading the O'Reilly book on
Practical Security, I learned that a host configured as a firewall
should *not* be running NIS. So... my question is:
Should I try to configure my gateway as its own NIS master, and then
have a second NIS master for the rest of the network? (btw, the
gateway will have a "real" Internet IP address, vis-a-vis the provider,
one that can be different than the rest of our network... is this a
"plus" or a "minus" [or of no consequence:]?)
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Sr. System Administrator | only shared that ham sandwich, both of
Applicom Systems, Ltd. | them might still be alive today.
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